Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [noun prp] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above Dorothea 's head , six new , blue mugs hung on six newly-erected hooks , for Florence Ames thought of all things and was constantly suggesting improvements — not that she insisted upon them or took anything in hand , only looked and suggested and then left the idea to be considered , accepted or rejected . |
| 2 | Mrs Strutt , the wife of the pioneer mill-owner Jedidiah Strutt , was encoffined in this way , in ‘ a Suit of Superfine Crape consisting of a Shroud Sheets Cap & Pillow … £2 2s 0d ’ . |
| 3 | The very notion of the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire speaks of a Northern conviction that the North is where class is , the real working class . |
| 4 | And Abbot Suger of St Denis thought of bringing back ancient Roman columns from Diocletian 's baths to use in the construction of his new abbey church outside Paris . |
| 5 | The congregation of St Nicholas consisted of a few poor people from the neighbourhood and otherwise of less poor people from various parts of the city or from Birkenhead across the Mersey . |
| 6 | The criticism is then seen as being political and if the electors of Greater London disapprove of what is done in their name by their representatives , the remedy lies in their hands at the next election . |
| 7 | It is a good idea of Lewis Carroll to think of the March hare because in March hares tend to go a bit potty and they stand on their back legs and box each other . |
| 8 | It was rather clever of Lewis Carroll to think of an animal , flamingo , which could be used as a mallet and also to think of hedgehogs as balls . |
| 9 | These included the information that Army Group E had been able to establish a road block on the frontier , and was : " in touch with 21 and 19 Corps and other troops south of DRA VA consisting of 300,000 Germans and 200,000 Croats greater part armed . |
| 10 | It became a commonplace for novelists like Arnold Bennett and pioneering critics like Gilbert Seldes to talk of how Chaplin had overcome the limitations of cinema and ‘ passed beyond the form entirely . ’ |
| 11 | Mr MacSharry and Commission President Jacques Delors have been at daggers drawn for weeks over tactics in the GATT talks with the Americans with Mr Delors accused of favouring the powerful French farm lobby . |
| 12 | King , in an analysis similar to that of Gamble , argues that the New Right theories adopted by the Conservative government under Mrs Thatcher consist of two conflicting elements : a liberal element which emphasises freedom from state control , individualism and free markets and a conservative element which emphasises authority and order and the use of government to achieve these . |
| 13 | The accommodation in La Penita consists of apartments which sleep 2–3 people , and are fully equipped with kitchenette , private facilities and either balconies or terrace . |
| 14 | A letter to the chairman from Miss Bangham complaining of the misbehaviour of members of the youth club . |
| 15 | The Broadside range of refrigeration units from Stott Benham consists of a 1,400-litre , a 700-litre and a 500-litre model , all of which have removable interior fittings for easy cleaning . |
| 16 | However , in May Winchelsey learned of a papal concession to the king of France admitting the king 's right to tax clergy without papal licence for defence of the realm in an emergency . |
| 17 | J T Scoulding in Hudsons Ward spoke of housing , ‘ the immediate necessity of which is only too apparent and has been continually kept in the front of the Labour Party 's demands on the West Ham Council ’ , education ‘ free from the elementary school to the university thus give our class equality of opportunity ’ , and municipal employment , ‘ the local authority being model employers and setting the standard for the rest of the community in respect to wages and conditions of employment ’ ( Election leaflets , 1919 ) . |
| 18 | The ideal dwellings of 1830 had become slums by 1920 for Penniston 's Court in Culver Street consisted of twelve tiny houses , sharing a communal sink with two taps at the end of the courtyard and four communal toilets . |
| 19 | In 1961 12 per cent of all households in Great Britain consisted of one person as compared with 25 per cent in 1987 ( Table 2.6 ) . |
| 20 | Hills thereupon accused the EC of " economic warfare " , while Neal Blewett , the Australian Trade Negotiations Minister , warned of imminent " protectionism " and a delegate from Côte d'Ivoire spoke of " anger and regret " . |
| 21 | In a formal sense , local government in Northern Ireland consists of twenty-six unitary district councils . |
| 22 | It paves the way for George Bush to speak of a ‘ new world order ’ , while simultaneously launching the largest military operation since World War II to preserve the ‘ old world order ’ that has served he and his colleagues so well for so long . |
| 23 | It is all well and good for Chris Baines to talk of office workers who can work at home and use the phone , or executives making better use of their travel time and less use of their cars . |
| 24 | Yesterday exactly a week after he suffered serious leg and arm injuries on a country road at Stillington Jason told of his nightmare which started when he was accused of seeing Pringle 's ex-girlfriend , Leanne Rees . |
| 25 | The family at Little Gidding consisted of Nicholas 's mother , his brother John with his second wife , Bathsheba , and their children and step-children , and his sister Susanna with her husband John Collett and their children . |
| 26 | Le Domino at Les Coches consists of 23 apartments , on the slopes connected by chairlift to the whole Le Plagne area . |
| 27 | Night Flyer ( Goodall Publications , 210pp , sbk , £3.50 ) by Lewis Brandon tells of some of the exciting episodes shared by the Author and his pilot , W/C James Benson , during their partnership as one of the most successful night-fighter crews in the RAF during World War Two . |