Example sentences of "[adj] of [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would appear that this Adamantios Andropulos , who is Hawkins 's temporary guest-I could well imagine that Admiral Hawkins would use the term ‘ guest ’ even if this unfortunate were clapped in irons in some shipboard dungeon — has an account with a Washington bank , name and address supplied , of some eighteen million dollars , and would we kindly make enquiries to see if he has been disbursing any of this of late and , if so , in what direction . |
| 2 | When the owl sailed clear of tomorrow 's conscience |
| 3 | Julia kept her eyes clear of both Lord Cumbermound and Canon Wheeler and , leaving McGee to clear the table for port and dessert , she went upstairs to the drawing-room to remove the sherry glasses and set out coffee . |
| 4 | Fen seemed to know a great deal about the area , and as they ate their sandwiches , served with a generous helping of salad , he talked continuously , so unlike his normal taciturn self that Robbie suspected he was steering clear of more personal and controversial topics . |
| 5 | The Consul-General usually steered clear of too direct an involvement in Egyptian policing . |
| 6 | A winner of her last two races , she was ridden confidently last time at Chester and cantered clear of nearest rival Anchorage to win by 12 lengths . |
| 7 | Most animals quickly learn to keep clear of boldly striped insects , particularly if they sting . |
| 8 | NINE times champion jockey Pat Eddery pulled five clear of closest rival George Duffield when winning on Tremolando in the Ropergate Maiden Stakes at Pontefract . |
| 9 | He had been so absent-minded of late , so preoccupied with his work , his writing , the morality of being an expert witness . |
| 10 | The TLP was the most economical of more than a dozen development schemes under consideration . |
| 11 | Done half of tom half of today 's work last night . |
| 12 | Half of today 's work last night . |
| 13 | Beattie found that over half of both the filled and unfilled pauses occurred immediately before the beginning of a clause . |
| 14 | In our main survey , only seven per cent told us that they had had classes about household budgeting or managing money while they were at school — and rather less than half of even this small minority said that they had been taught anything about buying on credit , or borrowing money . |
| 15 | In the rest of the country , about half of roughly 100 candidates who won seats in the first round were linked with the pro-Rafsanjani ‘ pragmatic ’ faction . |
| 16 | Yet it is known that between one third and one half of mentally handicapped people currently resident in mental handicap hospitals should not be in hospital and could be either immediately discharged or discharged after a short period of training . |
| 17 | As for the 40% match-fee fine placed upon Pakistan for their slow over rate , this is little more than half of technically should have been applied , but Mr Hunte made certain allowances . |
| 18 | yeah , half of then are mine |
| 19 | More than half of almost 100 recent murders in Strathclyde have involved knives . |
| 20 | Until the goalposts moved , roughly half of publicly listed firms in financial trouble opted for the private route . |
| 21 | ( And under current legislation , the payout to you will be free of both income tax and capital gains tax , because GRE will have already paid tax on the underlying investment . ) |
| 22 | Most of the patients studied were free of clinically detectable vascular disease . |
| 23 | High levels of consumer debt and fears of unemployment would continue to inhibit confidence , restricting growth through 1993 of just 0.5pc . |
| 24 | The unworldly , peace-loving doctor , oblivious of both material comfort and public opinion , is in some respects a self-portrait . |
| 25 | There are also hybrid techniques which use some of both look-up and constituent analysis . |
| 26 | We have obviously at every Conference a certain amount also of Constitutional motions , er an organizational motion , and some , and some of tomorrow will be taken up with that as well as the announ , er announcement concerning the elections for the various committees . |
| 27 | Such criticism was doubtless deserved at the time because his films were to Hollywood what some of today 's tabloids are to the newspaper industry . |
| 28 | It makes a refreshing change from some of today 's more powerful and aggressive perfumes , and like Guerlain 's other fragrances , Samsara should become one of the great classics . |
| 29 | The potential for growth had been retained and it is said that some of today 's bulls gain weight faster than continental breeds such as the Charolais ; the meat itself is now of much better quality . |
| 30 | Studying the history of marriage customs may show that some of today 's reproductive practices may not be as revolutionary as they are sometimes made out to be . |