Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The organisational side of the investigation described here will in the great majority of cases reveal what went wrong , either physically and mechanically or from a procedural or handling point of view .
2 Yes , we are gon na see if we can get you a pair of shoes Do you want some shoes .
3 Frequent washing and thorough drying of feet makes them feel comfortable and keeps them healthy .
4 As almost all TDs are now willing to admit , the obligation inherent in the STV to compete for votes by looking after the interests of constituents forces them to give less than proper attention to their prime constitutional responsibility as legislators .
5 Though it is plausible that Mercury and the Moon could have lost large quantities of volatiles to space it seems unlikely that this explains the extreme extent of their depletions .
6 Referring back to that list of priorities led me to address this thorny issue once more , only this time less from the point of view of a recording being merely compared with other recordings ( or some mean recorded standard ) , than the level of execution which the scores themselves would appear to invite .
7 By the same token wood carvings of chiefs show them grasping hafted adzes .
8 There were , though , negative comments : 17% of respondents thought it looked extravagant and was too glossy .
9 Avoid the mirror syndrome , the acquisition of friends to make you feel good with yourself .
10 If ( as often happens ) you find that your pupilmaster does not have enough work in the smaller courts and in administrative tribunals to give you adequate experience , ask him if he will arrange with another member of chambers to enable you to see more of these courts and tribunals .
11 The pensioner movement is only growing very slowly in Britain and it is hard to imagine the prosperous 20 per cent of pensioners feeling they had much in common with the 40 per cent who are completely dependent on state benefits .
12 Normally Peter played at outside-right , but a combination of events led him to have several useful and productive spells at centre-forward , and he also played at inside-right and at outside-left for us .
13 Nationwide , some two-thirds of Democrats say they want another — unspecified — candidate to take on Mr Bush .
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