Example sentences of "of [noun] [coord] [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local negotiators like me take a lot of stick and I 'm just gon na pass that stick straight on to you , because my members tell me all the time , I pay one thirty five a week , well so do I . |
| 2 | If we turn our attention briefly to tobacco , much is made ( and quite rightly ) of the health risks of smoking and we are constantly reminded of the cost to the National Health Service for treating patients with smoking-related diseases . |
| 3 | Sometimes finance committees exerted some degree of co-ordination but they were usually ill-equipped for the task , being primarily concerned with financial implications . |
| 4 | I am white , I 'm middle class in terms of my background and to that extent have had a certain degree of privilege and I 'm also in some situations , easy enough to attack . |
| 5 | We got a tremendous shock of course and I was extremely upset because the love of my life had nearly been made part of the road surface . |
| 6 | no tail oh dear oh dear but you see then of course and I was still not married but you see I , as I say , then I went to Cambridge and that 's when I met my husband and all his family were so kind to me , er he had erm two sisters living in a flat round the backs , you 've heard of round the backs |
| 7 | The Torts ( Interference with Goods ) Act 1977 has made some simplification by abolishing one head of liability but it is only a piecemeal attempt to deal with certain deficiencies in the common law and is in no way a code governing interference with goods . |
| 8 | The witch-hunt then moved on to try to unseat the editor of Borba and it is clearly the intention of the Serbian nationalists , who have seized control of the Serbian Party , that they should control all newspapers and journals published in Belgrade , even if they are federal organs such as Borba . |
| 9 | Surely these are two major facets of the Royal Canoe Club 's 125 years of existence and they were very well expressed on this occasion . |
| 10 | ‘ Virgin did n't exactly have a bottomless pit of money but it was very different . |
| 11 | ‘ I made an awful lot of money and I was still a reporter with The Northern ‘ I remember I would turn up to journalists ’ union meetings wearing a Walls ice cream coat . ’ |
| 12 | Today the functions of a local authority almost invariably involve the expenditure of money and it is clearly established that a local authority may not spend money unless it has statutory authority to do so . |
| 13 | It is a large sum of money and it is especially favourable to Maidenhead and not to his constituents , I will give him that . |
| 14 | They also see that on page hundred and ninety nine , they have a picture here of crew of Rivetus and I was just getting about these names to mind , his radio operator 's name was , mine was . |
| 15 | A sense of smell is the first and primary thing for the animal because it gives it its sense of direction and it 's very important and it goes gently cold , delicately as the dark snow . |
| 16 | Structural reform by itself , however , is unlikely to deliver the required change of direction and it is certainly not a substitute for the commitment of inside reformers to shape policy and practice . |
| 17 | Now we 're doing a little bit of reversion and it is much regret by God for five years I have negotiated budgets with the Labour group against intense opposition to Conservatives and central government to improve the services in Oxfordshire . |
| 18 | When we returned to New York after the tour , David and DeFries had a couple of meetings and they were rather funny , too , because I would ask each of them what happened . |
| 19 | ‘ I used to play a lot of football but I 'm too old now . ’ |
| 20 | Now what they 're saying is that , what they said is activist action learn best when they get the opportunity to experience new sort of problems , situations , opportunities when they 're doing something quite new when they 're sort of involved in very much you know here and now activities when they 're sort of like business games , exercises , role plays , team tasks that they can sort of get you know really get involved with themselves then there 's lots of action and they 're quite short and sharp , so can move on to something else . |
| 21 | Accept that and formulate an organised plan of action and you 're nearly there ! |
| 22 | The night air amplified the snort and splash of animals and I was very grateful for the orange glow of the fire through the canvas walls of the tent . |
| 23 | Rob Andrew , Craig Chalmers and Ralph Keyes may not be everyone 's cups of tea and it 's quite possible that someone like Colin Stephens may turn out to be a far greater player , but for England , Scotland and Ireland each one has shown that he is virtually indispensable . |
| 24 | However , a further year of practice and they are nearly as proficient as the adults . |
| 25 | Anything to do with geometry unless you 've had a lot of practice and you 're very good at it , you can finish up wasting time . |
| 26 | We have had a good couple of months and we are fairly positive about the outlook for the remainder of the year . ’ |
| 27 | Somewhere underneath the pebble lenses , tinged both grey and pink , the steel traps and the wires were , presumably , a pair of eyes but they were only , really , a flicker , in the depths of the optician 's pièce de résistance that towered above Ruthie 's nose . |
| 28 | Planting is chosen for ease of maintenance and it is particularly useful to use the two trees , birch and sorbus provide vertical emphasis , helping to counteract the steep slope . |
| 29 | I am looking forward to the next stage of Tencel and we are already working with Fibers and Research to set up the teams for a new project . |
| 30 | So every one in a thousand key , might actually fit this type of lock but it 's highly unlikely . |