Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] of [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She knew it instinctively in spite of the curtness of his words .
2 It is now not easy to talk to Bill Larnach for very long before becoming aware of the depth of his knowledge and the way in which , following the traditions of his birthplace , he has achieved a mastery of this very difficult subject .
3 Steve was doing the right thing ; he was going to marry the woman he loved even though she had a baby by another man , which was a true measure of the depth of his caring .
4 She looked at the arid ground and thought of the green of their garden and the neatness of the flowers in their window-boxes .
5 Because of the shape of its talons , as if they were inescapable
6 Because of the shape of its face , as if it were a prison
7 Because of the shape of its throat , as if it were a torture
8 shape of the shape of her face and hair .
9 Now I 'm much more aware of the shape of my nose and chin . ’
10 Informal linkages often develop because of the frequency of their meetings and the closeness of their working relationship , something fraught both with dangers and opportunities ( see Elcock , 1986 , ch. 4 ) .
11 He 'd seen her shudder and was rising to his feet , his gaze resting momentarily on her breasts , making her self-consciously aware of the thrust of her nipples against the stretch fabric .
12 A LARGE congregation gathered for the consecration of the Church of Our Lady of Pity , Harlescott , Shrewsbury .
13 There are presses which are strictly private in the Carter sense , operating in anything from a back kitchen to a fully equipped shop , perhaps content simply to joy in the smell of printer 's ink and the magic of creation , without aiming to sell a single book ; publishing firms calling themselves presses who rightly pride themselves on the high quality of their output ; commercial printers who are equally jealous of the standard of their press work ; teaching establishments attached to universities , colleges and schools for experimental and training purposes ; official presses , controlled by governmental or other agencies ; fugitive and clandestine presses , often short-lived and hazardously operated , because of an adverse political or religious climate , or because their owners are dodging copyright laws ; and there is a hotch-potch of firms who pretentiously arrogate to themselves the word ‘ press ’ , to which they have little or no right in terms of either fine printing or independence .
14 A German peasant farmer moving to the east was obliged to pay one sixth of the profit of his labour to a landlord , and only those peasants who took on more than 6.4 hectares ( 16 acres ) were given the opportunity to buy their land .
15 With sudden grim resolve , she pulled a large box out of the bottom of her cupboard .
16 Marjorie Thompson , the campaign 's general secretary , favours a ‘ cultural transformation of the peace movement ’ , allowing CND to campaign about the impact of the militarisation of our society on the environment , support democratisation and human rights worldwide , and oppose all unjust wars ( but not , as is sometimes implied , take the line of uncompromising pacifism ) .
17 The issue which brought Henry VIII into dispute with Pope Clement VII was the question of the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon .
18 The threat by the INTO in respect of the removal of its investments , the placing by SIPTU of its National Office Network at our disposal , the many letters of encouragement and the great assistance given to our members on the Picket Line are some of the indicators of this .
19 In the late eleventh century , Osbern , the precentor of Christ Church Canterbury , wrote both a life of St Ælfheah , the archbishop killed by the Scandinavians in 1012 , and an account of the removal of his relics from London to Canterbury in 1023 .
20 And yet , if it had not been a conquered repressed country from which so many of the flower of its youth were forced to escape , would Ireland have been able to produce sons like Henry Ford ?
21 The tumult and excitement great , I dined , or rather supped , at the Carlton with a large party of the flower of our side , off oysters , Guinness and broiled bones , and got to bed at half past twelve .
22 However , it can often be very useful for the formulation chemist to carry out some ad hoc tests on certain aspects of the stability of his/her formulation .
23 Her heart went out to Antoinette Gebrec , as yet happily ignorant of the fate of her son , and to Philippe Bonard , whose long-cherished dream had turned to a nightmare , while the man they both loved was lying in a broken , bloody heap at the foot of the cliff .
24 The old ‘ pussy-cats ’ as we called them were put together , and talked endlessly of the hardship of their lot .
25 In any case , Charles Henstock cared little for creature comforts , and had lived there for several years , alone , in appalling conditions of cold and discomfort , until his marriage to Dimity Dean , a few years before , had brought companionship and a slight mitigation of the hardship of his surroundings .
26 A report on ( Hekmatyar 's ) Radio Message of Freedom on Sept. 24 said that former President Najibullah had been moved from the UN offices in Kabul ( where he fled at the outset of the fall of his regime ) to Mazar-i-Sharif " where he now lives under the intimidation and torture of leaders of the unholy coalition of the north " .
27 The state also has authority to determine disputes which arise out of the operation of its laws .
28 If anything , it enhanced it , made you aware of the broadness of his shoulders , the firmness of his muscles , the long , lean power of his legs …
29 But the Russians were well aware of the grandeur of their exploit — ‘ mounting the stream of ages into Central Asia ’ , as Curzon called it , taking the ‘ fire horse ’ into the very heart of old cultures .
30 Dissatisfied with the effect , she tugged them loose and placed them finally in position on either side of the V-neckline of her dress .
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