Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Transatlantic Brides and Parents Association of Orlando also proudly laid a wreath . |
| 2 | Instead of thinking of Nicolo less often , she was thinking of him more and more . |
| 3 | Erm s that 's my general s there 's no doubt that there are a great deal of activities there as always of course when one is spending a lot of new money quite rapidly , one has to monitor it very carefully to make sure that it 's being effectively spent , and I 'm sure the director and this committee will continue to do that . |
| 4 | Colleagues , I know that people are starting to move out , and I 'm sure that it 's got nothing to do with Mick 's appearance at the rostrum , but colleagues seriously , seriously for the last couple of days we 've had a great deal of disciplines so please try and be as quiet as possible . |
| 5 | In the United States the courts exercise a good deal of influence quite independently of the other branches of government . |
| 6 | But the single patient with x and not y does make a great deal of difference as far as the theoretical use of the concept is concerned . |
| 7 | Chandos Herald , the Black Prince 's biographer , makes the prince reply to Charles V 's letter citing him to appear before the parlement of Paris by saying , ‘ Lords , by my faith it seems to me that the French think I am dead ; but if God gives me comfort , and I can get up from this bed , I will do them a great deal of harm even now , for God knows that they lack a good case , and they will have real cause to complain of me . ’ |
| 8 | After 32 years I continue to enjoy my Medau by doing three classes a week — with Myrtle Mott at Plumstead , with Elsie Streek at Alderwood School and with Bridget at Sidcup and I must say that this form of movement has given me a great deal of pleasure so LONG LIVE MEDAU . |
| 9 | Okay , so there you are you see , you 're , you 're a first aider and you come up to the person and you hold it the way you did last time and you think ah , now that 's the wrong way round of course , there 's my elbow point , there 's my injured elbow , so I have to be that way round , mm , so you turn it round the other way , right , your elbow shape goes to the injured elbow and your long line goes straight up and down the line of the body , you arrange it so that you only just covering the forearm there , with just enough above the hand to tie your reef knot that would be too little and that would be too much just enough above the hands to tie your reef knot , the first thing you do is to tuck nice , big bit of material right under the hand and anchor it into position , just keep that resting there and all the rest of this goes under the arm up between the shoulder blades there and you tie your first half of the reef knot just above the fingers in the hollow of the neck here , now that 's important because round the back here if you press on that bit of muscle there , there 's a big band of muscle , if you 've got a knot on that it gives a great deal of discomfort very quickly so you want to get the knots round in the hollow here that does n't hurt your casualty , there , draw it up half the knot , is that tight enough ? |
| 10 | The critical attitude affects not just one 's perception of knowledge out there ( Popper 's world III ) , but also one 's perception of one 's own knowledge ( world II ) . |
| 11 | The volume and speed of traffic not only creates a sense of danger but makes a significant contribution to noise and air pollution . |
| 12 | Hahnemann felt that the ‘ single dose and wait ’ philosophy left too long a period of inaction and the speed of cure often too slow as the practitioner could do nothing but wait for the remedy to complete its ' curative curve . |
| 13 | This makes their speed of acquisition initially faster , but with the lack of knowledge of BSL grammar and rules the only strategy available is to impose English rules . |
| 14 | In 1759 Garrick had delighted London audiences by celebrating Quiberon Bay with his song ‘ Heart of Oak ’ , and its lines ‘ T is to glory we steer , To add something new to this wonderful year ’ fitted the mood of a steady succession of triumphs very well . |
| 15 | THE man who took office as President of Panama early yesterday morning was popularly elected last spring but had to wait more than six months before being thrust into power by the United States . |
| 16 | The unlawful theft of cars all too often leads to injury and death . |
| 17 | He warned that if Slovenia went ahead with secession , EC support would be withdrawn — leading to the total economic collapse of Yugoslavia as early as September . |
| 18 | You hear the rattle of gunfire here as often as you hear cars tooting their horns . |
| 19 | Reporting a loss of $12.8m late yesterday , Cap Gemini Sogeti SA said it was omitting its dividend . |
| 20 | The loss of Chalmers so early on , although tragic , could not excuse the disarray that was Scotland 's three-quarter line , not at this level . |
| 21 | The Swann Committee had also noted ‘ the views expressed very clearly to us at our various meetings with parents from the whole range of ethnic minority groups that they want and indeed expect the education system to give their children above all a good command of English as rapidly as possible ’ . |
| 22 | Programme of work not yet determined . |
| 23 | Dr Martini predicted the BBC 's plans would also provoke the complete opposition of islanders not directly involved in the affair . |
| 24 | Watching it takes you into the mind of Ramanujan as surely as a long look into his eyes . |
| 25 | Elton claims that the ‘ scientific , ordered , systematic study of history only really began in the 19th century ’ and he particularly mentions Namier and Maitland as two historians who ‘ brought a scientific and intellectual approach to the study of history ’ . |
| 26 | These features take on particular interest when combined with the findings of Squire ( 1964 ) whose study of readers not only found evidence of a considerable need on the part of adolescent readers for association and empathy with the characters in a work of fiction , but also a clear correlation between emotional involvement with a story and the formulation of literary judgment . |
| 27 | By contrast the most depressing problem is the large number of people who have been sold a new tank set-up and a complete stock of fish virtually simultaneously … |
| 28 | Berghofer was reconfirmed as mayor of Dresden shortly afterwards and declared that he would not join another party until after the election . |
| 29 | At the Swan Hotel in Stratford , Mrs Roscoe had just completed her evening meal , a concoction of beans so splendidly bleak as to delight the most dedicated Vegan . |
| 30 | On the other hand , there may be real value in divergence of approach not only in terms of flexibility , but also in encouraging experimentation which may lead to overall advances being made , which might otherwise not be possible . |