Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems a shame to waste the opportunity to see something of the country . ’ |
| 2 | The Court of Appeal stated that the Board did have a duty to act fairly which entailed granting B and K the opportunity to satisfy them of matters in the statute , and to let B and K know the impressions of the Board so that they might be dispelled ; but the Board did not have to quote ‘ chapter and verse , ’ nor did it have to disclose the source of its information if it would be contrary to the public interest , nor did the reasons for the refusal have to be given . |
| 3 | When the goods have been dispatched , the manufacturer sends an advice note to the retailer informing him of the date and time of dispatch . |
| 4 | When the whole structure is still , as it were , in two parts we have a noun phrase such that there is no reason to suppose that it has the property of the adjective ; when the structure is united we find first , that the property of the adjective does apply to the noun phrase , and , second , that the verb tells us of a temporal change . |
| 5 | The technique requires lots of data and lots of computing . |
| 6 | And The Shamen have plenty of theories . |
| 7 | But the narrative has plenty of life and is enlivened by aperçus of Butler , Kennedy and other contemporaries . |
| 8 | The down-side is that the critic 's representation of the text has none of the authority that objectivity would lend to the analysis . |
| 9 | It was not until the 1960s that the courts rid themselves of the most debilitating restraints of formalism and assumed a more active supervisory role . |
| 10 | Schellenberg said cautiously , ‘ So the Führer knows nothing of the affair ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He said that every time he returned to the kidnappers to present an offer worked out after lengthy discussions with the family , claiming that this was the absolute maximum the Milettis could afford to pay , the gang accused him of lying . |
| 12 | But Edward was stunned last week to receive an abrupt letter from the DoE accusing him of ‘ damaging ’ their land and threatening to take him to court . |
| 13 | ‘ Now then , ’ the magistrate continued smoothly , ‘ I understand that in the course of a telephone call yesterday afternoon the kidnappers informed you of the whereabouts of a letter from them , and that this letter was subsequently recovered . |
| 14 | The building reminded me of a con-servatory , the walls being made from small panes of glass . |
| 15 | The story reminded me of a report I once received from an Advisor about a youngster who was out of school . |
| 16 | But it had a particularly important clause in section 1 , which laid a duty upon the authorities to inform themselves of the numbers of disabled persons in their areas and to make arrangements to meet their needs . |
| 17 | Evidence is all around us , and the first step in any research is for the scientist to decide which of the many facts are of concern to him . |
| 18 | The truck had nothing of consequence in it . |
| 19 | Long lines of windows in the hull and a large window in the transom provide plenty of natural light in the stern saloon and the cabins . |
| 20 | Every song on the album contains something of my own experience over the last year but the words are applicable to everyone . ’ |
| 21 | The idea of the vats of the mind reminds me of an occasion when I was walking on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania with some friends , who showed me an oak gall . |
| 22 | An appeal against a committal order based upon a failure to serve the committal order on the contemnor presents somewhat of a paradox . |
| 23 | Her little squad had survived one firefight , but she 'd already lost a quarter of her manpower and she was sure that the enemy had plenty of reserves They needed rest and medication , that was the first priority . |
| 24 | My man in the sombrero tells me of an incident at Goldsmith 's Mexican estate two weeks ago which has severed relations for the foreseeable future . |
| 25 | If you wish the Department to notify you of the result of the Inquiry please state this in your letter . |
| 26 | The kids need lots of shelves for jumpers and toys , whilst adults need more hanging room for suits , dresses and coats . |
| 27 | And the sparrow preened himself of yesterday 's promise |
| 28 | The only other black person in the car accused them of being racist , which made one of the other men indignant and started an argument . |
| 29 | He is a double winner of the rally but that was some time ago and since then McKinstry has made the place very much is own , his sequence of victories punctuated only by the years in which he did not have a competitive car or the opposition included someone of the calibre of Mikael Sundstrom . |
| 30 | The third element of European policy that the Leader of the Opposition accused us of ignoring was regional policy . |