Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [noun] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It believes that the mere fact of travelling to North Korea without evidence either of espionage activities or of the use or advocacy of violence does not justify imprisonment . |
| 2 | He acquiesced in the papal preferment of Kilwardby and Pecham to Canterbury instead of his own candidate , chancellor and friend , Robert Burnell ; he tried again to intrude Burnell into Canterbury in 1278 and into Winchester in 1280 , on each occasion yielding to the pope . |
| 3 | Yet Merson played the full 90 minutes in the reserves against Wimbledon on Tuesday instead of being involved in the defeat at Ewood Park ! |
| 4 | I should be interested to hear how this consciousness can square with their proposal to instigate over 100 heavy lorry journeys a day from Wensleydale to Redcar instead of one train in each direction . |
| 5 | I sha n't be coming to New York this spring as I 'd hoped because Monsieur Félix has decided to open a branch of the Maison de Verveine in London instead of New York ! |
| 6 | Surely it is about time England and Wales came into line with the rest of Europe regarding access instead of being trapped in a time capsule . |
| 7 | Mr Kerfoot said this week that in 1988 one of his oil suppliers on the Rhine had been keen to send raw material to Britain by rail instead of road because of pressure from the German Government . |
| 8 | Idly , without a lot of interest , the company wondered if he was planning to take Ingrid to bed instead of Suzi although , as Luiza pointed out , Ingrid was n't really his type . |