Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sixteenth century , St Teresa of Avila complained bitterly of the perils of the parlour in her fashionable convent , where the nuns practically ran a salon ! |
| 2 | 4-1 was the answer and Cantona 's late goal was but a minor irritation as the power of Scotland proved best of British . |
| 3 | Most of those caught in the siege of Makati spoke highly of the rebels . |
| 4 | However , radar reflection spectra did indicate that the surface of Mercury consists largely of dust to a depth of at least a few metres , and that the dust could be composed largely of silicates . |
| 5 | THE Princess of Wales spoke movingly of aching loneliness and rejection among AIDS victims yesterday as she appealed for compassion for sufferers and gave warning of the dangers of ignoring the disease . |
| 6 | He who was the effective prince of Wales spoke easily of ‘ the prince ’ , and never grudged him his courtesy title . |
| 7 | The rest of Leo consists mainly of the triangle formed by Beta , Delta and Theta . |
| 8 | The last travel journal ends with Gide back in Cuverville dreaming again of a loss of self — ‘ to be rid of oneself , so that one blue breath , in which I am dissolved , might journey on … ! — a dissolution which would redeem loss , but only by disavowing the recognition that what is most intensely desired is lost to the past . |
| 9 | And although we have generally ceased to believe directly in witchcraft , the irrational charges levelled against coloured immigrants in Britain smack strongly of the witchcraft accusation . |
| 10 | It is even harder to picture them leaving the defence of their border with Turkey to decisions taken in a distant European capital , and to a garrison in Thrace consisting mostly of soldiers from Germany , Italy , Spain or wherever . |
| 11 | Emily Bond a new name from Gloucestershire did best of all … she beat Heidi Hogh 6-1 6-0 but just failed to make the quarter finals … |
| 12 | Of course I did study quite a bit of Chopin in my early years , and there was a brief ‘ middle period ’ during which I played one recital in Vienna consisting entirely of Chopin Polonaises and Liszt Rhapsodies ! |
| 13 | It 's must cleverer to say ‘ Last week we visited a model village in Scandinavia made entirely of coloured interlocking building blocks , ’ ie , Legoland . |
| 14 | A journey to Rye lay ahead of her . |
| 15 | In the 1930s , training at Highbury consisted mainly of laps round the field , with assistant trainer Billy Milne or Tom Whittaker himself looking on — and using the occasion away from the treatment room to have a quiet smoke . |
| 16 | On the other hand , what Alcuin has to say must be set beside the respect accorded Aelfwald 's memory at Hexham where the king was buried ( ASC D , s.a. 788 ) , which shows that the community at Hexham thought highly of him in the twelfth century and probably earlier . |