Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to general inter-student activity to promote communication , we need activities which will sensitize students to the way information is handled in discourse outside the classroom , but without using the kind of technical language we used in our theoretical approach in Section One . |
| 2 | and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me , I saw no shadow of another parting from her . |
| 3 | I took her hand in mine , and we went out of the ruined place ; and , as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge , so , the evening mists were rising now , and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed me , I saw no shadow of another parting from her . |
| 4 | Julie Dixon , who was eighteen at the time of the murder , has been awarded an undisclosed sum by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for the loss of parental support she suffered . |
| 5 | If you want to go sailing , play volleyball or have a round of mini golf it wo n't cost you a penny and the kids can be left in the Pirates Club while you spend the afternoon doing things you want to do … but you may have a job persuading them to leave a few hours later . |
| 6 | Rachel 's face will fade into the kind of indeterminate image it is now , in the dark . |
| 7 | Entering St Jude 's Passage — her most direct approach to St Jude 's Square and the old market place which would lead her to Miss Dallam 's side of Frizingley — Cara was at once hemmed in by tall houses as sinister and insubstantial as shadows , tottering almost beneath a weight of sheer dilapidation and the load of displaced humanity they carried . |
| 8 | She provided exactly the kind of professional expertise we required , particularly as I had no training in linguistics . |
| 9 | In establishing major new configurations of subjects , courses and areas of professional preparation it was caught between pressures to expand and to retract boundaries . |
| 10 | I never forget the first morsel of professional advice I received : ‘ Play your own game , son , but keep the ball moving . ’ |
| 11 | Maybe life was too short to pass up the chance to experience the kind of volcanic passion she 'd felt with Roman last night … |
| 12 | As I weigh together the advantages and disadvantages of either of the present methods of deaf education I have to also take into account the high possibility of failure in the ‘ Natural Aurilism ’ technique and the ‘ unattractiveness ’ of ‘ total communication ’ . |
| 13 | But if she had expected a reaction of guilty surprise she was disappointed . |
| 14 | In the case of extensive uplift it is possible that Carboniferous source sediments could be raised to sufficiently high structural levels for oxidation of the section to occur . |
| 15 | Mingled with the brimstone smell of burned powder he fancied that he could smell the perfume of roses from the Residency garden , pruned this year by musket fire . |
| 16 | She looked over at the pile of burned clothing she had shed like a snake 's skin , and shuddered . |
| 17 | Even though this is the current preferred method of monetary control it is not without its difficulties . |
| 18 | But , whatever the case , in order to assess the effectiveness of regional policy it was necessary to examine it in relation to the context in which it was operating . |
| 19 | The developers hope the scheme will return Cowley to the kind of economic success it saw during its motoring heyday . |
| 20 | After all , in every other aspect of economic behaviour we now espouse a liberal philosophy . |
| 21 | In times of economic difficulty it 's not only debt that causes problems . |
| 22 | Mr Gorbachev has again postponed a decision on what sort of economic system he is aiming for by referring the question of private land ownership to a referendum ; when this will take place and exactly what it will ask are not yet decided . |
| 23 | After 25 years of economic growth it is anxious to show improvements in social well-being . |
| 24 | He told US financial markets that have been on a roller-coaster in anticipation of his victory that although he had campaigned on a message of economic growth he understood the importance of stability . |
| 25 | I 'm sure he 's going to carry on showing the same brand of outstanding leadership he has shown with England for some years . ’ |
| 26 | At this sort of price , supermarket champagnes like that knock the famous marques with their absurd prices into every style of cocked hat you can imagine . |
| 27 | As everyone was by then in a state of complete exhaustion they did little for the next two or three days except sleep . |
| 28 | After a couple of days of complete rest you can do all the things that you have been meaning to do for ages — jobs around the house ; shopping for clothes ; meeting friends for lunch ; having day trips out to places of interest ; doing the garden ; sunbathing ; fruit-picking at the local pick-your-own farm and filling up your freezer ; writing a book you have always meant to write or painting ; seeing all the shows that you are too tired to see during a working week ; and so on . |
| 29 | ‘ Entirely unnecessary , although for the sake of complete understanding you might like to know that this , ’ Lacuna turned abruptly to the blond girl , who recoiled , ducking her head , and then looking up meekly at the tall woman , ‘ is called Britta . ’ |
| 30 | The beginning of an answer to this question is implicit in the accounts of concessive holism we have so far considered . |