Example sentences of "[vb pp] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I , I do feel the Trade Descriptions Act is a is a very important er piece of consumer protection designed of course to protect not only you and me as consumer but also designed to protect traders against unfair trading practices . |
| 2 | Additionally , it is wise to keep our partner apprised of decisions being made , if for no other reason than avoiding them feeling left out . |
| 3 | The adjudicator , C. Jordan , had not been a member of the Academy when the problem was originally posed , and it seems from his official report that he was not apprised of Smith 's priority . |
| 4 | ( i ) negation : The double negative " unwilling without ( 2 ) , for example , suggests a contrast between the willingness that seems to be expected of Pemberton and the reluctance that his own circumstances force upon him . |
| 5 | Given the arguments of the sceptics , such failures are only to be expected of course ; aiming to replace anxious intellectual despair with a calm peace of mind , the traditional Pyrrhonian response would have been to advocate suspension of judgement . |
| 6 | you know that is the , erm two or three things there , you 're working by yourself in your , your personal preparation prepa preparation are crucial parts , erm , if any of the people were thinking of going to erm , erm , a college , erm , the same sort of thing will arise and I suppose the big difference for if you do n't have lessons then I think I 'm right in saying you do n't necessarily have to go in , I do n't know whether that still applies , erm , you would be expected of course to erm , erm , to turn up at school here , erm , now there are advantages and disadvantages , you may feel that you prefer , knowing on your own what you 're like , you 'll prefer erm some fairly rigid rules , erm , because if there were n't rules you might think you 'd take advantage of us |
| 7 | ‘ The highest standards of personal morality are expected of bishops , clergy and all Christians who have personal responsibility for others . |
| 8 | Good things are expected of south eastern electricity business SEEBOARD , which saw a change of top management earlier in the year . |
| 9 | But these tasks are not expected of students because they are quasi-research activities . |
| 10 | Admittedly , disciplines vary in the extent to which a personal response is expected of students . |
| 11 | First , the SIB has been given power , by virtue of ns.47A(1) , to issue Statements of Principle with respect to the conduct and financial standing expected of persons authorized to carry on investment business . |
| 12 | Not so much Allen Ginsberg as Alien Ginsberg , he handles the reverence expected of poetry meetings like a man beating a rat . |
| 13 | It was a great success , judging by the comments I heard afterwards , not only for enabling our volunteers to play an influential role in the local plans process , but for generating a sympathetic under- standing of the difficult balancing act expected of planners ! |
| 14 | It was what they had expected of University , but had not hoped so soon to find . |
| 15 | Inside the Citadel , in Bissett 's opinion , there was little that was innovative , much that was wasteful — but then what else could be expected of engineers ? |
| 16 | The specification of the qualities expected of members provides only the most general idea of how they will fit in . |
| 17 | The purpose of this Code of Conduct is to set out the standards of professional conduct expected of members of the Association and to indicate what matters may be regarded by the Disciplinary Committee as being contrary to the aims , objects and interests of the Association or contrary to the profession of librarianship . |
| 18 | Group norms are common standards of social and work behaviour expected of members of the group . |
| 19 | Artemis 's father was away for a week 's sport in Leicestershire , and apparently it was expected of Artemis that she should be ready and able to go out and ride her new horse side-saddle alongside her father on his return . |
| 20 | Competence is a many-sided quality which reaches beyond those virtues of initiative and on-the-spot decision-making ability which are normally expected of field staff . |
| 21 | Writing and reporting skills are now much more sophisticated than even five years ago , and much more is expected of nurses and health visitors in completing documentation , preparing care plans and relating progress and evaluation reports , and in providing background reports for the information and assistance of other health professionals . |
| 22 | By laying down such standards the law is capable of defining what is expected of managers , of giving normative guidance on how they should fulfil their role . |
| 23 | The most that could be expected of policies , it was implied , was to mitigate the worst effects of criminal offending . |
| 24 | Delivery — here the key issues are timing and reliability and these are the features of the delivery service to be expected of suppliers . |
| 25 | Model clauses for contracts and leases will be drafted to meet the higher environmental standards now expected of businesses . |
| 26 | But some ‘ mouths ’ can have their ‘ deviance amplified ’ ( Young 1971 ) in order for it to come within the conduct expected of gougers . |
| 27 | A GREAT deal was expected of Jonny Kane when he moved to England earlier this year to join the Swift team in the British Formula Ford championship . |
| 28 | Reasonable competence is expected of players of any age . |
| 29 | The former meaning may be loosely paraphrased as : ( 26 ) one of the feats commonly expected of acrobats The second meaning can not be paraphrased by ( 26 ) . |
| 30 | Much was expected of Inzamam ul Haq after his World Cup performance , but he struggled to find form on the slow English pitches . |