Example sentences of "kind [prep] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is essential that we should maintain both our sensitivity and our effectiveness , if we are to protect and watch over the interests of the people we work for and provide the kind of services they need . |
| 2 | The new regimes , of course , differed widely in the kind of problems they had to confront . |
| 3 | The following selection should illustrate the kind of problems we use . |
| 4 | I was wondering what kind of problems I 'd come up against , having heard how impossible he was to be directed . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd like to know exactly what the emotional implications are of having a sexual relationship — the kind of problems you have or mistakes that get made , ’ says David . |
| 6 | There had to be freedom of association — that is , freedom to form political parties , and freedom to form the kind of associations we now know as pressure groups , whose purpose is to bring to bear on parties and on governments the combined pressure of the interests they represent . |
| 7 | No matter what kind of horrors you 've suffered , as time passes there 's only one thing that it 's every possible to do : carry on . |
| 8 | Sarah was a beautiful , sensual woman and she aroused in him the kind of emotions he had always condemned as sinful in others . |
| 9 | ‘ Your front-of-house boys do n't have the authority to deal in the kind of quantities I 'm interested in . |
| 10 | He knew the kind of tragedies they were . |
| 11 | A police force is selecting new recruits with the help of videos showing them the kind of incidents they might have to tackle . |
| 12 | A police force is selecting new recruits with the help of videos showing them the kind of incidents they might have to tackle . |
| 13 | I had a very strong idea of what I wanted , even through I had plenty of photos : I knew exactly the kind of movements I was looking for , I 'm glad we did it in two — I do n't think the cricketer would 've been very keen to do it again ! ’ |
| 14 | They were , he said , the kind of documents you eat rather than read . |
| 15 | And as the kind of girls you seem to prefer would think a job like mine utterly boring , I do n't see how you can possibly say I 'm just like them . |
| 16 | I ca n't im , with not knowing where they live , I mean I ca n't envisage where what kind of houses I mean |
| 17 | Look at the kind of questions they get now in History , English , Geography or Social Science — you could n't cram for them , because they make you think on your feet . |
| 18 | These were the kind of questions they never gave you in catechism . |
| 19 | However , frequently , the kind of questions we want to ask of the data are deeper than would be answered simply by looking at a cross-tabulation . |
| 20 | So what did they think of Hollywood 's treatment of the kind of scenes they know so well ? |
| 21 | Oh any kind of skins they bought . |
| 22 | As their mother lies dozing , one of them will suddenly pounce on the black tassel at the end of her twitching tail , using the same kind of actions it will need to pounce on a small prey animal in years to come . |
| 23 | This form of prayer , then , gathers up all our experiences and takes them to the King of Kings , and we think about them in his presence — all the hurts , all the joys , all that stops us becoming the kind of persons we feel called to be . |
| 24 | try as one might , one ca n't change the group , but , but clearly these are not th the examples that Freud chooses are really big groups where the kind of factors he 's talking about comes through very clearly because y y you can not explain what happens in the Catholic Church or an army . |
| 25 | Talking of reruns Madam er deputy speaker , er I almost feel I 'm involved in a series of reruns with the er with the minister himself because er in a series of bills er committees in the eighties , standing committees on the building societies bill , on the banking bill , on the financial services er bill , as they all were , er he was speaking at that time er in favour of more effective regulation , backing the votes of this side er for kind , the kind of policies it 's introducing today . |
| 26 | ‘ With the kind of cut-backs we have been doing , we have been incurring substantial reorganisation costs and profitability has been difficult to achieve , ’ Mr Mair said . |
| 27 | As we listen to these phrases that rolled so easily off the tongue , and which have also rolled on down through history to our own time , we must make a special effort to remember very carefully just who the men were who engineered the Garotter 's Act — what kind of men they were ; what kind of times they lived in ; and what forces helped to shape their upright moral certitude . |
| 28 | Over ten years ago Breton and Wintrobe warned that ‘ it is not clear that the behaviour of bureaucrats would be and what kind of models we would be churning out if government revenues were not increasing automatically ’ ( Breton and Wintrobe , 1975 , p. 205 ) . |
| 29 | There may be surprises , but they are woven into the fabric , the kind of surprises you live with . |
| 30 | The kind of games you played ? |