Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I refer , of course , to manners of thought that have become formalised , certain convolutions , the consistent combination of apprehensions with little twistles of kinaesthetic intimation , d'ye follow me ? ’ |
| 2 | The road , a single car 's width , now heads south on a tortuous journey of ups and downs and ins and outs through a tangled landscape of low hillocks , gneiss outcrops , peat bogs and small lochans that lap the roadside verges , furnished with occasional clumps of trees and bordered by heather and gorse : an undisciplined maze yet endowed with infinite beauty . |
| 3 | As they drove through rolling hills topped by Mohican clumps of trees and moved into the leafy green tunnels of Petersfield , his bride , who 'd been primed by Drew , put her hand on her husband 's cock and suggested that it would be more fun to stop and have their picnic in a field than join the crowds at Cowdray . |
| 4 | Dig out the clumps of roots and divide them into smaller portions to replant or pot-up . |
| 5 | Helping the sufferer to take the risks of self-disclosure and to acknowledge the need for emotional and practical support and help from others . |
| 6 | Continuity in subcontracting allows parent companies to diversify the risks of specialization and promotes the exchange of technological information so that the quality of inputs is ensured and delivery schedules guaranteed . |
| 7 | Continuity in subcontracting allows parent companies to diversify the risks of specialization and promotes the exchange of technological information so that the quality of inputs is ensured and delivery schedules guaranteed . |
| 8 | It would maximise civilian tactics of resistance and defuse the natural potential for violence , containing and eventually eliminating the marginal but intrusive phenomenon of collaborator activation by Israeli security authorities and collaborator execution by local Palestinians . |
| 9 | It 's the political tactics of divide and conquer , you see ? ’ |
| 10 | There are other important questions , such as the general characteristics of behaviour that tends to get identified as child abuse and the social conditions that tend to make such behaviour more or less likely . |
| 11 | The resulting population of adherent cells , subsequently designated monocytes , was more than 95% esterase positive and showed the morphological characteristics of monocytes as determined by Giemsa stained preparations . |
| 12 | Positive cytology was based on the presence of cells with established characteristics of malignancy as shown in Figure 2 . |
| 13 | Over the past few years there has been increasing interest in the biological characteristics of biliary and gall bladder epithelial cells in an attempt to enhance our understanding of diseases affecting the biliary tree . |
| 14 | With non-ionic detergents they have the safety characteristics of QACs but have better performance and do not affect beer head retention . |
| 15 | Some of his reassurances were marvellously paradoxical , claiming the contradictory characteristics of novelty and experience at once . |
| 16 | In the next few sections I will look at the characteristics of LE as used by the black community , with respect to vocabulary , grammar and accent . |
| 17 | There are certain sorts of clothes that make you an ‘ OK person ’ ( like Levi jeans or Reebok trainers ) . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , in the system 's lexicon , absolute constraints are specified on the sorts of constants and predicate arguments . |
| 19 | And the problem is , although they are er very negative for the environment , they destroy rivers , they effect the navigation , they are quite popular with the population , with the peasants , with the indians , because they bring money , they bring activities , they bring weapons , they bring all sorts of things that break the isolation of those populations that live along the rivers or er in the middle of the forest . |
| 20 | But I wish to relate to the council a particular episode , which I hope will convey something to those people who are perhaps still wavering erm , and whilst we all have principle stands on issues it behoves us as members to consider the views of our constituents and the sorts of things that take place in our wards . |
| 21 | ‘ The normal sorts of things that make up one 's life . |
| 22 | Here near to Foxton are examples of all sorts of things that excite the blood of the canal enthusiast : a delightful cut through the centre of the village taking the boatman to the once prosperous wharves and building yards of Market Harborough ; a wonderful hand-operated swingbridge allowing the more adventurous visitors to negotiate Swingbridge Lane on their own ; visible and tangible memories of boatmen 's inns . |
| 23 | So when you first get a bruise injury those are the sorts of things that happen . |
| 24 | One of the marvellous things about this record is that there 's so many references to all sorts of things that have happened to us over the last couple of years . |
| 25 | We 've had different sorts of weights difference sorts of inputs and learning rules as you 'll see . |
| 26 | The Bibliographic Index is a good source for all sorts of bibliographies and includes many contained in books themselves . |
| 27 | ‘ I enjoy both compiling all sorts of quizzes and taking part in competitions and league events . |
| 28 | If it does not react like this , it is not one of the sorts of society that survive . |
| 29 | Extracts from the diary of a working supervisor in a small building company , with useful tips on all sorts of building and decorating work . |
| 30 | He would show them examples of different sorts of pages and wait until they found one they liked . |