Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LINDA NEWMAN HAS LOT OF IDEAS FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON |
| 2 | The mammoth hunters of Mezine and Sunghir made use of sections of mammoth tusk to carve penannular bracelets perforated at either end to engage thongs which could be pulled tight when the wearer was actively engaged . |
| 3 | IDENTICAL twins Mark and Paul Adams became fathers of girls yesterday when their wives gave birth at a Reading hospital . |
| 4 | TATUNG OFFERS LINE OF X-TERMINALS FOR SPARC SYSTEMS |
| 5 | The plan was for Marie to train groups of chicks to avoid the bitter , methylanthranilate-coated bead . |
| 6 | ( The Teaching Award in Queensland has scales of salaries based on qualifications and experience . |
| 7 | A year later , when Sutherland exhibited paintings of gourds and grasshoppers in Mediterranean colours Minton remarked that they ‘ looked a bit like hectic weekends at Antibes with Pablo ’ . |
| 8 | In " Learning a Foreign Language " ( p. 148 ) Nida gives examples of languages where a difference in tone signals a grammatical contrast , e.g. a difference in tense , as in Ngbaka ( Zaire ) : In English , stress is used to signal the difference between a verb and a noun , e.g. 'import ( noun ) — im'port ( verb ) . |
| 9 | David Gilford , for instance , hits the fairway with his tee shot at least 80% of the time , Tony Johnstone gets up and down from greenside bunkers around 90% of the time and , just as remarkable , Colin Montgomerie hits 77% of greens in regulation . |
| 10 | From Moscow came buyers of lambskins ; from Asia Minor , French dealers for the export of walnut-trees ; from the Caucasus , Armenians and Jews , who bought huge quantities of carpets , so that the price was almost doubled . |
| 11 | SUNSELECT LAUNCHES VERSIONS OF PC-NFS FOR WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS AND FOR NETWARE |
| 12 | In his last few years Kuypers and Gabriella Ugolini made use of viruses which travel into the nervous system and multiply in a pathway so that they cross nervous junctions and spread detectably along a whole connected system : a quite novel labelling technique whose full potential now remains to be realised . |
| 13 | IBM ADDS STRING OF ENHANCEMENTS TO LOW-END RS/6000 220 |
| 14 | Although Brixton has £180m of borrowings , all but a small proportion of this is borrowed at fixed rates so it does not suffer from higher interest rates . |
| 15 | Roberts and his cohorts have persuaded venture capital specialist Candover to stump up the lion 's share of £9m for shares in this potentially growth business , and the Bank of Scotland to provide £8m of loans and working capital facilties . |
| 16 | It is notable that when Adorno mentions examples of songs or musicians ( not often ) , they are always drawn from one narrow band of the spectrum : the hit songs and most popular dance bands ( such as Guy Lombardo 's ) of the 1930s . |
| 17 | Aberdeen took advantage of Hibs not having a league fixture last week , and they did it in style , this spectacular overhead kick from Duncan Shearer clinching a two-nil victory over Dundee United at Pittodrie , which took the Dons to joint top spot in the Premier table , although Hibs now have a game in hand . |
| 18 | Aberdeen took advantage of Hibs not having a league fixture last week , and they did it in style , this spectacular overhead kick from Duncan Shearer clinching a two-nil victory over Dundee United at Pittodrie , which took the Dons to joint top spot in the Premier table , although Hibs now have a game in hand . |
| 19 | Throughout 1985–86 North continued shipments of arms to Iran in a series of complex deals involving sleazy arms dealers , shady middlemen , Swiss numbered bank accounts , suitcases stuffed with dollar bills , and all the trappings of dishonest behaviour one would associate with drug smugglers and the Mafia rather than a member of the White House staff . |
| 20 | On 25 May , Dong suggested demarcation of zones of control , representing a single holding' , on which a ceasefire might be based : or in plain language , partition . |
| 21 | the famous removals firm still in operation , which had its origins in the reign of Charles I ( 1625–49 ) when a certain Thomas Pickford owned teams of pack-horses for goods traffic . |
| 22 | Hiatts ceased manufacture of leg-cuffs in 1983 . |
| 23 | But he 's believed not to be on the UN approved list of evacuees despite the help on offer |
| 24 | The company has a long association with Ford , and recently introduced the 1400 cc Rover powered K-Series of cars . |
| 25 | Lola kept track of patients whose personalities were as variable as the weather ( ‘ One minute Paul says he does not want his wife any more and the next he has changed his mind ’ ) , she listened to their grievances ( ‘ Josef thinks he is fit to work and look after himself ; says he is being kept a prisoner … but he is very confused and deluded ’ ) and even mediated between doctors ( ‘ Dr Freymann said … it must be a genuine case of epilepsy … but … |
| 26 | Miss Bellamy gave examples of projects supported by the initiative team such as improvements to grassland areas which could be turned into wildlife areas if managed correctly leaving uncut grass around recreation areas will encourage wild flowers , which will attract insects , birds and small mammals . |
| 27 | Italy is not far behind with companies that range from Fiat to the rapidly-growing fashion giant Benetton making use of women working in sweatshops or their own homes . |
| 28 | For instance , Milton Friedman gives examples of economies where expansion of the money supply has been followed by inflation . |
| 29 | The long summer holidays are over and MPs returned to the Commons to take stock of developments while they were at the seaside . |
| 30 | Why do you pu , Michelle knows loads of things . |