Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | As director of social services for the London borough of Hillingdon I knew of the work with refugees in my role in Hillingdon I was responsible for services for child arrivals at Heathrow airport and I worked closely with Save The Children on the successful effort to get specific recognition for asylum seeking children in the asylum and immigration appeals act . |
| 2 | I sobered , thinking of sagas I had heard of wolves , but my father hushed me . |
| 3 | erm There was a great deal of difficulty I think at the court , as well as the rather glamorous exterior . |
| 4 | I have some sympathy for the Home Secretary in these matters , he is not an Officer of State who over-occupies the position for whom I normally have a great deal of sympathy I must confess , er but on this occasion I do have some sympathy . |
| 5 | When I first went in for forensic medicine he used me a lot and I got a great deal of experience I would n't otherwise have had because he was never too proud to ask for a specialist opinion . |
| 6 | I did not dawdle , but as I had to pass our post pigeonholes , from force of habit I looked in mine in case the second post had been sorted early . |
| 7 | This is the earliest mention of tennis I have come across , and it is nice to know that even at this early age a sporting rivalry existed between the two villages . |
| 8 | I have also complained to you continually about the loss of orders I have taken from my customers , ie back orders which get lost on the computer or they are not delivered due to the lack of stock . |
| 9 | This caused the single biggest loss of stock I have ever had . |
| 10 | After a while , though , when I 'd turned down the side-street where the house was I hoped ) , there were no more sounds to frighten me , and as a result of course I grew much more afraid of the stuffed , dripping silence . |
| 11 | ‘ I am satisfied that there are no grounds on which I can say that these charges are bad , but with regard to the equity of redemption I am satisfied on the evidence that what Mrs. Wardman did was at the request of and in reliance on her daughter , and under her influence . |
| 12 | Try as I might , apart from a certain cosiness of tone I discerned in his interview with Brian Redhead , I do n't remember Neil Kinnock getting such an easy ride in his appearances . |
| 13 | Maud Bailey went on : ‘ I 've checked my card index — I 'm working on a full-length study of Melusina I 've only found one reference to Ash . |
| 14 | My multiple personality required multiple scripts , and from my study of graphology I tried to create individual scripts that conformed to the analyses of heavy down-strokes , ‘ pasty ’ loops and uncrossed ‘ ts ’ : I was especially interested in ‘ pasty ’ strokes , which are supposed to indicate a rich sexuality , and disconnected letters , indicative of ‘ inspiration ’ . |
| 15 | Erm , having said that , I think lecturers tend to accumulate these things over time and this is the first year I 've run this course so I do n't have a great stock of things I can I can show you . |
| 16 | Immediately the tension , the rage , the fear of sorts I felt , start slipping away . |
| 17 | Look , I 'm furious , I can barely contain my rage , every gram of flesh I have is quivering with anger . |
| 18 | We took four or five weeks to get across the Atlantic , being pursued by enemy submarines — all very worrying ! — and while Ben was setting Auden 's Hymn to St Cecilia and writing A Ceremony of Carols I started to put the Grimes scenario into shape . |
| 19 | I think there 's sufficient weighting on the course in art for the child to make it work … if you kill the word ‘ exam ’ and just call it a ‘ set piece ’ , and say ‘ This is the final piece of work I 'd like you to do ’ , and see if there 's a climax of five terms ' work , as opposed to some sort of insurmountable hurdle that only 20 per cent of the pupils can get over … ‘ if you do n't make a particularly good job of it , it only carries 40 per cent of the marks and you 've got 60 per cent for the coursework ‘ . |
| 20 | born free look at merito I 've got a merito for every piece of work I 've done |
| 21 | The proof of this statement is so simple and elegant that it is the one piece of mathematics I have permitted myself in this book . |
| 22 | Zakrewski commented , ‘ This is the most ridiculous piece of legislation I have ever seen in my entire life . |
| 23 | So now if I need a ‘ new ’ piece of equipment I go to a reputable second-hand wood working machinery dealer . |
| 24 | One piece of equipment I really liked on the Mercedes was the wiper system — a single arm that dips in the middle of its strokes to maximise its sweep . |
| 25 | That 's my pocket notebook and I keep it up to date , that 's another piece of equipment I use . |
| 26 | Another piece of equipment I use is my boots , my shoes , my trousers , my clever truncheon pocket , it 's a long thin pocket which I can put the truncheon in and it hides away . |
| 27 | Biggest damn piece of architecture I 've ever seen . |
| 28 | and subtly-polished piece of jade I held |
| 29 | ‘ There 's a piece of teak I 've carved into a hex sign up there , ’ he pointed out . |
| 30 | I had read it hungrily in Lima when for a time it was the most substantial piece of luggage I possessed . |