Example sentences of "[vb pp] of this " in BNC.

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1 Much was expected of this Anglo-Italian four-place convertible , high on creature comforts as well as style , when it was introduced almost 20 years ago .
2 Particularly high quality sound is claimed of this player , with faithful reproduction of subtle low-level signals and a remarkable 100dB signal-to-noise ratio .
3 He looked after the entire film unit practically single-handed while we were filming in Tunisia and I was reminded of this again in recent months when we visited him in hospital .
4 He has known no want either materially or of a mother 's love for you have supplied both abundantly and he will be reminded of this all his life you can be sure .
5 And we were reminded of this last week when , in making our way up from the quay , we passed this sweet shop and there were the sugar mice in the window , and the cat , and that 's why we went in and bought some .
6 Togetherness , along with youthfulness , are the ideal , and because we are reminded of this in almost every book , newspaper article , film and play , a feeling of loneliness can affect women on their own .
7 I was reminded of this , fresh as I was from reading some of the slanging that made the Bermondsey bye-election so appealing , when looking at a joint release from six trades unions .
8 The Navigator was remembering that Jaq might be attired right now as one kind of person , whereas actually he was someone else entirely … and Googol needed to be reminded of this .
9 Pandarus , who had instructed Troilus — ‘ You must be witty ’ — seems to have infected the lovers with his fondness for dirty jokes ( in him , perhaps , a sign of impotence or disease ) , and seeing him again they are reminded of this and go up to verse for their protestations of love and fidelity ( 113ff . ) .
10 Stephen did n't much like to be reminded of this in public .
11 Even with the bustle of oil activity , Scapa was a lonely place with an aura of sadness , forever haunted by its sad history of scuttled and torpedoed ships ; each time I passed the Royal Oak buoy on our way into Scapa Pier I was reminded of this history .
12 We learn that Cosroe is trying to get the throne from his brother , and we are constantly reminded of this fact : ‘ To crown me Emperor of Asia ’ .
13 Local authorities may sometimes need to be reminded of this .
14 I was reminded of this in a recent villit , village a visit to the United Nations in New York .
15 ‘ I was reminded of this a year ago when I was spending some time with one of my sisters .
16 I was reminded of this , the other night at a little theatre , I forgotten it er , when we were watching on the point of
17 She now flapped her hand as if shooing something away , then went out of the kitchen and onto the landing , and here , as she had before , she stopped , but only long enough to raise her eyes to the whitewashed ceiling as her mind said , Dear God , do n't let anything come of this .
18 IN The book of St. Gilbert , pp. 112–115 , the following miracle is reported of this twelfth-century saint :
19 The Scottish Typographical Circular reported of this conflict that " people are beginning to see that making women printers … will only unfit them for the active and paramount duties of female society " .
20 But nothing sustained and organised of this kind was ever contemplated in London .
21 No details are given of this hitherto unknown organisation , but the platform put forward by the paper looks like pure Thatcherism .
22 If the driver provided by Overdrive proves unsuitable ( no doubt an unusual occurrence in practice ) the haulier need not engage him provided reasonable notice is given of this intention to Overdrive .
23 Some other examples are given of this approach , and then some systems are considered which extend non-statistical methods .
24 This theory requires an account to be given of this central distinction .
25 Two examples can be given of this .
26 No warning was given of this .
27 Any material received of this kind will be listed in our final papers , and the most interesting will be reprinted as papers accompanying the final report .
28 Chairman , I , I think none of this is meant as criticism so I do n't think you need to get too emotive about it , it 's a huge step forward having undertaken of this , of this er , the
29 In the only report traced of this incident , the Sun reports that
30 You have heard of this business about Steinmark ? ’
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