Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] [noun] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Andrew , my dear boy , your father and I are talking matters of great pith and moment , ’ replied Clem . |
| 2 | Already I am organising supplies of isolating varnish to all churches and register offices . |
| 3 | On behalf of Wolverhampton Community Care Forum and as part of a research for an Open University course , I am investigating examples of local codes of practice on contracting for services negotiated between voluntary and statutory sectors . |
| 4 | I was getting megawatts of sexual response from you , but nothing emotional , nothing — Radcliffe got it all . |
| 5 | I remember Witney 's skilful insertion of some kind of crossbow bolt ; me I was wedging shards of brown glass into the other boy 's crown . |
| 6 | I was feeling kind of seasick , the crowd cried out for more ’ , sung Gary Brooker of Procul Harum in ‘ A Whiter Shade of Pale ’ , on Deram , that June . |
| 7 | The one drawback is that bounce is not very efficient in its use of lighting power compared with direct lighting , and you may find that the illumination level is on the low side unless you are using floodlamps of high wattage . |
| 8 | They were jostled and pushed , and all the while she was catching glimpses of stunning costumes . |
| 9 | She pulled through the clutching shrubbery and skimmed back up the steps , realizing she was leaving footprints of damp earth . |
| 10 | She was having dreams of unabashed sexuality . |
| 11 | We are taking account of environmental considerations . |
| 12 | ‘ We are getting trainloads of rotten food - full of worms . |
| 13 | These processes must be analysed if we are to gain understanding of global politics and to assess the relationship between global and domestic political systems . |
| 14 | We were shown film of one-hit-one-kill armour-piercing ammunition , fired from a multiple cannon , able to shoot 3200 rounds a minute of 25 mm ammunition . |
| 15 | They are setting standards of good practice that we in the Save The Children Fund can then help to spread . |
| 16 | But one thing I would say and I think this is very valid and think pe it wo n't be long before people start to pick up on it and er we have n't got a national accounts , a proper national accounts team cos we have n't got the people and we all know the reasons why but nevertheless you know they 're , they 're pinpointing areas of big business with big companies like and and not allowed to go into new business |
| 17 | The teachers understood that what they were doing would have to change if they were to foster skills of mathematical thinking , but it was still difficult for them to change well-established habits for others of unproven value . |
| 18 | They were shown videos of past plays performed in the department and offered the opportunity to watch Soviet television or the latest satellite language learning materials . |
| 19 | British Telecom says it is considering provision of local management services in conjunction with its portfolio of managed communications services once the new products are finished : it sees commercial products and services in early 1994 . |
| 20 | British Telecom says it is considering provision of local management services in conjunction with its portfolio of managed communications services once the new products are finished : it sees commercial products and services in early 1994 . |
| 21 | This is increased if the picture is systematic , that is , if it is to show members of close species . |
| 22 | In addition to working closely with Government to ensure that fiscal and other financial policies do not create competition barriers for UK industry , he is making harmonisation of financial reporting a priority . |
| 23 | The fact that the younger the subject is , the more able he is to recall details of past lives , seems to me to be quite simple to understand : it is only as our children pass through the Western educational system that they are taught to forego intuition and creativity in favour of logic and calculation . |
| 24 | The Russian government announced on Nov. 15 that it was taking control of Soviet oil-export licences from Dec. 1 . |
| 25 | A week ago SGS-Thomson said it was starting production of 1M-bit Flash memories and would be fabricating samples with higher capacities . |
| 26 | As Assistant Adjutant , he was given tasks of little consequence , mostly dull book work concerned with parade states and the number of sick reported from the companies . |
| 27 | From Cambridge he was appointed professor of natural philosophy at Anderson 's College , Glasgow ( the nucleus of what later became Strathclyde University ) , and held that post from 1872 to 1880 . |
| 28 | In 1867 he was appointed professor of dogmatic and moral theology at Maynooth , in 1878 vice-president , and in 1880 president . |
| 29 | He was appointed director of colonial studies at the University of St Andrews , Scotland ( 1947–54 ) , continuing regular broadcasts as an African observer . |
| 30 | On his return three years later he was appointed director of electrical engineering at the Admiralty , Bath . |