Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , infusion of PYX did not prevent bile inhibition of ileal motor activity . |
| 2 | A businessman in the Forest of Dean says wandering sheep are fouling his factory and putting off potential customers . |
| 3 | Down on Sunset Strip , some weird friends of Dean cashed in on his death and began holding court , relating tales of the Jimmy they knew . |
| 4 | Mr Crowley and his wife , Sally , recently moved from a picturesque 300-year-old home near Coleford in the Forest of Dean to live in London with their children , Robin , ten , and Pearce , seven . |
| 5 | Councillors from the Forest of Dean came to visit the site at Tidenham Chase , before deciding whether or not to allow the travellers to stay there . |
| 6 | Roger Sanderson wants the Forest of Dean Commoners Association … a grouping of sheep farmers … to keep better control of their animals so they do n't stray onto the industrial estate and roads.The right to graze the Forest of Dean dates back thousands of years , and it 's jealously guarded by the commoners.They say its up to the businessmen to fence the sheep out if they 're proving troublesome : |
| 7 | Farmer Peter Smith and his wife Dulcie arrived at Coleford Magistrates Court in the Forest of Dean prepared to fight for their right to a home and a job . |
| 8 | Crown woods in the Forest of Dean acquired new importance as a profitable source of wood and timber , especially for sale to the ironworks . |
| 9 | By June 1318 the forest of Selwood in Wiltshire had been so much reduced in size that the warden 's farm of £10 a year could no longer be paid , and the Forest of Dean had been reduced by a quarter before the end of the reign . |
| 10 | By 1341 the Forest of Dean had been diminished by a quarter , and the warden 's farm was reduced from £160 to £120 . |
| 11 | In 1736 the Conservator and Supervisor of the Forest of Dean had reported to the Treasury , ‘ Within the last thirty years those Elections [ of Forest officers ] had been neglected , the Courts discontinued , and offenders left unpunished . ’ |
| 12 | The mile of shining water between him and the Forest of Dean had been devoid of a single ripple . |
| 13 | Les Wheeler , his wife Shirley and twin daughters Ceri and Amey from Pillowell in the Forest of Dean had to endure the full razzmatazz of the pools publicity machine before they found out exactly how much they 'd won . |
| 14 | But Brockweir school in the Forest of Dean did close , because of lack of support , although some parents are now petitioning the county council to sell it to them so it can re-open . |
| 15 | The Forest of Dean covers an area of 27,000 acres . |
| 16 | The Forest of Dean attracts thousands of visitors a year . |
| 17 | Now one of the Russian physiotherapists has come to their home in Lydbrook in the Forest of Dean to work intensively with Stephen . |
| 18 | Six months ago , pot-holders in the Forest of Dean complained underground caves were being polluted by old waste dumped in a mineshaft by Watkins Engineering at Sling . |
| 19 | The assistant Deputy Surveyor in the Forest of Dean reported in 1788 that : |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Fierce opposition to a plan to build the incinerator at Cinderford in the Forest of Dean prompted a public enquiry , which refused permission . |
| 22 | Plans for an incinerator for BSE-infected cattle in the Forest of Dean have been approved , despite strong local opposition . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | celebrating a big win already is local greyhound trainer Tony Meek … the Forest of Dean has never enjoyed such sporting triumph … on Saturday Tony 's dog Ringa Hustle won the big race of the year … the Greyhound Derby … and that 's where we start our roundup |
| 25 | The Forest of Dean has long been used as a dustbin . |
| 26 | The Forest of Dean has suffered many abuses in the past . |
| 27 | He says that below the Forest of Dean lies one of Britains largest natural reservoirs . |
| 28 | And there is a third story of Beatrice passing provocatively by Modigliani 's table at the Rotonde . |
| 29 | Wednesday morning , 16 April 1746 , rained , it was chilly , and the citizens of Inverness came out from the town to view this spectator sport . |
| 30 | He asserted that the good people of Inverness owed all they had to the previous conquest and occupation by Cromwell . |