Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [subord] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . " |
| 5 | She was a veteran nymphette who had been kicked out of Shangri-la for seducing the monks . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For it was the general election of 1931 which so drastically altered the balance of parties in the House of Commons as to give the politics of the 1930s its special character . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In this chapter I have done more to highlight some of the problems in reaching a definition of God than to offer a solution of my own . |
| 10 | 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 ] . |
| 11 | However , for reasons to be examined presently , he regarded the subsequent proceedings before the House of Lords as leaving the court ‘ powerless ’ to take the matter further . |
| 12 | Labour 's Robin Cook accused him and the Cabinet of ‘ sunning themselves on the deckchairs of Europe while watching the economy sink below the horizon ’ . |
| 13 | The book , written by Blessed , who is an actor or , as he puts it , ‘ sexy and a star ’ , is about how the actor ( but not the yak ) reached 25,400ft on the North Ridge of Everest while making the film entitled Galahad of Everest . |
| 14 | For him this convenience has been largely a negative factor for he thought of America as offering no other comparable diversion ; there were ‘ no beer gardens — no public concerts ’ and the question he asked was ‘ Who wants to sit at home and play bridge every night ? ’ |
| 15 | Investment business is defined in paragraph 1(2) of FSA as meaning the business of engaging in one or more of the activities which fall within the paragraphs in Part II of Schedule 1 of FSA ( ‘ Investment Business ’ ) and which are not specifically excluded by Part III of Schedule 1 ( ‘ Excluded Activities ’ ) . |
| 16 | Tony Visconti tells the story of how he testified against Angie in the struggle for custody of Zowie , and how David was frequenting transvestite clubs of Berlin while making an album with Iggy Pop and Brian Eno . |
| 17 | Coleman knew them already — they had been to see him at the University of Alabama while planning the trip — and so it was natural enough that he should now take on the chore of shepherding them around the island during their stay . |
| 18 | So in the 60s , when serious money came to Ireland as a result of determined government policy to encourage foreign investment in the country , it was possible for a nationalist to become involved in tearing the heart out of Dublin while extolling the virtues of Irish freedom . |