Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She battled her way to the last eight finalists of the 28th European Open Karate Championships , taking on 32 of the world 's best female karate exponents . |
| 2 | Later on each of the souls pouring out of Narnia on Doomsday looks at Aslan as it comes through the Door-way of Death — to be saved if it loves , destroyed if it hates . |
| 3 | ( 2 ) The proceedings to be taken on each of those sittings shall be as shown in the second column , and shall be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the third column , of the following Table — |
| 4 | ( 2 ) The proceedings to be taken on each of those days shall be as shown in the second column , and shall be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the third column , of the following Table — |
| 5 | Not only does Britain have an immense problem coping with its own industrial waste , but it also takes on that of other countries . |
| 6 | They become confused about their role and sometimes attempt to take on that of managers themselves . |
| 7 | As certain areas of Great Britain , for example , take on some of the characteristics of divided societies , the focus of this study also has a relevance , of increasing proportion , outside the province and beyond what many residents in Northern Ireland might see as most directly pertinent to them . |
| 8 | Dealing with people came naturally and was in many ways the most important part of the job , but there was more that could come only with experience , and Charles was there to pass on some of the things he had learned over thirty-three years , some of them the hard way . |
| 9 | The former Ryder Cup man was not here to work on swings ; merely to pass on some of his knowledge on course management . |
| 10 | It also exonerates the community from taking on some of these tasks — caring for the elderly , the chronically sick and the disabled , and it is this aspects of the emphasis on family responsibility that produces scepticism about the motivation of exponents of active citizenship : it is seen as a substitute for the state 's responsibility for the social element of the citizenship of entitlement . |
| 11 | William Parker takes on some of the baritone material with unabashed lyricism and plangency , leaving Elly Ameling to bring refreshing charm and beauty of tone to the soprano Mélodies . |
| 12 | All these simple garden activities depend upon the real involvement and enjoyment of an adult who loves a garden , and can pass on some of his or her knowledge to children as they work and play together . |
| 13 | This urban base once distinguished these movements from such parties in Europe , although extreme-right phenomena there in the 1980s have ( with exceptions ) now taken on some of the distributional features of the British extreme right 's support . |
| 14 | After the collapse and division of the NF , the BNP began in late 1989 and early 1990 to take on some of the former 's street-presence . |
| 15 | ‘ After I win , I 'll take on some of the opponents Eubank has beaten , and do a better job , ’ said Piper . |
| 16 | The reason for this lies in a theory called secondary reinforcement which says that the praise will become associated with the more powerful extra reward and take on some of the strong reinforcing properties of that reward . |
| 17 | Whitehead Mann has taken on some of the highest salaried job searches in Britain , comparable with Russell Reynolds ' recruiting of Bob Bauman for Beecham ; an assignment on behalf of a major British company looking for a chief executive to run their operations in Australia earned the firm £333 000 , according to the popular press ( on the basis that the successful candidate was to be paid an annual salary approaching £1m . ) . |
| 18 | The aim is to ease the stress of house-buying by giving advice and taking on some of the workload . |
| 19 | ( Pat has a good strong Catholic conscience , a desire to pass on some of her good fortune . ) |
| 20 | Father even allows quite unrelated youngsters to join the family group if they will take on some of the work of baby-carrying . |
| 21 | The stations of the South African Boer Republics , themselves huge concessions to the modern world which the Boers would originally much rather have done without , took on some of the dour , flinty character of Dutch Reformed Calvinism . |
| 22 | Since some of the restrictions have been taken off , team members are beginning to take on some of the old supervisors tasks — requesting stores , requesting maintenance , in general , being more responsible . |
| 23 | He says we know that the Victorians went to the gentleman 's club in the day and the brothel at night , before going home , but we could take on some of their values . |
| 24 | ‘ As a management team we are all excited by the buy-out and we hope the new owners will take on some of our ideas and extend the services that we provide . ’ |
| 25 | And then they learnt the music later on some of them and |
| 26 | The issuing house will underwrite the issue ( i.e. agree to buy up any unsold shares ) for a fee , and will generally pass on some of the risk to sub-underwriters , who are usually large institutional investors . |
| 27 | that if we pass on some of your comments at the end of the section , maybe they 'll be able to arrange , maybe in two or three months time a visit that most of us can make , particularly those of you who missed it , because it is an important experience , but obviously quite difficult to arrange , because it involves real tenants and real people but we can pass that back , and I 'm sure the officers will consider it . |
| 28 | [ PAMELA 's struggle with BELVILLE brings on another of her fits and once again she faints . ] |
| 29 | It was a low , bitter retort , and she was gradually becoming aware that the intensity of the scene had brought on another of those infuriating headaches . |
| 30 | They have also put members in 7 of Germany 's 11 regional governments , and brought down that of Hamburg . |