Example sentences of "of [pron] [conj] [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 However , the major problem , and you Ma'am have already touched upon this as well as the Chairman and I am sorry to be repetitive but we do serve all yachtsmen , two and a half to three million of them whilst being financially supported by only sixty five thousand of them .
2 One is to conceive of them as being deliberately designed for the purposes they serve , the implication of which is that we should be constantly reforming existing institutions so that they may better serve those ends for which they were intended .
3 Lord Graham , Labour chief whip in the Lords , said at the weekend : ‘ Even though he came to the Lords with no experience of the House of Commons , he immediately got into the swing of it and was quickly given authority by his colleagues .
4 I often think of myself as being doubly qualified , firstly as a patient and secondly as a doctor — the order is important . ’
5 The most obvious revelation was that I had a very ow opinion of myself and was constantly seeking the approval of others , because my mother had always withheld approval .
6 about the Olympic champion , he 'll be in Rome , he 'll be ready for the World Championships , I think he 's had an easy summer so far , but we 've got the likes of Sergio Lopez who 's just taken my European record away , there 's two Americans ; Kirl Stattel and Mike Barryman who 've just gone under the old World Record , so there 's perhaps a dozen of us that are really shouting and trying to get up to number one position .
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