Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] of things " in BNC.
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| 31 | So , despite his presentation of sceptical arguments against knowledge of the nature of things , Gassendi does , nevertheless , hint that ‘ it may well be that the basis for knowledge does exist ’ ; even though this will be ‘ a knowledge of experience and , I may say , of appearances ’ . |
| 32 | It is unattainable , not because of the nature of things , but because of the nature of our faculties . |
| 33 | Doubt and faith , though , are related only because of the nature of things after the Fall ( like the unhealthy relationship of a leech clinging to a body ) . |