Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She fell back among her pillows , her widow 's veil a curling black crown behind her head ; one narrowly white-cuffed hand still held the glass of whisky erect — there was a magnificence in her yielding . |
| 2 | I think now of the way the shaggy but emaciated-looking , dull-eyed sheep who wander so wearily about the paths and tracks of the Forest of Dean find their way into the brick bus shelters on nights such as this . |
| 3 | Plans for an incinerator for BSE-infected cattle in the Forest of Dean have been approved , despite strong local opposition . |
| 4 | Three youths from the Forest of Dean have appeared before Hereford magistrates , charged in connection with an incident in which two policemen were beaten up near Ross-on-Wye . |
| 5 | The gastritis patients were given 50 mL of platelet concentrate at gastroscopy . |
| 6 | The Elector Counts of Ostland live on the north eastern border of the Empire beyond which lie the wild and dangerous Troll Country and the Northern Wastes . |
| 7 | He himself admitted so when he emerged , telling his followers that he thought he had killed Comyn , whereupon one of them rushed in ‘ to mak siccar ’ ( make sure ) : the Kirkpatricks of Dumfries have ever since carried the emblem of a bloody hand with dagger and the motto ‘ I mak siccar ’ on their coat of arms . |
| 8 | The articles in this issue of Update highlight various important aspects of the development of the new awards : |
| 9 | Some themes of the assembly therefore were giver of life sustain your creation spirit of truth set us free spirit of unity reconcile your people Holy Spirit transform and sanctify us . |
| 10 | In the same way , in geography and biology records of field-work form the most important part of the examination , enthusiasm and imagination being properly rewarded . |
| 11 | The large values for Ct in the early periods of play do speed the rate at which the B t 's learn from the signal extraction process ( 4 ) . |
| 12 | I THINK his charisma and style of play have been fantastic for our tour and for golf in . |
| 13 | The different purposes of assessment require different kinds of assessment ; the changing content and methods of assessment also require different methods of reporting achievement . |
| 14 | The course 's wide range of activities and diversity of forms of assessment encourage students of Theatre Studies to develop flexible approaches to job seeking . |
| 15 | Methods of assessment vary from department to department . |
| 16 | These examples of assessment illustrate a variety of purposes , including : |
| 17 | Unfortunately , other forms of assessment do not lend themselves to precise measures of test-retest reliability and the clinician may need to judge how far situational factors might have influenced the two assessments . |
| 18 | Now when you do this sort of assessment do you take into consideration the amount of money I have to pay to go and stay a night at a place like this ? |
| 19 | Except where alternative arrangements have been approved by or on behalf of the Senate , a candidate 's written examination scripts and work on which cumulative and other forms of assessment have been based shall be preserved until the end of December following the date on which the candidate qualified , or was due to qualify , for an award . |
| 20 | Work on which cumulative and other forms of assessment have been based may be returned to candidates on a written undertaking that it shall be given back , if required , at any time within one year from the examination . |
| 21 | The introduction of the national curriculum and new modes of assessment provide a context for the study . |
| 22 | I said well it gives them a bit of panache do n't it ? |
| 23 | Many of the species of owl swallow their prey whole and so there is minimal breakage of postcranial elements . |
| 24 | Three species of owl produce slightly higher levels of breakage of the teeth of their prey , mainly of isolated teeth rather than those preserved in the jaws , and these will be seen below to be the same species that produce the greatest degrees of digestion , namely the European eagle owl , tawny owl and little owl . |
| 25 | This book is not beautifully written and is not always easy to understand ; technical details sometimes remain unexplained , and a bewildering cast of Russians bob in and out . |
| 26 | Win or lose , the referendum shows that a majority of Russians want reform to continue , even without him . |
| 27 | its pin-prick of secrets put out . |
| 28 | Does the Minister recognise that the people of Wolverhampton do not regard the Secretary of State for the Environment as environmentally benign , certainly over the problems that they face with the new standard spending assessment announced in the past few days — |
| 29 | Not us not us , every time I speak to somebody about something , you know marketing can do it , y'know everybody 's d giving away free tickets as a way out of y'know compensate the people , re-dressing the situation . |
| 30 | The destructive effects of capsaicin have made it attractive as a tool to scientists interested in mapping the representation of sensation in the brain and peripheral nervous system . |