Example sentences of "of the [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If left for more than about 20 minutes after a run , it takes several turns of the starter before it fires . |
| 2 | The Emperor Karl Franz is prince of the Reikland and his troops are well equipped and clothed as might be expected . |
| 3 | Now , carrying a cardboard tray loaded with teas and coffees and soft drinks cans , she stepped in again from the street and felt the silence of the alley as it clamped in around her . |
| 4 | It may be that those responsible for the well-known picture of the so-called ‘ Dancing Sorcerer ’ ( on the wall of one of the innermost recesses of the Trois Frères cave in the department of Arriège in France ) , which represents a man in the skin of an animal and wearing the antlers of a stag , may have felt that the actual performance of the dance was insufficient , since they were concerned about the conservation of the magical efficacy of the dance after it had ended . |
| 5 | We all sat around cross-legged picking at bits of the sheep and I was offered the eye by the Sheik , which I understand was a kind of honour . |
| 6 | A single-track lane had taken them down through a straggling copse to a brackish meander of the Beaulieu river and Mossop had stopped the car just short of the cottage so they could see the building , the garden , the overgrown jetty which had given it its name and the shadowed finger of the pontoon reaching out into deeper water , without themselves being seen at all . |
| 7 | It was too dark to see much of the cottage when she did finally arrive , and , in any case , getting soaked as she lifted her belongings out of the boot did not encourage her to spend time looking around . |
| 8 | Labour was moving on as a renewed party — ‘ a party that cares as much about consumers as it cares about producers ; a party that wants to make the economy work as much as it wants to change the economy ; a party that embraces as much of the green as it does of the red ’ . |
| 9 | His ball bounced through the back of the green and he did n't get up and down for a birdie . |
| 10 | The story of the blacksmith 's involvement in the Battle of Drumclog can not be substantiated by any written record of the battle but it has been handed down through many generations of people in the Irvine Valley and spoken of with pride . |
| 11 | This was the end of the battle that she had seen . |
| 12 | Keeping the paperwork straight might not be glamorous but it was eighty per cent of the battle as he well knew , and he made certain his staff did too . |
| 13 | Next week sees the anniversary of the battle and it is the 75th anniversary of the Air Force . |
| 14 | Should you not wish to keep any of the papers that you 've got there you can put them very carefully in the box . |
| 15 | Yeah well I thought they said in one of the papers that he 'd never been registered anywhere . |
| 16 | Walesa said after the failure of the talks that he would consider forming a non-party government with greater presidential powers along the lines of the French system . |
| 17 | aspects of an individual which we designate as making him an author are only a projection , in more or less psychologising terms , of the operations that we force texts to undergo , the connections that we make , the traits that we establish as pertinent , the continuities that we recognise , or the exclusions that we practice . |
| 18 | And it was true , I did and er , and I did reasonably well at most of the games that I play but er I played cricket for St John 's and I played when I was in the army at this last time and er , and erm , you , you know it 's I , I think if you make up your mind and you 're fit enough . |
| 19 | ‘ We will be trying to cover as much of the Games as we can and athletics is one of the most popular , ’ said an official . |
| 20 | Look to your left and climb to the top of the tree that you see |
| 21 | She explained to Farmer Plant how she used the outjutting twin branches of the tree as her pony , as she had n't a real one to ride , and how she was working for the Pony Rider badge . |
| 22 | Close the curtains to exclude daylight , and pick a camera position which gives a good wide-angle view and also allows close-ups of the tree and its decorators . |
| 23 | A good rule-of-thumb to remember is that this distance should be at least the height of the tree when it is fully matured . |
| 24 | in terms of the evaluation that we already do , it tends to be about the course itself . |
| 25 | Greet the wise one , and talk to them of the fears that you wish to overcome . |
| 26 | And it 's that part of the jigsaw that I want to concentrate on . |
| 27 | It did n't like it at first , and moved and beat against the sides of the plastic and the neck of the can while I held it and sweated , listening to the hum of the insects and the rustling of the grass , staring at Blyth as he lay there still and silent , his dark hair ruffled now and again by the breeze . |
| 28 | The Chinese writers usually refer to the Nagas under that name and the character of the Dragon as it appears in the folklore and literature of China and Tibet is in great part derived from the Indian conception of the Naga . |
| 29 | He pulled strongly across into the inshore current , and let it carry him down abreast of the church before he grounded the boat and climbed ashore . |
| 30 | And it was my concern that churches should know the implication of the children act as it 's related to the life of the church that I 'm landing in front of you . |