Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently when they pulled me out of the river and bashed the water out of my belly the first thing I said as I came round was , ‘ Riddled with diseases , I 'm sure ’ and the crew broke up in this hysterical laughter . |
| 2 | ‘ To the best of my knowledge the plant will close for three weeks and then come back . ’ |
| 3 | I toiled through Latin for a course requirement because meteorology had too much maths in it , and felt the conjugations sluicing out of my brain the instant the exam was over . |
| 4 | Also , my share of the Lothians has been in the care of my cousin the Bishop of Alba . |
| 5 | " I Charles Gillingham Hamilton M.A. of Stockport in the Borough of Stockport and County of Chester , Clerk , a Clergyman of the Church of England , in priest 's orders and a Graduate of the University of Dublin declare that I will discharge always to the best of my ability the duties of Headmaster of the Stockport Grammar and Free School , and that in case I shall he removed from my Office I will thereupon relinquish all claim to the Office and its future emoluments and I will deliver up possession of the School and my residence to the Trustees and that it shall be lawful for them in the same case without ejectment or other legal process to take possession of my residence and remove myself and my effects therefrom . " |
| 6 | In spite of my umbrella the shoulders of my trenchcoat were soaked , not that it bothered me . |
| 7 | If you have any need of me you may enquire of my nephew the vicar . ’ |
| 8 | Plus I learned that you know from from our group reading of my play the other week , I learned what the function of a director was because you know obviously I should n't have given you all your parts to read for a week to sort of work out what the inflection should have been . |
| 9 | ‘ I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race . ’ |
| 10 | As I had done several times on the journey , since I had n't entirely managed to put out of my mind the events of Uulaa and my suspicions . |
| 11 | " Having given you the best years of my life , I now appeal to your justice and well-known liberality for a retiring pension , humbly requesting that in the event of my death the same may be continued to my child for his education till he attains 15 years of age , he being now in his 7th year . " |
| 12 | ‘ To the best of my belief the body was placed in the water shortly after death but the possibility that there was an interval of several hours can not be totally excluded … |
| 13 | At the end of my talk the chairman of the session , John G. Taylor from Kings College , London , claimed it was all nonsense . |
| 14 | On the morning of my visit the courts were only dealing with a limited number of very minor matters , mostly drink related . |
| 15 | I moved out of my office the same afternoon . |
| 16 | I would like to point out three errors in the review of my book The Scars of Evolution ( Review , 19 January ) . |
| 17 | At the time of my claim the fact that it was not going to rain was evidence-transcendent , as all claims about the future must be . |
| 18 | At the conclusion of their day the Caddie Master Tom Gould , and a John Holton played a three-hole match , presumably on the 1st , 2nd and 18th holes and presumably only for fun , their scores being 38 and 39 , quoted as 16–7–15 and 9–12–18 . |
| 19 | Training will be carefully controlled and under the terms of their contract the company is still accountable to the Home Secretary . |
| 20 | In the course of their work the professional-managerial class develop techniques to control the working class . |
| 21 | Groups of GPs will negotiate and buy from the hospitals of their choice the ordinary range of services their patients need . |
| 22 | The parish representatives will have the opportunity to discuss with the Agencies of their choice the forms of support which they need to have in their task of bringing alive the mission statement of each parish . |
| 23 | In the case of a bridal couple the ideology is that during the initiatory phase of their marriage the groom and his bride are playing out the roles of a god and a goddess ; when they resume their life as ordinary mortals their dangerous divinity must be removed . ) |
| 24 | For much of their service the Perths operated from Mount Batten , flew exercises over the Irish Sea , participated in naval manoeuvres by co-operating with the British Fleet , and used Stranraer as a second base . |
| 25 | As we have seen , most of the principal theories of literature discussed in this book have included as part of their purpose the creation of a scientific basis for the study of literature . |
| 26 | Members must fulfil to the best of their ability the contractual obligations owed to their employer . |
| 27 | Members must fulfil to the best of their ability the contractual obligations owed to their employer . |
| 28 | They will also report to Conservative Members of Parliament within the area of their responsibility the views of constituencies not represented by a Conservative Member of Parliament . |
| 29 | But the attempt to assure us that directors are controlled by their shareholders must fail , for no matter how far the law goes in strengthening the powers conferred upon shareholders to monitor the managers of their company the reality is that where each shareholder only holds a tiny proportion of the share capital of the company none of the shareholders will avail themselves of the powers given to them to monitor the management . |
| 30 | While sectoral organizations have a critique of the society relating to the experiences and fields of interest of their membership the popular movement unifies around political , social and economic issues which are key to the crisis facing Philippine society . |