Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [conj] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On numerous occasions massive Orc armies have swept down from the north , destroying the towns and cities of Kislev and invading the northern provinces of the Empire . |
| 2 | The shock reformation followed an earlier treat for the capacity crowd at the first of eight shows celebrating 40 years of NME and benefiting the Spastics Society , when a ‘ rumpled ’ Shane MacGowan joined Cave onstage for a duet on Louis Armstrong 's ‘ Wonderful World ’ . |
| 3 | The down-problem is solved by adding to the optimal tableau of LPk and using the dual simplex method ( in its upper-bound form ) to restore optimality . |
| 4 | But when he is not playing , Henry spends his time coaching in the coloured township of Rocklands and spreading the gospel of multi-racial sport . |
| 5 | Located within walking distance of the heart of Pattaya and facing the Gulf of Siam , the Siam Bayview has been designed to provide its guests with all the facilities for an enjoyable holiday . |
| 6 | Recovering from the scandal of the Bank of Crete and dumping the policies that caused Greece 's public debt to triple as a share of GDP during the 1980s , the Socialists now lead the opinion polls . |
| 7 | Option 4 : passing west of Bilston and rejoining the A701 around Milton Bridge would also be safer than Option 1 but would mean the loss of parts of Pentland Caravan Park and pass through farmland . |
| 8 | Althusser 's historical interest derives from the fact that he represents the only orthodox Marxist theorist who has tried to get out of Hegel while remaining a Marxist — though for many Marxists he did sacrifice Marxism in the process , which only suggests how closely Marxism and Hegelianism are intertwined . |
| 9 | Also at Pentire , Martin climbed Another Nervous Breakdown , E6± 6B , starting right of Darkinbad and climbing the wall eventually to join Last Leviathan , while Beneath Black Waters , E6 6B , is a direct line up the triangular wall right of Siren 's Cry with a roof as its crux : powerful stuff . |
| 10 | He also served the king , acting for three periods as justice of Chester and holding the usual range of local commissions . |
| 11 | Tommy Gorman , acting convener at the Albion plant , said Government policies were destroying industry in the West of Scotland and destroying the social fibre of the Scottish people in the process . |
| 12 | His most famous poem is ‘ Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno cynarae ’ , modelled on the first ode in book iv of Horace and containing the well-known refrain ‘ I have been faithful to thee , Cynara ! in my fashion . ’ |
| 13 | The police , who routinely bend the rules in black areas , portray the youth of Brixton as doing the same , acting as if they were ‘ above the law ’ because of special measures designed to protect them from the consequences of their illegal actions — a fairly apt description of the police 's own position until very recently . |
| 14 | The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this , namely , that Parliament thus defined has , under the English constitution , the right to make or unmake any law whatever ; and , further , that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament . |
| 15 | Parliamentary sovereignty , he wrote , meant that Parliament had " the right to make or unmake any law whatever ; and , further , that no person or body is recognized by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament . " |
| 16 | She was a veteran nymphette who had been kicked out of Shangri-la for seducing the monks . |
| 17 | I was whistling a medley of Ellingtonia and keeping an eye out for a transport café for breakfast and feeling fairly pleased with myself . |
| 18 | During the night the Earl of Atholl , jealous of Bruce and foreseeing a probable English victory , descended on Gambuskenneth and killed the depot commander and his men . |
| 19 | The Government are right to seek a twin-track approach whereby we retain the essential strength and security of NATO while developing a new role for the Western European Union . |
| 20 | Could we have a typical performance from either of them in an unlikely setting : for example , Howerd making his maiden speech in the House of Commons or delivering a lecture to students on English lit , or Hill interviewing Germaine Greer or giving a sermon . |
| 21 | The problem with extracting one of the sayings of Jesus or using the example of the Jerusalem Church as a model for contemporary society is that the whole of the Old Testament is neglected . |
| 22 | Leaflets and posters carrying a picture of Latimeria and offering a huge reward were distributed among the countless fishing villages that dot the coasts of southern and eastern Africa . |
| 23 | The second Test in Paris left Muller one cap ahead of Helgard and exhibiting the promise to take his place among the great Springbok names which punctuate rugby legend . |
| 24 | Increasing the level of ICA and removing the ‘ gatekeeping ’ function exercised by the disabled person 's receipt of attendance allowance would help to reduce the financial dependency currently experienced by many carers . |
| 25 | One ex-sailor whom Minton met at the Mandrake was Joshua ( ‘ Mike ’ ) Avery , then just embarking on his discovery of Soho and sharing a room with Daniel Farson . |
| 26 | The Evil One is seen after St Gregory of Nazianzus as having no rights at all — on the contrary he is seen as a robber and a liar who stole the world from God and who holds humanity as captives in bondage to their own sin and his influence and power . |
| 27 | For the first time in her life , she was hurt by the sight of Hong Kong , that beautiful neon city , glittering like a great gaudy Ferris wheel on the edge of China and signifying the absolute end of her dream with Damian , the end of an enclosed world with no past or future , only the sensual present , leading them further and further into pleasure without limit or consequence . |
| 28 | And underneath the lofty claims that they were fulfilling the will of God and freeing the kingdom from oppression and tyranny , and the open attacks on the regent 's actions , there were still hints of the desire to come to terms , which reflect their awareness of how shaky the basis of their self-defence was . |
| 29 | Once I was aboard the Mary of Westminster and facing the terrors of the Narrow Seas , I put the matter aside . |
| 30 | The HDUR condemned the attitude of Vatra as signalling the " threat of civil war " , and urged restraint when deaths and injuries occurred during ethnic clashes in the Transylvanian city of Tirgu Mures , 260 km north-west of Bucharest , in March [ see p. 37321 ] . |