Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a layer of mango lay above the guava . ) |
| 2 | It is ridiculous that two-thirds of the cost of a bottle of whisky goes to the Treasury and the taxation rate is double that of imported wines . ’ |
| 3 | I ca n't help but think , chairman , in my career I was never given a bottle of whisky to help with the |
| 4 | Mr Crowley and his wife , Sally , recently moved from a picturesque 300-year-old home near Coleford in the Forest of Dean to live in London with their children , Robin , ten , and Pearce , seven . |
| 5 | The assistant Deputy Surveyor in the Forest of Dean reported in 1788 that : |
| 6 | There we were briefed by local staff who wanted us to keep a seaward eye on the local Colliers from Rotterdam following an outbreak of watch smuggling in Poole . |
| 7 | For he has realized something else , in the moment of inspiration between standing up and beginning to speak : that the aesthetic effect of honesty depends upon restraint in its application . |
| 8 | Dewlike drops of moisture formed on the dry grass , and rose upward through the air as if powered by the jolts in our chest . |
| 9 | The eyes are the blue of a shallow sea , watering slightly at the corners , a trickle of moisture sinking into the parched skin . |
| 10 | The ecological significance of these precipitation figures in terms of soil moisture may be judged by relating them to the amount of moisture lost through evaporation and transpiration over a given period . |
| 11 | On wet ground , play the ball back a bit in your stance to ensure catching the ball first , thus minimising the amount of moisture squeezed between the clubface and the ball at impact . |
| 12 | After he had walked a little distance , he noticed that the concrete slabs underfoot were glistening damply in the torch light from the constant dripping of moisture seeping through the joints in the roof from the earth above . |
| 13 | The amount of moisture left in it became even more important than the substantial amount of relatively thick green grass left on it . |
| 14 | The trouble was that the salt had permeated the walls and penetrated through to the other side , where beads of moisture coming through the plaster accounted for the detachment of the wallpaper , which by this time was hanging loose in a depressing and derelict manner . |
| 15 | It was not raining , but droplets of moisture condensed on every cold surface and Wycliffe could taste the salt on his lips . |
| 16 | If a lot of moisture collects inside the bag , wipe it off , looking carefully for adult insects as you do so . |
| 17 | The gastritis patients were given 50 mL of platelet concentrate at gastroscopy . |
| 18 | In addition to their apparent central role in the pathogenesis of the arterial thrombus , increasing interest has focussed on platelets and the coronary microcirculation with the finding of platelet aggregates in the coronary microcirculation in some cases of sudden cardiac death ( Haerem , 1972 ; El-Maraghi & Genton , 1980 ) . |
| 19 | We tried local application of platelet concentrates in 12 consecutive patients with leukaemia ( 9 ) or lymphoma ( 3 ) who had severe mucosal haemorrhages due to thrombocytopenia. 9 had epistaxis , 2 had a haemorrhagic gastritis , and 1 had diffuse colonic bleeding . |
| 20 | This lack of attention is surprising given the widespread use of graphs revealed in the study , sponsored by the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants , of the corporate annual reports of 240 large UK companies that we have recently completed . |
| 21 | Henry of Colden returned from the Crusade to help Philip , and Richard I , Otto 's main supporter , died on 6 April 1199 . |
| 22 | The Elector Counts of Ostland live on the north eastern border of the Empire beyond which lie the wild and dangerous Troll Country and the Northern Wastes . |
| 23 | Although Thompson , the hooker , was sin-binned for 10 minutes for a foul in a tackle on Platt , Wakefield were never troubled and two minutes after he departed Wilson dribbled past a swarm of defenders to score by the posts . |
| 24 | The touchdown came with only one second left when Michael Haynes jumped among a crowd of defenders to catch for the victory . |
| 25 | What is more , the cultivation of the idea of emperorship brought with it a renewed interest in the rich sources of the Roman law . |
| 26 | Complete specifications for each of the new general SVQs were being printed as this issue of Update went to press . |
| 27 | In this , the third issue of Update devoted to general SVQs , we also report back on the seminars held recently for external verifiers and for centre co-ordinators from new piloting centres . |
| 28 | Following further dispute all hopes of unity ended after five races and CART took control of the remainder of the series . |
| 29 | The extensified fragmentation of Weimar politics and eventual decline into little more than interest politics in the face of mounting internal crisis , entirely delegitimized the State system itself , wholly discredited pluralist politics , and paved the way for a full acceptance — already by 1932 of around 13 million Germans — of a new basis of unity represented in an entirely novel political form personalized in Hitler 's ‘ charismatic ’ leadership . |
| 30 | It is clear that these organizations have different points of unity depending on the concerns of their members . |