Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I refer , of course , to manners of thought that have become formalised , certain convolutions , the consistent combination of apprehensions with little twistles of kinaesthetic intimation , d'ye follow me ? ’ |
| 2 | The road , a single car 's width , now heads south on a tortuous journey of ups and downs and ins and outs through a tangled landscape of low hillocks , gneiss outcrops , peat bogs and small lochans that lap the roadside verges , furnished with occasional clumps of trees and bordered by heather and gorse : an undisciplined maze yet endowed with infinite beauty . |
| 3 | As they drove through rolling hills topped by Mohican clumps of trees and moved into the leafy green tunnels of Petersfield , his bride , who 'd been primed by Drew , put her hand on her husband 's cock and suggested that it would be more fun to stop and have their picnic in a field than join the crowds at Cowdray . |
| 4 | Dig out the clumps of roots and divide them into smaller portions to replant or pot-up . |
| 5 | The ATB needed to do more to make farmers aware how training was one of the cogs in a wheel of progress that included advisory services , banks , accountants , marketing organisations , etc . |
| 6 | Visitors to the gallery may spin a wheel of fortune and wait for it to stop and illuminate one or another of eight room tableaux . |
| 7 | The latest award is in the Borough of Sunderland and starts in February . |
| 8 | The Company had to contribute £3,000 ( and no more ) towards the cost of rebuilding and widening Goat House Bridge in South Norwood and the bridge over the road near Selby Road ; although both were on Tramway No. 20 , within the Borough of Croydon and claimed by the Corporation . |
| 9 | How Christianity starts off as the religion of peace but ends up violent like other religions . |
| 10 | Paul is castigated and his followers are said to ‘ have abandoned the religion of Christ and turned towards the religious doctrines of the Romans ’ . |
| 11 | His attitudes towards nature Cosslett presents as very close to those of the popularisers — ‘ from a heroic facing of facts that seem to destroy his dearest dreams , to an imaginative perception of harmonious law and organic pattern pervading the constantly changing universe ’ . |
| 12 | Helping the sufferer to take the risks of self-disclosure and to acknowledge the need for emotional and practical support and help from others . |
| 13 | Continuity in subcontracting allows parent companies to diversify the risks of specialization and promotes the exchange of technological information so that the quality of inputs is ensured and delivery schedules guaranteed . |
| 14 | Continuity in subcontracting allows parent companies to diversify the risks of specialization and promotes the exchange of technological information so that the quality of inputs is ensured and delivery schedules guaranteed . |
| 15 | It would maximise civilian tactics of resistance and defuse the natural potential for violence , containing and eventually eliminating the marginal but intrusive phenomenon of collaborator activation by Israeli security authorities and collaborator execution by local Palestinians . |
| 16 | It 's the political tactics of divide and conquer , you see ? ’ |
| 17 | Physical activities and games decrease the isolation of patients and encourage the patient to develop appropriate attitudes to new situations . |
| 18 | There are other important questions , such as the general characteristics of behaviour that tends to get identified as child abuse and the social conditions that tend to make such behaviour more or less likely . |
| 19 | The resulting population of adherent cells , subsequently designated monocytes , was more than 95% esterase positive and showed the morphological characteristics of monocytes as determined by Giemsa stained preparations . |
| 20 | Positive cytology was based on the presence of cells with established characteristics of malignancy as shown in Figure 2 . |
| 21 | Over the past few years there has been increasing interest in the biological characteristics of biliary and gall bladder epithelial cells in an attempt to enhance our understanding of diseases affecting the biliary tree . |
| 22 | With non-ionic detergents they have the safety characteristics of QACs but have better performance and do not affect beer head retention . |
| 23 | Some of his reassurances were marvellously paradoxical , claiming the contradictory characteristics of novelty and experience at once . |
| 24 | In the next few sections I will look at the characteristics of LE as used by the black community , with respect to vocabulary , grammar and accent . |
| 25 | Although only fragments remain , Dunseverick manages not to be outdone in the legend stakes ; Conal Caernach who lived here is said to have witnessed the crucifixion of Christ while serving in the Roman army . |
| 26 | The first , more than two years ago , considered the feasibility of privatisation and followed reports from the Treasury and the Central Purchasing Unit which came out against wholesale privatisation . |
| 27 | There are certain sorts of clothes that make you an ‘ OK person ’ ( like Levi jeans or Reebok trainers ) . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , in the system 's lexicon , absolute constraints are specified on the sorts of constants and predicate arguments . |
| 29 | And the problem is , although they are er very negative for the environment , they destroy rivers , they effect the navigation , they are quite popular with the population , with the peasants , with the indians , because they bring money , they bring activities , they bring weapons , they bring all sorts of things that break the isolation of those populations that live along the rivers or er in the middle of the forest . |
| 30 | But I wish to relate to the council a particular episode , which I hope will convey something to those people who are perhaps still wavering erm , and whilst we all have principle stands on issues it behoves us as members to consider the views of our constituents and the sorts of things that take place in our wards . |