Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I ca n't see why a spot of honesty has upset you so much . |
| 2 | The destructive effects of capsaicin have made it attractive as a tool to scientists interested in mapping the representation of sensation in the brain and peripheral nervous system . |
| 3 | There had been an inn years ago but lack of support had closed its doors . |
| 4 | In a report submitted earlier this year [ see ED 61 ] , a team of experts had said there were " serious deficiencies " in the project . |
| 5 | But in some instances Artificers of genius had left their mark upon the armour — ten years earlier , or a hundred , or a thousand . |
| 6 | A lock of hair had worked itself loose in his wig and now hung over his forehead . |
| 7 | Or some chum of Matt 's put it there to make him feel at home . |
| 8 | Now , it is true that the concept of frigidity has lost its urgency in these liberated times when orgasm is every woman 's right . |
| 9 | Nearly half a century of debauchery had made him immune to such mundane feelings . |
| 10 | The theory of disengagement has led us to believe that it is a normal feature of growing old to withdraw from social life , that isolation and loneliness is a chosen path and not the product of enforced retirement , low income , low status and inadequate social provision . |
| 11 | More recently , the coming of photography has made it possible for even the least talented among us to produce our own pictorial records . |
| 12 | ‘ Only a great deal of luck has enabled us to complete our main objectives and get out — just — before the portcullis of the oncoming Antarctic winter cut us off . ’ |
| 13 | The Earl of Northumberland had given him a coach and four horses , ‘ a gift greater than I was beholding for to any subject ’ . |
| 14 | Mrs Bradshaw was a kindly lady , but half a lifetime as the wife of a top civil servant at the Ministry of Defence had given her an authoritative air which at times verged on the imperious . |
| 15 | Rosyth 's managing director , Allan Smith , said the job cuts were needed because the Ministry of Defence had reduced its workload and London Underground had cut the number of trains it wanted refurbished . |
| 16 | THE NUNS in Northamptonshire who are battling to save their 5,000 chickens from slaughter said yesterday that the Ministry of Agriculture had changed its story over the type of salmonella responsible for the outbreak of food poisoning which led to the flock being tested . |
| 17 | Johnson also enjoyed catching sight of ancient texts in Aberdeen — a Hebrew manuscript ‘ of exquisite penmanship ’ , and ‘ a Latin translation of Aristotle 's Politicks by Leonardus Aretinus , written in the Roman character with nicety and beauty , which , as the art of printing has made them no longer necessary , are not now to be found ’ . |
| 18 | The significance of this is that not merely does sight — particularly the excellent stereoscopic colour vision of the primates — require a developed cerebral cortex , but it also tends to mean progressive emancipation from the basic chemical and pheromonal control of behaviour seen in many mammals in which the sense of smell has retained its pristine importance . |
| 19 | Simple pressure of calls has taken us from one to five lines over the years and the only reason we have stuck at five is because the office is simply too small to take any more . |
| 20 | Ethel of course had had her own way of dealing with their advances . |
| 21 | So of course having pulled it out the the cord is attached with two very thick nails , and you can pull those nails out , and then get you leave go of the cord . |
| 22 | Had it been a different matter I would of course have asked your permission . |
| 23 | Although my wrist is not quite right , I could not of course have let anyone else write this particular letter … . |
| 24 | Restructuring of course has done nothing yet for DEC 's oldest competitor and fellow sufferer IBM . |
| 25 | and the drought of course has made it worse |
| 26 | And of course has established itself as a leading player in this industry . |
| 27 | Freedom of contract has made it less likely for a player to stay with a club long enough . |
| 28 | Dense clouds of midges had forced us to turn up collars and to tuck trousers into socks . |
| 29 | Yet , curiously , the science that has changed the presentation of text has brought it back under the control of a single person , just as it was when the first presses printed . |
| 30 | His father 's favouring of Chuck had forced him to turn to her increasingly for solace , and that some unimaginable selfishness should have driven her to commit her dreadful act of desertion baffled and disturbed him deeply for reasons he did n't begin to understand . |