Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During our last dog sledge trip I had talked of my love of whales to Odd-Knut . |
| 2 | You could not properly take account of my experience of separatism without acknowledging my feelings of being swept away by this sort of fervour . |
| 3 | My own interest in Marxism grew , I explained to Ladislav , in part at least , out of my readings of Hegel at university . |
| 4 | If I had to select one of my pairs of binoculars for observations of nebulæ I think I would choose the × 7 instrument , though I agree that the more powerful binoculars can bring out more details in the fainter nebulæ . |
| 5 | Loss of my letter of introduction from Barry the Magus had meant that I had been unable to make the most of a brief , lacklustre meeting in Puerto Maldonaldo with its adviser Didier Lacaze , a slight , diffident Frenchman . |
| 6 | I have given notice of my point of order to you and to the Secretary of State for Education and Science , who is in his place . |
| 7 | All students are required to enrol initially at the beginning of their course of study at the University , and to re-enrol annually , at the beginning of each academic year . |
| 8 | They often have a broad product range , operating in more than one industrial sector , and sometimes show a high degree of vertical integration , having control of their sources of supply at one end and the chain of distribution at the other . |
| 9 | Val had never , during their time together , proposed to Roland that they visit her mother , though Roland had twice taken her to Glasdale , where she had helped his father wash up , and had taken his mother 's jeering deflation of their way of life in her stride , telling him , ‘ Do n't worry , Mole . |
| 10 | But , of course , for audiences , in terms of their experience of representation of gender in the media , television works across those spheres . |
| 11 | A possible ( relatively ) benign explanation might be presented for GPs ' failure to pursue a non compulsory route : that women , whose conventional role involves running the home and family , would be less willing to go into hospital precisely because of their feelings of responsibility for others in the home . |
| 12 | Farmers in such situations have the experience , knowledge and wisdom to recognise that implementation of structural policy could lead to the end of their occupancy of land as independent entrepreneurs . |
| 13 | This offered Members of Lloyd 's saleroom valuations of their works of art without charge or obligation , as well as advance payments on works of art consigned to auction ‘ up to 35% of the estimated proceeds of sale when the items have been delivered to us and entered for sale ’ . |
| 14 | Goldich pointed out that this weathering series closely matched Bowen 's reaction series which listed various silicate minerals in terms of their order of crystallization from a silicate melt . |
| 15 | Equally , if they ask the tribe of their head of state for compensation , they locate the claim to sovereignty where it can not be . |
| 16 | IN the musical South Pacific , American GIs sung of their pursuit of women on the mythical , tropical island of Bali Hai . |
| 17 | The research concentrates on 40 Protestant and Catholic , skilled and semi-skilled , married men in two age groups ( 25-35 and 40-50 ) who will be ‘ followed ’ from the start of their spell of unemployment for a period of up to 17 months ( or until they regain paid work ) , interviews being conducted at approximately 5 month intervals . |
| 18 | Lack of speech development in deaf children becomes a function not of their lack of experience of spoken sound , but of additional handicap . |
| 19 | The difference between the male and the female experience of lab work is partly a difference between male and female upbringing ; writers like Kelly ( 1981a ) have been quite correct to point out that women are disadvantaged in science because of their lack of experience with scientific toys , machines and so on in childhood . |
| 20 | Oh I I would be it would be nonsense to say that there has n't been failings of the system , sometimes through the carelessness of an officer , sometimes , certainly in the initial stage , because of their lack of awareness of the er provisions of the act . |
| 21 | Next we look at the characteristics of the casual labour force , and we conclude by considering the relevance of their lack of coverage by the principal provisions of employment protection legislation . |
| 22 | The Balance of Power in the Court : Parents may be at a disadvantage in court because of their lack of familiarity with court proceedings , and their past experiences in court may prove inhibiting . |
| 23 | Historically , they were exploited because of their lack of understanding of the complex regulations related to the status of ‘ independent contractor , ’ and in this respect I agree that proper vocational training would have been beneficial . |
| 24 | Teachers with interests in , and commitments to , humanities , English and creative and expressive arts felt ill-at-ease with teaching science and mathematics , not just because of their lack of confidence with the subject ( though this was important ) , but also because of their discomfort with the very different pedagogies , very different ways of relating to children they felt were associated with those other subjects . |
| 25 | But if it was so easy for me to see this evidence and to talk to those who had substantial proof of their ownership of homes in mandate Palestine , surely it would be no more difficult to go to Israel , find those same homes and — the idea had a special excitement about it — to knock on those same front doors . |
| 26 | Gilbert and Ward found that renters made up 36.4 per cent of their sample of inhabitants of spontaneous housing settlements in Bogota , 12.7 per cent of those in Mexico City and 4.5 per cent in Valencia ( Gilbert and Ward 1985 ) . |
| 27 | Only in small and relatively unified societies , not fragmented by industrialization and the resultant division of labour , was it likely that citizens would be more aware of their membership of society as a whole than of their particular social , occupational or interest group within it . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , the Bill will form an important part of the full delivery of their policy of care in the community . |
| 29 | and she would I think be prepared to as she 's in charge of their sort of arrangements for where they dance , er it 's easier than ne negotiating with someone who who I 've only met once er very briefly . |
| 30 | [ That this House calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Minister of State for Overseas Development to grant Aid Trade Provision Cover and ECGD cover over three years from 1992 to enable Communication Supplies Ltd. to continue to export further System X telephone exchanges and ancillary equipment to Kenya , which they have done successfully for the past seven years ; and furthermore notes that the Kenyan Government considers this project as top of their list of priorities for trade with the United Kingdom , and the project will save and provide many thousands of jobs throughout the United Kingdom and will lead to repeat business for many years to come , and that if funding is not forthcoming the contract will be lost to the United Kingdom and awarded to either Japanese , French or Italian companies , all of whom have shown open interest . ] |