Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The philosophy is the incorrect one of a marksman who feels that , if he shoots enough bullets at a target , one of them will hit it , and that the aim of none of them needs be very precise . |
| 2 | When you have thought about all these things , when you have fully absorbed into the darkest parts of your mind the sub-human horror of them , you will realize , must realize , with the blinding force of a revelation that I could not by the very nature of my soul be so implicated in such a maze of lust and filth . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a great comfort to me , knowing that I 'm on the end of a phone , should either of my children be taken ill , ’ says Elaine , 34 , a part-time marketing consultant and mother of two girls under four . |
| 4 | The Elton Committee noted changing attitudes towards professional providers of services both generally and specifically with regard to education , and expressed concern lest the increasing willingness among parents in the United States to pursue legal actions against the disciplining of their children be mirrored in Britain . |
| 5 | Only the coven leaders had contact with each other to prevent infiltration of spies and to reduce the risk of others being incriminated should one of their number be arrested and interrogated . |
| 6 | If he was to die in perfect innocence , could the effects of the fall be reversed and the time of their dominion be over ? |
| 7 | When it has done its work there still remains the task of relating it to aspects of the context which are particular and can not of their nature be accounted for in advance . |
| 8 | those employed in senior management may by the nature of their jobs be fully aware of what is required of them and fully capable of judging for themselves whether they are achieving that requirement . |
| 9 | Outside Parliament , an all-party Children 's Minimum Campaign Committee had been formed in 1934 ‘ to ensure that no child shall by reason of the poverty of its parents be deprived of at least the minimum food and other requirements for full health ’ . |
| 10 | However , that does n't have an effect on our er ability to agree a figure of three three for the city itself , in the structure plan , because the work we 've done on the local plan taking into account commitments and suitable allowances for small sites , does indicate to us that a figure of three three is achievable , but would be extremely difficult to exceed , the difference here between the four thousand and the three three does , however , have an impact on our neighbours clearly , and as was mentioned yesterday the City Council does own some some twenty nine hectares of land outside its current boundary , er located in the Ryedale District Council area , that land , some of that land has planning consent , the remainder is allocated in the draft Southern Ryedale local plan and was excluded from the greenbelt , that land it is the City Council 's intention to use to meet its er requirements for affordable housing , could accommodate some seven hundred dwellings , I think it is very important for me to emphasize that that is a very clear commitment of the City Council , and therefore that land in Ryedale would not er in the majority of its case be available for open market use , we would be seeking to use it to meet er affordable housing requirements . |
| 11 | Conversely , an object affixed to realty but capable of being removed without much difficulty may yet be a fixture , if , for example , the purpose of its affixing be that " of creating a beautiful room as a whole " ( Neville J In Re Whaley [ 1908 ] 1 Ch 615 , 619 ) … |
| 12 | And she shall continue in the blood of purification three and thirty days ; she shall touch no hallowed thing , nor come into the sanctuary , until the days of her purification be fulfilled . |
| 13 | Should the haziness of her memory be a matter for concern ? |
| 14 | The home was the quintessential bourgeois world , for in it , and only in it , could the problems and contradictions of his society be forgotten or artificially eliminated . |
| 15 | Maurice Melloul 's guidelines for the success of the purchasing agent in Dow corning sum up the professionalism that lies behind the words : ‘ The agent must : exercise close cost control build long term relationships bring negotiations to a ‘ win-win ’ conclusion promote and sell the best image of his company be knowledgeable about the supplier 's market and end-use applications . ’ |
| 16 | If he was going to be a failure , then let the full extent of his failure be experienced . |
| 17 | Dhlakama also demanded that members of his movement be given immunity from prosecution or official harassment . |
| 18 | Nor will those who understand the real spirit of his scepticism be surprised to hear that one of his companions was the Bible . |
| 19 | Nor can the quality of his writing be denied , though it often needed the expertise of Terry Southern to translate the confusion of Hopper and Fonda 's joint ( no pun intended ) efforts into filmable dialogue . |
| 20 | Articles 85 and 86 of Table A ( prescribed pursuant to the Companies Act 1985 ) provide that so long as a director has disclosed his interest to the company , he may be a party to or interested in any transaction , and shall not by reason of his office be accountable to the company for any benefit he receives from such a transaction . |
| 21 | Let the eye of your imagination be a camera … |
| 22 | Let the eye of your imagination be a camera … |
| 23 | How can the colour of your bum be more important than the safety of your brain , unless the BSJA supports the dressage riders ' theory that show jumpers are brain dead anyway ? |
| 24 | But he is not directly accessible in any ordinary sense , nor can the necessity of the concept of God for the interpreting of our experience be demonstrated , at least so far as pure reflection on the nature of our knowledge can take us . |