Example sentences of "[verb] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To judge from Egypt , the traditional bell-wether of the Arab flock , they are failing to do so . |
| 2 | By March 1944 Hickson , as Secretary to the Cambridge Board which was then reviewing its future organisation for the post-war period , was sufficiently assured to write of the Rural Areas Committee : |
| 3 | Against critics who had accused him of choosing to write of the sea and lonely islands in order to have greater freedom for his imagination , he protested that his own youth had worn ‘ the sober hue of hard work and exacting calls of duty , things which in themselves are not much charged with a feeling of romance ’ and that if he had any ‘ romantic feeling of reality ’ it was disciplined by ‘ a recognition of the hard facts of existence shared with the rest of mankind ’ , a recognition which , he believed , tried to make the best of the hard truth and to discover in it ‘ a certain aspect of beauty ’ . |
| 4 | It was Metzinger who , in his Note sur la Peinture of 1910 , was the first to write of the fact that Picasso and Braque had dismissed traditional perspective and felt free to move around their subjects , studying them from various points of view . |
| 5 | The document is aimed at stimulating international solidarity , not only with regard to the effects of the refugee crisis , but above all tot he causes of the tragedy . |
| 6 | The shibboleth of the DM3 standard should not stand in the way of entry at a realistic level , which would probably be at around DM2.80 to the pound . |
| 7 | Even ITN has had to turn to CNN for some footage of the Gulf , but that does n't cause Phillis any problems : ‘ I 'm a great admirer — Turner 's done a marvellous job , ’ adding that while the US network has received plaudits for its Gulf coverage , it is merely returning the coverage that ITN provided of the Conservative leadership contest . |
| 8 | When the day for her departure arrived nobody could be heard for the weeping and wailing of the girls . |
| 9 | Anyone with the slightest interest in aviation will know of the array of technical devices which enable a pilot to navigate himself and his aircraft with pinpoint accuracy around the globe . |
| 10 | Just before the official announcement , Sir Lewis had 140 copies of a video distributed around the group , letting staff know of the position and of future plans . |
| 11 | Yes — he will obviously see and know of the good points , but it is his job to find the faults and problems . |
| 12 | ‘ Did they know of the deep place in the pond ? |
| 13 | This last section of the questionnaire relates solely to training — the opinions were recorded of those who had used the services of the ATB in the past and the expectations of those who , until this study , did not know of the existence of the ATB . |
| 14 | If you have ever had the privilege of meeting such men , you will no doubt know of the quality they possess to which I refer . |
| 15 | Perhaps , however , among the 10 per cent who do not know of the CAB , there are many people in difficulty who might be helped if only they were aware of the service it provides . |
| 16 | These are practical limits on the beneficiary 's powers , for , although it will not usually be difficult to determine whether a real price was paid , it will regularly be very hard for a beneficiary to show that a buyer did know of the existence of a trust ; and unless this can be shown , no action lies . |
| 17 | ‘ What do you know of the Republic ? ’ said Lomellini . |
| 18 | What do you know of the two men 's relationship ? |
| 19 | READERS of the August issue will know of the dream of Lotsi Jacobyini to establish a community for handicapped people in the village of Atea in Romania . |
| 20 | The liquidator does not know of the existence of stock records in support of £50,620 , and XY Ltd , in taking over the stock , stated they did not have schedules/lists which would enable them to identify what they took over . |
| 21 | He must know of the siege , but presumably did not realise the urgency of their need . |
| 22 | He did not know of the English habit of using such affectionate epithets rather haphazardly , and he was impressed that she should consider him her dear . |
| 23 | They did not know of the Indian hot springs nor of Chatterjee 's ideas . |
| 24 | Nor did they know of the old Swedish experiments attempting to make helium from hydrogen in the laboratory . |
| 25 | Little did anyone know of the furore which was about to break six hours later at Ellis Park . |
| 26 | The zeks did not know of the bitter trial of the breakdown . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know of the Sebsky . ’ |
| 28 | A character with Metallurgy will know of the adulteration , one with Numismatics will know the coins are worth less than face value . |
| 29 | What did these know of the rest of the city , let alone of planet or galaxy ? |
| 30 | Many consumers did not even know of the charge until after the winter of 1948/9 when it was imposed ; because of cyclic meter reading , many received their winter bills only as the charge was lowered ; and some were never surcharged at all . |