Example sentences of "of [art] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the hypotheses which will be tested is that comprehension of the logical character of ‘ mental state verbs ’ is necessary for understanding that some sentences are true in virtue of their form alone ( eg ‘ The father is a man ’ ) . |
| 2 | The mature reader , of whatever age , takes liberties with the text : ‘ Proficient readers can go directly to the meaning of the passage being read , only sampling the print for confirmation of the hypotheses they have made about the meaning intended by the author . |
| 3 | One of the hypotheses I was considering was that during REM sleep ( and therefore during REM sleep dreams ) the entire memory system is accessible — none of the inhibitions present during wakeful life are active , and new memories can be fitted in to the appropriate cognitive structures during REM sleep . |
| 4 | Medical experts no longer approve of this method of dieting — largely because of the limits it places on the intake of cereals , fruit and root vegetables . |
| 5 | In order to continue our discussion of the linguistic units involved in language comprehension , we will now review some of the experiments which have investigated the storage of spoken and written language in memory . |
| 6 | Details of the experiments themselves do not concern us here , but some of the ideas that have emerged from them are of interest because they add further to our understanding of how , looked at from a biological perspective , creativity can be connected to psychosis . |
| 7 | ‘ If we had stuck away some of the chances we had in the first half then we 'd have won it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We could play the US again tonight , it could go along the same pattern and we would end up winning 4–2 or 5–2 because of the chances we created . ’ |
| 9 | BUT in some ways it 's hard for Deane because 1 ) he 's under a lot of pressure to score ; 2 ) Wallace is another good striker who gets many of the chances he 'd expect ; 3 ) the rest of the bloody midfield as always in the penalty area scoring goals ! ! ! ! ; - ) |
| 10 | But he is rarely , if ever , out of the papers which , if they are to be believed , have told of Grunte 's drunken exploits in Parliament and have recounted his talent as a ‘ serial buttocks fondler ’ . |
| 11 | Almost all of the papers which cite it use it as an example of how primate behavioural research should not be carried out ] . |
| 12 | I have also enclosed a few of the papers I referred to at the beginning of the meeting , plus a travel claim form which you are welcome to use . |
| 13 | And I would also point out that we are not proposing excessive development , in one of the papers I 've I 've put round , and I repeat the point I made it earlier . |
| 14 | Details are emerging of the final stages of the talks which led to the collapse of the bid on Tuesday night . |
| 15 | Ministers from 15 member countries attending the third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) conference in Seoul on Nov. 12-14 issued a declaration at the close of the talks which set out the direction and role for APEC as " an exemplary model of open regional co-operation " , and agreed to co-operate to reduce trade barriers both within the region and worldwide , and to identify and promote the region 's interests . |
| 16 | The time and place of the talks I 'd say . ’ |
| 17 | Depending on the size of the operations I would however recommend that the treasurer consider applying for registration as a charity . |
| 18 | It 's all part of the games we play to make our reunion , when it comes , more blissful . |
| 19 | Most of the games he owned were very old and substandard but the one saving grace in his collection was a game called Rambo . |
| 20 | ‘ Well he might be a bit faster because he 's lighter — but in most of the games he does n't stand a chance , said Hawk . ’ |
| 21 | So many of the games I 've seen here have been dominated more that ever by the boot . |
| 22 | Around his waist he wore a broad leather belt with a bone-handled knife clasped in a sheath and as usual in the presence of the coolies his right hand rested on its hilt as if it were a ceremonial sword . |
| 23 | When he introduced his national health service , a wonderful scheme , everything was free , it was paid of the taxes you know , as it should be as Beveridge envisaged you see ? |
| 24 | Yes , we accept full responsibility for the quality of the holidays we provide . |
| 25 | By the end of the holidays I was only capable of reading such publications as Woman 's Own or Valentine without my mind wandering . |
| 26 | At the beginning of the holidays I spent a week with a school friend in London , and towards the end another week with another friend in Bedford . |
| 27 | But for the last two weeks of the holidays I was continually feeling ‘ sick ’ and ‘ shaky ’ , and went back to school , weighing seven stone one pound . |
| 28 | The woods and roads have vanished like chalk wiped from a blackboard ; of the villages nothing remains but grey smearsm … |
| 29 | They had had to pass straight through some of the villages which were completely full and did not know where they would go next , but would stop at the first village in which they could park their coach . |
| 30 | Many of the villages which had been on the line of march were still depressed ; Hurstpierpoint was worth a third of what it had paid in the days of the Confessor . |