Example sentences of "part of [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The southern part of me farm borderin' the Westport road . |
| 2 | Leapor devotes a greater part of her poetry to the description of agriculture and to questions related to the use of land than she does to domestic service . |
| 3 | But because the council is behind in adjusting people 's entitlement to benefit , she continued to draw housing benefit during 1988 on the assumption that her son was still part of her household . |
| 4 | As she did so the sunlight that was splashing through the trees along the track , caught that part of her hair that was not covered and , ill as she obviously was , it shone like pale gold , as if it was a source not reflection , of light . |
| 5 | They were now part of her heritage , and she looked on them with freshly delighted eyes . |
| 6 | Had Therese spent a large part of her salary on a dress she would never wear again ? |
| 7 | It is at this time that the trident became a regular part of her iconography , specifically after the great victory of the Earl of Howe at the battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794 ; shortly thereafter , from the early nineteenth century , she is also regularly shown as wearing a helmet . |
| 8 | Susanne Turfus , who was Education Officer between 1982–1988 , provided as part of her duties a similar service for parents who sought advice and help to ensure that a deaf child would receive the best possible education . |
| 9 | She spent the greater part of her working life trying to understand people 's needs , but the need for a God who would comfort and console and right wrongs — in the next life if not in this — although she might understand it , was something she could not uphold . |
| 10 | Mr R. Newcombe was pleased to report that agreement in principle had been reached with Mrs Davies for the use of part of her premises in Bull House , Bull Street , Bishop 's Castle as a Bishop 's Castle Railway Museum . |
| 11 | I think that part of her story was true … looking down at what she had done , seeing the bare legs and the blood … ’ |
| 12 | She seemed to skate over the next part of her story , but Julia grasped the salient part , which was that one of the English officers who fought with the Italians had fallen in love with her , promised to marry her and secretly made love to her . |
| 13 | The part of her story about the pressure of Government cuts was true , and it seemed a long time since she 'd existed in a world that was n't penny-pinching . |
| 14 | And even this unobtrusive surveillance might be only a part of her fantasy . |
| 15 | But , not so much her face , but all the top part of her looks slim , almost , you know I mean , she 's got no fat left there , on her arms it 's all gone . |
| 16 | The Danish colleges visited by Christine as part of her tour expressed an interest in linking with colleges in Scotland . |
| 17 | Turning Luce 's hand , he bit the fleshy part of her thumb , making her whole body clench . |
| 18 | In 1540 the house passed to Anne of Cleves as part of her settlement , after which it came into the hands of the Chauncy family . |
| 19 | A large blonde girl waved at me from across the room , spilling a large part of her drink down the back of another woman 's dress at the same time . |
| 20 | She had been so close to her mother it was as though part of her self had died . |
| 21 | It was with a slight shock of coming back to reality that she remembered her resolution to visit Miss Grimes on her way home that evening , as part of her contribution to Christmas goodwill , a sort of ‘ good turn ’ done to somebody for whom one felt no affection . |
| 22 | Sore knees were a small part of her penance . |
| 23 | Oh , grow up ! a bitter part of her spat darkly . |
| 24 | Optimism , after all , was a part of her Arien nature . |
| 25 | It formed part of her dream ; she had the perfect home , the perfect family , the perfect husband , the perfect life and the perfect job . |
| 26 | Fully awake now , Polly lay absolutely still , her mind racing as she tried to work out what was real and what had been part of her dream . |
| 27 | Her role in the production of the various Beeton journals is not self-evident in their pages , since a public persona was not part of her style . |
| 28 | It had a high neck and narrow sleeves too short for her , from which her chapped , bony wrists and her hands on which every knotted sinew and vein was visible protruded limply , as if they were stitched separately to the cuffs and not part of her arms at all . |
| 29 | Her shoulders partly , her thighs and legs above the ankle , the lower part of her belly . |
| 30 | A slightly older child was given the task of colouring in a picture for part of her correspondence lessons . |