Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [pron] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mansell locked his brakes up and span off , his car turning backwards and colliding into the wall at about 75mph in a cloud of debris which included his right front wheel . |
| 32 | So massive a change of emphasis must be of fundamental significance , not only to the anthropologist and the social historian , but to the child psychologists , psychiatrists and psychotherapists whose very existence as a group depends upon the climate of opinion which regards their professional skills as valuable and necessary , and which places them on an equal footing in social esteem with the more anciently respected callings of the paediatrician and the pedagogue . |
| 33 | So are the means of transport which make it possible . |
| 34 | In 1977 Caputo published the superb Rumour of War which documented his own combat experiences in Vietnam ; subsequent novels by Caputo revealed as much about his own problems in leaving Vietnam behind as anything else . |
| 35 | Tommy McLean , the Fir Park boss , was responsible for a shrewd piece of business which saw his old Rangers colleague Davie Cooper join the Steelmen to add dashes of invention and experience . |
| 36 | Again limit yourself this time to the six ( more or less if necessary ) most important reasons or pieces of evidence which support your suggested answer . |
| 37 | Up to this point the structuralism of Lévi-Strauss and Barthes has been characterized by a formal interest in the structure of signification which has its clear roots in structural linguistics . |
| 38 | Behind the image of pride they hide their desperate need of acceptance , which they seek in everything they do , though they would never admit to it . |
| 39 | And , if one accepts the concept that the spirit is journeying through many lifetimes in order to achieve that degree of evolution which makes it unnecessary to spend further time on this earth , then surely it must be essential to experience life both as a man and as a woman . |
| 40 | You might find this hard to believe but I 'm the kind of person who likes nothing more than to potter about the house in a pair of jeans and a sweater and eat spaghetti Bolognese . |
| 41 | You may be the kind of person who finds it easier to have sex than to talk about it , whether with new or regular partners . |
| 42 | The mosaics of the fifth and sixth centuries especially have a glowing richness of colour and a vividness of draughtmanship which complements their hierarchical treatment of figures and compositions . |
| 43 | It 's frustrated , urgent and fluent — plus it 's got that feeling of abandon which makes it unpredictable and on edge all the time . |
| 44 | It is from some of these 400 that the letters come protesting innocence — and if they often ramble and are poorly expressed , that is indicative of a lack of education which made them vulnerable to manipulation in the first place . |
| 45 | That answer , at least , is consistent with the passage in Questions of Procedure which makes it clear that the internal arrangement of Cabinet business is no concern of Parliament or public . |
| 46 | The Australian Aborigines make a clear distinction between the works of art they consider their own and those they claim go back to the time of their creation , popularly referred to as the Dreamtime in all literature about Aborigines . |
| 47 | Under the quiet but firm leadership of Kenneth McDougall , ably seconded by Mark Frame , the BDDA was approaching the stage of development which made it fit for its task in the post-war world . |
| 48 | ‘ I was only aiming for the British record , ’ Wooderson declared in a state of shock which caused him sleepless nights for a week . |
| 49 | The Finn touched the ball inside to Jess who controlled it and turned in a blur of movement which took him clear of his cover and a sweetly struck shot hummed past Andy Rhodes . |
| 50 | Of Merovech he records nothing other than his supposed descent from Chlodio and that he was the father of Childeric . |
| 51 | It is n't that God is unreal ; lack of commitment his made everything unreal . |
| 52 | He read through his first paragraph — after years of novel-writing he found it easier to put it all in the third person . |
| 53 | ‘ It is very good for old people and sufferers of arthritis who find it difficult to dry themselves with a towel , ’ says Chris . |
| 54 | Their work was hampered when a large boulder blocking their way was moved , resulting in a further fall of shale which took them several hours to remove . |
| 55 | By the last vestiges of twilight he consulted his waterlogged watch . |
| 56 | Whether or not the act is criminal is immaterial , since it is the explicitness of depiction which renders it obscene . |
| 57 | In common with all former Rolling Stone scribbler-turned-screenwriter ( then director ) Cameron Crowe 's male leads , Spicoli was possessed of an inner sweetness , resilience and generosity of spirit which belied his zonked outward appearance . |
| 58 | Each has , as its head , a Secretary of State who heads his own Office , but who is a member of the Cabinet and answerable to Parliament for the discharge of his duties and exercise of his powers . |
| 59 | It contains six small apples and has the sort of handle which makes it easy to carry to school or on outings . |
| 60 | Today he is a professor of physics at Brigham Young University ( BYU ) in Provo Utah , is a world authority on the experimental investigations of muon catalysed fusion , and is a quietly spoken contemplative man with a dry sense of humour who describes his fair slightly greying hair as ‘ palladium blond ’ . |