Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There were additional factors with this family which compounded their inevitable distress , not least the subsequent diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in an elder son , in whom signs of clinical abnormality had been recognised before the birth of his younger brother . |
| 2 | Seven hundred boys , almost a third of them sons of the clergy , lived their ‘ ultra-Spartan ’ lives in an institution which combined frequently brutal discipline with a consistently meagre diet . |
| 3 | ARSENAL boss George Graham last night blasted his multi-million pound stars for squandering the qualities which made them giants of English football . |
| 4 | , Current editions of the UK half-million ICAO Aeronautical Charts have scattered across them pairs of numbers printed in blue , one large figure followed by a smaller one , thus : for example . |
| 5 | ‘ You have to remember , ’ Ellen liked to lecture Thessy and me , ‘ just how absurdly wealthy they all are , and how desperately the wealthy want to be liked because they ca n't help feeling guilty about being so rich , so we only have to be obsequious , give them loads of booze , and pretend to be impressed by their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions , after which they 'll reward us with an outrageously large tip — which is , after all , the sole reason for being nice to the ghastly creatures in the first place . ’ |
| 6 | One 's just been handed to me here , Christine from Derby says I 've kept cats for twenty years and taught them loads of tricks . |
| 7 | No , you 're not supposed to give them loads of veg ! |
| 8 | Probably save them loads of money as well . |
| 9 | And I gave them loads of money , |
| 10 | At I prepared to return to Britain , several of my relatives gave me copies of their identity cards , the deed for their houses and even the ownership documents for their property . |
| 11 | I thanked him and left , taking with me copies of the statements in the Southwark Bridge case file . |
| 12 | ‘ Ace , can you get me copies of the print-outs ? ’ |
| 13 | for changes which are rejected , but do not require resolution by the Director , Information Systems , inform the Development Manager and the Manager of the person who requested the change of the decision by sending them copies of the Change Review Forms |
| 14 | I approached OCLC , and sent them copies of randomly selected catalogue cards , and they have now prepared a costed proposal for retroconversion . |
| 15 | Aunt Lilian sent me accounts of local political meetings cut out from the Gazette , and her own analyses of the Labour Government 's foreign policy . |
| 16 | Through a local human rights group , to whom copies of appeals had been sent , he got hold of photocopies of all the letters from around the world that had been written on his behalf . |
| 17 | Their dossiers should be kept complete , as complete as those of my friends to whom copies of the present missive have been sent . |
| 18 | If your library does not participate in the work of the SUC , or if you are currently considering automation and would like advice on automated input , tape compatibility , etc. , please contact Eileen Watson , the Editor of the SUC at Lending Services , from whom copies of the full results of the questionnaire survey can also be obtained . |
| 19 | A further category of ‘ opposition ’ , which requires careful attention , commonly arises from the fact that the various government departments on whom copies of the order have ( by requirement under the General Orders ) been served will frequently raise sundry points of concern to them . |
| 20 | That catches the familiar dictum that science explains particular events by generalizing and by making them cases of laws at work . |
| 21 | Shaun confessed to me loads of times that he wanted to leave the band because it was n't a good living and he did n't enjoy it that much . |
| 22 | I would n't do it even if they offered me loads of money . |
| 23 | It 's given me loads of ideas , Luke — especially that ‘ office plant-care ’ thing that we came up with . |
| 24 | " I bought a second-hand copy because it had been very usefully annotated , the notes alone will save me hours of work . " |
| 25 | Birds were held in high regard because of their ability to soar between heaven and earth , among them birds of prey valued as protective spirits because of their propensity to kill the small animals that damage crops , as well as phoenixes considered to be especially effective against the scourges of drought and fire . |
| 26 | Certainly the men were only too ready to propitiate their rarely seen companions , leaving them scraps of food , and pieces of candle . |
| 27 | When the music is angry you can feel McGegan shaking his orchestra by their throats , and when Handel calls for celebration , he hands them sticks of candyfloss . |
| 28 | The black clouds had parted to show between them shreds of summer sky turned sickly green . |
| 29 | He recommended to them lists of books for the better understanding of their religion , and the advice was excellent . |
| 30 | It 's also worth stressing that these books are for real people , with real gardens : we 're not giving them pictures of Blenheim or Buckingham Palace . |