Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little drop of whisky does you good . |
| 2 | It is ridiculous that two-thirds of the cost of a bottle of whisky goes to the Treasury and the taxation rate is double that of imported wines . ’ |
| 3 | This includes an 18% rise in the value of whisky exports up to £177.6 million . |
| 4 | A businessman in the Forest of Dean says wandering sheep are fouling his factory and putting off potential customers . |
| 5 | Roger Sanderson wants the Forest of Dean Commoners Association … a grouping of sheep farmers … to keep better control of their animals so they do n't stray onto the industrial estate and roads.The right to graze the Forest of Dean dates back thousands of years , and it 's jealously guarded by the commoners.They say its up to the businessmen to fence the sheep out if they 're proving troublesome : |
| 6 | The Forest of Dean covers an area of 27,000 acres . |
| 7 | The Forest of Dean attracts thousands of visitors a year . |
| 8 | celebrating a big win already is local greyhound trainer Tony Meek … the Forest of Dean has never enjoyed such sporting triumph … on Saturday Tony 's dog Ringa Hustle won the big race of the year … the Greyhound Derby … and that 's where we start our roundup |
| 9 | The Forest of Dean has long been used as a dustbin . |
| 10 | The Forest of Dean has suffered many abuses in the past . |
| 11 | He says that below the Forest of Dean lies one of Britains largest natural reservoirs . |
| 12 | But the diffuse culturalism of the woman-centred definition of lesbianism induces woman-centred psychology to study the emotional satisfactions and positive self-image associated with lesbianism , rather than sexuality ( e.g. Cox 1981 , Mannion 1981 ) . |
| 13 | For he has realized something else , in the moment of inspiration between standing up and beginning to speak : that the aesthetic effect of honesty depends upon restraint in its application . |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't see why a spot of honesty has upset you so much . |
| 15 | The loss of moisture makes the face cave in , look like a skull . |
| 16 | If a lot of moisture collects inside the bag , wipe it off , looking carefully for adult insects as you do so . |
| 17 | What with the onions and the heat , every last drop of moisture 's gone from me . |
| 18 | Prostacyclin can also bring about disaggregation of platelet aggregates in vitro ( Moncada et al , 1976a ; Ubatuba et al , 1979 ) . |
| 19 | In addition to their apparent central role in the pathogenesis of the arterial thrombus , increasing interest has focussed on platelets and the coronary microcirculation with the finding of platelet aggregates in the coronary microcirculation in some cases of sudden cardiac death ( Haerem , 1972 ; El-Maraghi & Genton , 1980 ) . |
| 20 | We tried local application of platelet concentrates in 12 consecutive patients with leukaemia ( 9 ) or lymphoma ( 3 ) who had severe mucosal haemorrhages due to thrombocytopenia. 9 had epistaxis , 2 had a haemorrhagic gastritis , and 1 had diffuse colonic bleeding . |
| 21 | MAGIC ITEMS : The Count of Ostland carries two magic items . |
| 22 | This issue of UPDATE seeks to explain SCOTVEC 's new framework and , as an introduction , extracts from Mr. Lang 's speech are reproduced below . |
| 23 | This issue of Update aims to bring together various aspects of the SEM related to vocation education and training and to provide a focus for debate and future developments . |
| 24 | This issue of UPDATE aims to provide details of the new system for those who are involved professionally in vocational education and training . |
| 25 | One of the companies involved in what can only be described as the latest round of unity talks that Unix International seems to be sponsoring ( UX No 423 , 424 ) says that for all the fear , uncertainty and doubt unleashed by Microsoft Corp , the project still lacks the compulsion that galvanized the industry to form the Open Software Foundation five years ago . |
| 26 | The man of unity possesses no rivals for the very meaning of unity is to be at one with all men and all things . |
| 27 | This crumbling of unity has always been a feature of philosophical systems , whether religious or political , or a combination of both . |
| 28 | The distribution of taxes depends on the assumptions about the incidence , discussed below , and on the allocation series . |
| 29 | On the face of the facts given , the inspector of taxes does appear to be ‘ turning a text into a pretext ’ . |
| 30 | The inspector of taxes has failed to distinguish between the concepts of tax relief allowable on interest paid to purchase a private residence — and the operation of MIRAS . |