Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun pl] [vb -s] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although statistics on dietary fibre intake were not recorded until 1919 , the Royal College of Physicians thinks it probable that it has halved in Britain since the middle of the last century . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd see if the Royal College of Heralds remembers him . ’ |
| 3 | The process is rooted in what has happened already , in the past ; the Boo– of Changes allows you the luxury of seeing how the process will continue in a hypothetical future — in this case , if you shoot Auntie Flo . ’ |
| 4 | If his own reactions to past work are subject to shifts , the response of fans bewilders him even more . |
| 5 | What kind of pyjamas does he wear I wonder ? |
| 6 | Enjoying a variety of foods gives you all the nourishment you need . |
| 7 | Enjoying a variety of foods gives you all the nourishment you need . |
| 8 | The law of averages says we 'll score a few . ’ |
| 9 | The law of averages suggests it is Arsenal 's turn to beat their neighbours but the reality is they are weighed down by injury problems while Spurs , never beaten in the FA Cup at Wembley , look set to field their strongest side . |
| 10 | He loves opera , in that the long rehearsal span and run of performances allows him ‘ to get the psychology out of the way in the first few days ’ — clearly , he worries a great deal about the mental interchange with his workforce — but he intends to keep a balance with concert work . |
| 11 | His wide range of interests keeps him busy day and night . |
| 12 | Thai food is far more interesting than Chinese or Indian , for the huge and accessible range of ingredients makes it potentially more elegant and surprising — in Thailand they are said to eat more than 250 raw ingredients in their yam ( salads , and pronounced ‘ yum ’ ) alone . |
| 13 | Its wide range of properties makes it more flexible than probably any other substance on earth . |
| 14 | Naturally the quality of the objects is not entirely consistent ( some of the prints seem pretty standard , for example ) , but the sheer range of artists makes it an impressive resource . |
| 15 | 1984 ) , the National Child Development Study follow-up of truants shows they are more likely to marry early , have larger families and to experience separation or divorce ( Hibbett and Fogelman , 1988 ; Hibbett et al . , |
| 16 | Richard Kerr is consultant neurosurgeon there , Richard tell me a bit about this , what , what sort of things does it allow you to do now that you could n't do in , in the past ? |
| 17 | Professional : ‘ What sort of things does he do ? ’ |
| 18 | What sort of problems has he got ? |
| 19 | A growing band of countries finds it impossible to borrow a penny from anyone without having received the IMF 's seal of good housekeeping . |
| 20 | While it is easy to understand why the drug makers pursue the will-of-the-wisp of the ultimate painkiller ; it is less easy to understand why the Committee on Safety of Medicines licenses them with no evidence of improvement in either safety or effectiveness . |
| 21 | Thus , while both firms have the same overall goal of selling furniture for profit , the more detailed breakdown of goals tells us much more about the different ways in which the two businesses will be run . |
| 22 | Continual moaning and criticism of others gets you nowhere . |
| 23 | What inversion of values makes us to look upon such aberrations as though they were a reflection of natural laws ? |
| 24 | The small square of shops reminds me a lot of Belfast 's battle-scarred Divis Flats — the shop windows are permanently barricaded , many flats boarded up and the walls covered in spray can slogans . |
| 25 | This chapter is about the way in which the existing predicament of teachers leads them to become stressed , and it is also about whether stress is inevitable in such circumstances or not . |
| 26 | Frequent washing and thorough drying of feet makes them feel comfortable and keeps them healthy . |
| 27 | It 's , certainly erm well attended , there 's , you know thousands of people attend and basically it centres around erm , a fire , Beltane means erm , sacred fire and erm a procession of drummers leads me to top of a path and along Carlfa , Carlton Hill and erm fire sculptures are lit around me and I unfo ha have this great costume that I unfold in and erm process round the hill and round hill are different performers erm painted in different colours to represent different elements of nature , and finally we come to this big fire where which I light with hands , which have been sculpted and bannocks are given to the people to eat , and erm the tradition that you 're supposed to cross the fire as a sort of a erm purification ceremony or or through the ashes of the fire . |
| 28 | The reproductive role of women exposes them to many health problems , including diseases associated with malnutrition , infections and diseases brought on by inadequate prenatal care . |
| 29 | The use of titles encourages you to see individuals as set firmly into their social slots . |
| 30 | It was argued in chapter 6 that the physicality of artefacts makes them much harder than language to extricate from the particular social context in which they operate , and that for this reason they pose a particular problem for academic study . |