Example sentences of "[coord] of [pron] " in BNC.

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1 You with a mind full only of natural & unembarrassing thoughts , & of me , probably awoke early and remembered & rejoiced ; perhaps you had even prepared for it , & went happy walks , singing , garlanded .
2 He shuddered a little , but whether at the memory of this vomiting by the water 's edge or of something even uglier Wexford could not tell .
3 Besides attempting to say what it was about a sensation which served as a sign of the location of whatever had given rise to it , adherents of the local sign theory had also to say in what way the reference to a part of the body was made — whether in the form of visual imagery , or of a judgement , or of something else .
4 We have a situation where the landowner is going to have to sell land relatively cheaply , in order that the land then , the land prices do not reflect too horrendously when it comes through to the price that has to be paid by the person who 's going to occupy the property ; either in terms of a letting figure or of something which is going to be an , effectively a mortgage figure .
5 But it is accepted by physicalists of all kinds that the meaning or semantic value of internal states must be analysed in terms of their causal relations to stimulus and response , just as it is for the behaviourist 's dispositions , and is not something they possess in their own right , or of themselves .
6 He takes care of his parents because they can no longer take care of him or of themselves .
7 This certainty was that the Spice Islands , the Moluccas , lay at the farthest side of the Mar del Sur , or of whatever might lie beyond the waters that Balboa saw .
8 There was no evidence that Mrs. Steed was ever informed either by Mr. Steed or by Mrs. Hammond of this power of attorney or of her power to sell the property .
9 And we must not discount those who became converts to the new religion , whether on account of the superiority of its miracles — especially its apparently superior powers of healing — or of its doctrine or the example of those who taught it .
10 If we forced ourselves to think in a detached way we surely ought to be more impressed by the architecture of the caddis 's eye , or of its elbow joint , than by the comparatively modest architecture of its stone house .
11 As Davies told the Fabians , ‘ collective responsibility under these circumstances was a sham ’ : ‘ The Cabinet was not informed of the existence of this group , or of its critical decisions .
12 Doctors with an interest in food intolerance take a different view — that the psychological problems , where they exist , are largely a result of the illness , or of its rejection by the medical profession , or a mixture of the two .
13 Even in contemporary Western democracies , a government so powerfully entrenched that it may not feel troubled by the agitation of its enemies , detractors or of its powerless minorities , may court the danger of violent reaction .
14 So one killing , mystically interpreted either as the result of witchcraft , or of its antithesis vengeance-magic , cancels another and the slate is wiped clean .
15 Such an argument , in implying that the problem is simply a question of the lack of history or of its presence , as if history were some undifferentiated entity that could just be added or taken away , stepped into or got out of , skates over the fact that the real question has always focused on the much more difficult issue of what kind of history , and of what status can be accorded to historical thought .
16 The situation was now very different from that in the 1950s when defences of the value of the English literary canon could be mounted on the basis of the educational centrality of English studies , or of its psychological force , or even of its humanism .
17 The Department of Employment therefore proposed an alternative of giving industrial tribunal chairmen , acting alone , discretion at the pre-hearing stage , on the application of one of the parties or of its own motion , to require a deposit of up to £150 from the other party as a condition of proceeding further , if the chairman considered that the case had no reasonable prospect of success .
18 the likelihood of the damage or of its being severe was due to characteristics of the animal which are not normally found in animals of the same species or are not normally so found except at particular times or in particular circumstances ; and
19 And enjoys a perfect night 's sleep — deep , clear , and refreshing , like gliding down through sunlit water on a hot day ; such a perfect night 's sleep that he is entirely unconscious of how much he is enjoying it , or of its depth , clarity , and refreshingness , or its resemblance to gliding through sunlit water on a hot day ; so perfect that from time to time he half wakes , just enough to become conscious of how unconscious of everything he is .
20 In short , the ventilation system needs to be thought through to minimise the chance either of its being ineffective or defeated or of its actually making things worse . ’
21 Little is known however of the precise importance of housing within inheritance as a whole , the social characteristics of the beneficiaries , the uses to which housing inheritance is put , or of its impact on the housing market .
22 If an author is unaware of another 's work , or of its relevance , it will not be cited .
23 A party is regarded as acquiring control if it has the possibility of exercising " decisive influence " on another party in particular by ownership or the right to use all or part of the assets of the other party , or rights which confer decisive influence on the composition , voting or decisions of the other party 's board of directors or of its shareholders ' meetings .
24 The Companies Act 1985 provides that the consent of shareholders is required for the sale of 10% or more of a company 's net tangible assets , or of assets valued at £100,000 or more , to a director of the company or of its holding company .
25 14.2 [ Where the Purchaser is a natural person ] [ and if and to the extent that s 2(1) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 applies to the Order , ] nothing in these terms and conditions shall operate or be construed to operate so as to exclude or restrict the liability of the Seller for death or personal injury caused [ to the Purchaser ] by reason of the negligence of the Seller or of its servants , employees or agents .
26 The court may upon application or of its own motion adjourn or advance the date of hearing of any proceeding .
27 As well as the procedure of giving directions on the pre-trial review , the court may on the application on notice of any party , or of its own motion , give directions at any time ( Ord 13 , r 2 ) .
28 ( 8 ) If shares in the target are proposed to be sold to the bidder by a director ( including a shadow director ) of the bidder , or of its parent company , or by a person connected with that director ( as defined in CA 1985 , s346 ) and the value of the shares is not less than £2,000 but ( subject to that ) exceeds £100,000 or 10 per cent of the bidder 's asset value , then the arrangement must not be entered into unless it is first approved by an ordinary resolution of the bidder or , as the case may be , its parent company in general meeting ( CA 1985 , s320 ) .
29 Constance found Nicky more attractive as the days passed with no word from or of him .
30 There was nothing symbolic in my reflections — I did n't see my mother as a butcher of fish or of me .
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