Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Sept. 6 interest in the Iran-contra investigation was renewed when a federal grand jury indicted Clair E. George , former chief of CIA covert operations , on 10 felony accounts accusing him of lying to and obstructing congressional and judicial investigations of the Iran-contra affair . |
| 2 | Laura 's insistence on punctuality for meal times became something of a fetish , not because she was herself preparing meals which risked being spoiled ; she rarely had time for cooking any more . |
| 3 | So when the station came clean , they had to field several angry calls accusing them of pro-Nottingham Forest bias . |
| 4 | Experts say plenty of would be Dirty Dens are the explanation . |
| 5 | The Government 's earlier reluctance to put its hand in its pocket had led property experts to accuse it of unwittingly aiding and abetting the IRA 's efforts to disrupt the City . |
| 6 | All the rotaries , as with any noise gate , take a little time to get into using and effective gating comes about through practice , although it can at times appear something of a black art . |
| 7 | But it had a particularly important clause in section 1 , which laid a duty upon the authorities to inform themselves of the numbers of disabled persons in their areas and to make arrangements to meet their needs . |
| 8 | Thereafter he quickly became its most renowned liberal member , leading some opponents to accuse him of judicial activism . |
| 9 | The spate of recent disturbances , aggravated by high prices , housing shortages and the cut in food subsidies imposed during the Gulf war , led the government 's opponents to accuse it of ignoring the poor . |
| 10 | He eventually slumps back into his seat , his smarting face and aching eyes reminding him of the misled thought journey that took him back round to before where he started . |
| 11 | There was one big mango tree , a couple of coconut palms , their tufted branches reminding me of Mother 's feather duster . |
| 12 | It may well be that the reader is expecting the authors to indicate which of these theories best explains the development of the military-industrial complex and how ( assuming one believes it to be a problem ) it can bee eradicated . |
| 13 | Most parents of children at poorer schools already know about those schools , though they do not have the information to confront the governors , teachers and heads to urge them of the need to improve the school . |
| 14 | There are , even today , all sorts of varying views on Ken 's theatrical performances and how seriously he took his opportunities to rid himself of the cliché Kenneth Williams image . |
| 15 | Estate agents will now have to give consumers more information , with specific requirements to write to clients informing them of services they intend to offer to prospective purchasers , and to explain in writing terms such as ‘ sole agency ’ , ‘ ready , willing and able ’ , and ‘ sole selling rights ’ . |
| 16 | Note We will make payments as stated above provided ( a ) the injured clients notify us of any claim for personal injury within 3 months of their return from holiday ; ( b ) they assign to Horizon Holidays Ltd. any rights against a supplier or any other person or party they may have relating to the claim ; and ( c ) they agree to co-operate fully with us should we or our insurers wish to enforce those rights which have been assigned to us or to which we are subrogated . |
| 17 | Despite the fact that Dement performed experiments after this one in which his subjects showed none of the psychiatric symptoms with REM sleep deprivation , and that he himself made clear how his early observations were probably misleading about the effects of REM sleep deprivation , the idea that dreaming preserved sanity had been strongly reinforced . |
| 18 | write to manufacturers informing them of your choice and encouraging them to sell goods packaged in recyclable materials |
| 19 | Possibly Cnut took active steps to rid himself of this dangerous figure for good . |
| 20 | The white tube , the cork-effect filter , the solid hot flare of the match and my lips tell me of my lungs as I make my own smoke , with its blue drifting and acrid smell . |
| 21 | The Commission may also require the parties to notify it of any other events which may be symptomatic of this operating in a restrictive manner : for example , any refusals to meet export orders , the joining of another party to the agreement or the supply of any trade information under an agreement . |
| 22 | If any readers know anything of the current whereabouts of Tin Tin , Milly Molly Mandy , Jennings and/or Derbyshire , Rupert Bear , any of the Famous Five or Secret Seven , Billy Bunter , My Naughty Little Sister ( presumably now in freelance tax-free employment round the back of King 's Cross ? ) or any of the many others , I 'd like to hear about it . |
| 23 | The few indigenous listeners availed themselves of community sets provided at chief 's courts and administrative centres . |
| 24 | The scanner manufacturers use lots of clever software to simulate halftones by a process called dithering . |
| 25 | In her early childhood , a threepenny piece had seemed like a fortune , whereas Félix Verveine 's rich clients thought nothing of paying 3,000 francs to be dressed by him . |
| 26 | An almost annual phenomenon of the garden book trade is horticultural convergence — two or more books appearing on the same , previously neglected subject , often without the authors knowing anything of their rivals ' work . |
| 27 | It has been suggested that the starkness of early Wesleyan theology made for a rather close match , with local preachers assuming something of the role of conjurer . |
| 28 | The present generation of British and American literary Marxists remind me of the small boy in Joyce 's story , ‘ Araby ’ , who got to the bazaar just as it was closing . |
| 29 | Its basic characteristics offer plenty of possibilities . |
| 30 | The swirling shapes remind me of those kitsch 1960s lamps . |