Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [noun] of [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | These reports had at least a grounding in real events , or my memory of them . |
| 2 | Read that and see whether you think it 's er accurate or which bits of it click and which bits of it do n't . |
| 3 | The process includes asking the originator to describe the idea , obtaining the reasons for his or her belief of its potential value to the company , and discussing the degree to which technical and marketing concerns have been addressed . |
| 4 | A plaintiff who is rendered permanently unconscious or whose awareness of his loss of amenities is otherwise impaired is thus entitled to a full award under this head . |
| 5 | Perhaps it was due to the increasingly introspective searching which resulted from the Vietnam experience , or it spite of it , that a full quarter century passed before the Technicolour version of December 7 , 1941 , was brought to the wide screen . |
| 6 | This was one of the voyages in which the men of science were in charge , in that the point of the expedition was scientific ; often there had been frustration among scientists on voyages because the captain 's instructions , or his interpretation of them , did not let him stay at interesting places as long as they would have liked , or put enough boats and crews at their disposal . |
| 7 | The Israeli Government maintains that Abie Nathan was prosecuted … not because of his political views or his expression of them , but as a consequence of his actions ’ . |
| 8 | So , the sort of man who took on a mansus absus might have been an immigrant attracted by freedom from labour services ; or a son who feared that his patrimony , or his share of it , would not be big enough to support his family ; or a rich peasant with several adult sons and labour to spare . |
| 9 | Neumann again oversimplifies matters when he uniformly equates Tempo di Menuetto with Allegretto , or his conception of it , which he claims to mean ‘ relaxed ease ’ and to have been ‘ anything but fast ’ . |
| 10 | Tell yourself honestly whether it 's the garment that 's wrong or your estimation of your own proportions . |
| 11 | Are n't you once again in some sense signalling your acceptance of events — or your non-acceptance of them ? |
| 12 | Quality means different things to different people depending on either your job or your view of it . |
| 13 | All that vast enlargement of educational opportunity which has happened in the century since then and continues to accelerate has not robbed their vision of its truth nor their example of its value . |
| 14 | I mean I did that , I mean it , it , er , er , at Exmouth when they all measured er , they had an extra window like and I sort of you know , do you want , you know |
| 15 | Elsewhere ( as along the western seaboard of North America ) plates were converging and being subducted , but over a great part of the earth 's surface , and my part of it in particular , the plates were gently moving apart as the Atlantic formed from its median ridge . |
| 16 | In use , the 305 feels good , and my enjoyment of it was probably helped by subconscious relief that any accidental misuse did n't mean joining the Foreign Legion until the importers forgot my name ! |
| 17 | Seven years later , my experience of further education has grown and my perceptions of it have inevitably changed . |
| 18 | How then is it possible that a gesture I saw performed by one person , a gesture that was connected to her , that characterized her and was part of her individual charm , could at the same time be the essence of another person and my dreams of her ? |
| 19 | PAMELA : [ aside ] I have a little tincture of jealousy too , which has made me more uneasy than I ought to be , particularly in the case of Miss Sally Godfrey and my fears of what might happen when we reach London . |
| 20 | I came to believe that in the S.A.S. he had realised his ideal of chivalry in a contemporary setting ; and that with our marriage and my acceptance of his decision , the two halves of his nature had come together , and for him the enigma of character had been resolved . |
| 21 | Erm , if a couple decide to have children , they have children for life , it 's until they erm , get married and I really think we 're given too much of this me , me and my fulfilment of what you can be , and you forget that there 's two people there , or three people who are dependent on you . |
| 22 | No doubt if I can not break out of the convention of thinking as though I were a detached Ego contemplating unmoved both the possible consequences and my fear of them , it will seem that I can have no reason to stop smoking unless I recognize some further imperative such as ‘ Take care of your health ’ . |
| 23 | Erm , Mr Brighton was was critical of the County Council in just using the residual method to determine the size of the new settlement , er and then in in backing up that justification erm referred to work that is included in in Barton Willmore 's proof , I 've I have read this survey work quite carefully , and my understanding of it is is that erm by un undertaking a survey of settlements in the county , they have established , albeit f f f for information purposes only , a population threshold for a particular type of service , erm , in in the North Yorkshire context , erm the implication I I understand from that is is that that is being used to justify a fourteen hundred figure or or whatever it is to achieve the level of services that would would be required for a a balanced integrated community to use the words for the guidance . |
| 24 | He was sort of evasive and fey and appeared relatively shy and my impression of him at the time was that he had little charisma , no star quality and not a lot of talent , and it came as a big surprise when he became as successful as he was . |
| 25 | If the acquirer 's solicitors are to prepare the agreement , it is very important that they are fully informed as to the acquirer 's aims and concerns about the acquisition and its assessment of its bargaining position and that they discuss the draft with the acquirer before it is released to the seller . |
| 26 | Elite theorists are preoccupied with the state 's capacity to adapt to its environment , its steering capacity , and its control of its subjects . |
| 27 | The tape — and her disclosure of its existence — would gain her Golding 's confidence . |
| 28 | In particular , her hatred of her body and her description of her breasts as ‘ useless lumps of flesh ’ echo the feelings of other girls I spoke to about the female body . |
| 29 | She surrendered herself to the melting awareness that was building within her , and her exploration of his mouth matched his in eagerness and abandonment . |
| 30 | She had followed her mother 's commandments and her idea of what was right and wrong for long enough . |