Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [pron] have [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His drastic remodelling of the archaic and irrational administrative system , replacing it by a system of intendants on something like the French model , his abrogation in June 1789 of the Joyeuse Entrée of Brabant , the most important of the constitutional documents which limited his powers in the Netherlands , his collection of taxes which had not been approved by the provincial estates , all aroused furious opposition . |
| 2 | Skin abscesses due to injecting were reported more often by drug users who seroconverted than by controls but the selection of seroconverters who had probably used infected injecting equipment may have biased this result . |
| 3 | We can not consider the growth of technology or the growth of government as autonomous forces which are somehow independent of the set of values which have either accompanied or prompted their growth . |
| 4 | I whimpered and pathetically tried to move the little finger of my left hand , currently being squeezed bloodless by the lattice work of fingers he had somehow contrived along the handle . |
| 5 | Give me a line-up of blokes I 've never met before , and I 'll pick out the big hitter for you . ’ |
| 6 | The bearer turned left along a line of houses they had just come out of . |
| 7 | A programme of activities which has not changed for , say two years may need review and amendment . |
| 8 | We 'll tell you all about it shortly when Roz has the book ready for publication , as it could save you hours spent trying to match the tension of patterns which have originally been knitted on different makes of machine to your own . |
| 9 | Scott J said that the distinction lay in whether the parties would have been prepared to allow the matter to be decided on the basis of views which had not been formulated . |
| 10 | I must admit , I ca n't claim it was love at first sight , but within a couple of hours she had firmly established herself in my affections , ’ laughed Delia . |
| 11 | Trying not to think about her possible reaction , Henry loaded cured fish , offal , red meat and a bold assortment of vegetables he had never even heard of , let alone eaten . |
| 12 | I mean what does it cost , no , no end of times I 've just |
| 13 | Computers are used in all walks of life , although so far in our series of programmes we 've largely been looking at scientific applications . |
| 14 | As Karl Barth expresses it , woman is to man as B is to A ; why should woman mind ? 17 The idea that western religion has itself been a cause of attitudes which have deeply harmed women obviously can not be given entrance by them . |
| 15 | And after raising the board and finding six washleather bags of sovereigns she had really believed him , and for only the second time she could remember in her life , she had cried . |
| 16 | So I can produce the sorts of designs I 've always wanted to produce ! ’ |
| 17 | Sometimes they were misty and abstract , especially when one talked intimately of the past , of subjects he had long forgotten — or wanted to forget — awakening memories — nightmares ? — from deep within . |
| 18 | He had secured the support not just of members of parties which had formerly been members of the ruling coalition , but also of the Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS — the former Communist Party ) and the Greens . |
| 19 | Liz , like a pale convent girl too long mewed up , went wild in her first year , as she discovered the world of parties she had hitherto known only by reading and by hearsay : in those days , such was the imbalance between the sexes , women were much in demand as status symbols , as sleeping partners , as lovers , as party ballast , and Liz went out a great deal , her appearance improving dramatically as she did so . |
| 20 | When she felt she could not naturally stand by the window any longer she went and inspected the gritty old review copies of books which had somehow collected over the years on the office shelves — Take Your Car to North Africa ! |
| 21 | In the second write in those childhood events or aspects of relationships which have most significantly influenced and perhaps continue to influence your present experience . |
| 22 | Romantic dreams and sexual callisthenics , chivalry and rape , roses and semen , chocolate boxes and contraceptives … but most of all , never entirely out of his embattled mind , slowly dragged the shapes of the thousands of words he had so far composed on that day and the thousands he had yet to compose by candle light through the remainder of the bitterly cold night . |
| 23 | In fact she 'd had a brief nap on the flight over and the adrenalin was racing round her body , making the possibility of sleep unlikely , but anything was better than sitting like a frightened child beside him , hoping against hope that he would finally melt and utter the sort of words she had once yearned to hear . |
| 24 | In the second part of the chapter we concentrate on manufacturing industry , reporting on the experiences of a number of organizations which have only recently started to make use of temporary workers , and their reasons for doing so . |
| 25 | The following table shows where a sample of school-leavers who had either been on a government Youth Opportunities Scheme ( YOPS ) or been unemployed for six weeks by the beginning of October 1978 had ended up by April 1979 . |
| 26 | This chapter will be concerned with the most straightforward kinds of pyroclastic deposits : those which are made up of fragments which have simply been shot up into the air and fallen back down again , so they are known as pyroclastic fall deposits . |
| 27 | Now we 've actually found seventy thousand pounds worth of savings we have n't made anybody redundant and we 've actually quite clearly taken in that seventy thousand pounds within our overall budget past decisions has had to be taken and they 've been taken as I said earlier hopefully when the financial climate gets better we perhaps we 'll be able to other things all or were revert back to things that we we do wish to do because the the financial restraints on us . |
| 28 | erm , the adventure section was quite successful in a lot of respects they had quite a few people er attached to it , the scout group and the cub group , cub packs did n't have very many , but erm the adventure section had quite a few people , er and in fact we 've got people doing the tent stalls at the moment that are from a seventh mutant , which is , what it was and of course they 've disenfranchised if you like er but we 're looking , the district is looking to create a new group with Buckland |
| 29 | In 1989 no award was made , partly because the sponsor felt that publishers were submitting books by the distinguished but small group of authors who had already won prizes , and the prize was allowed to lapse until this year . |
| 30 | She had eyes as bright as buttons , a sharp wit and the most beautiful pair of shoulders I have ever clapped eyes on . |