Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all Thom 's conclusions are fully accepted , but to understand them properly requires a knowledge of mathematics , statistics , surveying , astronomy , and archaeology — not a common combination . |
| 2 | Now that he was left alone with the two women , both of whom ( he imagined ) rather admired him , Rupert felt a sense of power , though there being two of them rather limited the scope of what he could do — cramped his style , he might almost have said . |
| 3 | I therefore proposed an account of law , ‘ normative positivism ’ , which I take to synthesize salient features of positivism and natural law thinking and which seems to me wholly to fit the nature of criminal law . |
| 4 | One such example is : ( 189 ) … the cry which made me suddenly to re-enter the dimension of distinctness . |
| 5 | Convention be interpreted as meaning that there must be a connection between the actions against the various defendants ? ( b ) If question ( a ) must be answered in the affirmative , does the necessary connection between the actions against the various defendants exist if the actions are essentially the same in fact and law ( einfache Streitgenossenschaft ) , or must a connection be assumed to exist only if it is expedient to hear and determine them together to avoid the risk of irreconcilable judgments resulting from separate proceedings ( for example , in cases of ‘ notwengide Streitgenossenschaft ’ ( compulsory joinder ) ) ? |
| 6 | You wired them together to make a kind of pyramid . |
| 7 | Nothing better illustrates the impossibility of separating off the individual personality from the wider social groups of which he or she is or has been a member , than the analysis of the development of conscience , that is , in Freud 's terminology , the superego . |
| 8 | I wholly support the concept of a ‘ going rate ’ for experts to avoid misunderstandings and to promote financial planning . |
| 9 | I do not propose to say more at this stage , except that I wholly accept the evidence of the surgeon as to the desperate nature of this situation , and that I grant the declaration as sought , which will include provision for the necessary consequential treatment in addition to the Caesarean operation . |
| 10 | I loosely tossed a swirl of Moroccan curtain over the sofa , slid Act 3 of Orfeo onto the revolving mat , lit an Al Akhbar joss-stick , and left it at that . |
| 11 | Because of the activities of the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish ( Mr. Bennett ) in holding it up , I eventually became the wrecker of every other private Bill . |
| 12 | Crawling on our stomachs , making use of every scrap of cover or depression , however slight , and remaining motionless whenever he looked in our direction , Abdullahi and I eventually reached the shelter of a low ridge . |
| 13 | I eventually described the discipline of anthropology to certain colleagues as ‘ the study of old bones , prehistory , and human evolution you know ; David Attenborough and all that ’ . |
| 14 | I rather like a lot of the G Plan stuff I like very much . |
| 15 | I rather like the idea of some time to myself . ’ |
| 16 | I did that because I got an amazing about of money and to be honest I rather liked the idea of swanning around in a special effects car . |
| 17 | I randomly tried a number of careers offices , and I received a fax showing the situation in Derbyshire : Alfreton 56 , Derby 832 , Ilkeston 184 , Long Eaton 105 , Matlock 37 , and Swadlincote 103 . |
| 18 | The character of Ace was the least likeable in the film , but I kinda enjoyed the challenge of that . |
| 19 | I naturally regret the loss of jobs by British Aerospace and other companies , not least those in my constituency . |
| 20 | I personally like the idea of meetings like this , both because of the element of local co-operation and also because we can hear the views of other people , railway sympathisers rather than railway enthusiasts perhaps , on how railways fit into the scene . |
| 21 | I personally like the idea of meetings like this , both because of the element of local co-operation and also because we can hear the views of other people , railway sympathisers rather than railway enthusiasts perhaps , on how railways fit into the scene . |
| 22 | I personally missed the colour of the medieval setting , although there can be no complaint about the dramatic effects of black and white being used to their utmost . |
| 23 | Apart from that initial glimpse of them both getting out of the car , I literally have no image of her at all . |
| 24 | I fondly hoped the isolation of Gullholm would give me the requisite peace and quiet to meet it . ’ |
| 25 | His self-deprecating prose — ‘ You may be forgiven for thinking I only like the architecture of the past ’ — is reinforced by videos broadcasting extracts from the television film . |
| 26 | In any case I do n't intend to discuss the visual arts as an example of non-verbal communication and I only introduce the topic of drawing to illustrate the extent to which antagonism to language has infiltrated itself into at least one important department of educational theory . |
| 27 | I only got a load of balls . |
| 28 | I only got a glimpse of them . |
| 29 | ‘ I only had a couple of hours with him , but it made a tremendous difference . |
| 30 | I only had a couple of hours sleep last night . ’ |