Example sentences of "[adv prt] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Setting the record straight on story of diplomat 's pipe-playing activities |
| 2 | But the point is that if , if musicians go to service , they know there 's enough readers and if the musicians decide to take on part of that reading one service , surely it 's only courtesy for the musicians to say to the readers , whose lists are published months in advance , terribly sorry but we 're gon na do this this time , and do you mind stepping down ? |
| 3 | He was finally released from prison two years later on payment of a £500 fine to Edward . |
| 4 | I keep on thinking of him : of things he said and I said , and how we neither of us really understood what the other meant . |
| 5 | I do n't want to die because I keep on thinking of the future . |
| 6 | There 's a pain in my lung when I breathe , and I keep on thinking of pneumonia . |
| 7 | And I 'm just wondering what the the knock on effect of that is in the visiting of the , the members who ca n't get into church and who ca n't receive communion in church , and who may like to receive it in their home , or in the home , where they live . |
| 8 | Headaches are stupefying , benumbing and bring on confusion of mind . |
| 9 | In winter differs from all sea terns by more sharply defined white shoulder patch , variable but distinctive black spot on side of breast and black bill , as well as by less deeply forked tail . |
| 10 | In summer readily distinguished from Black Tern by conspicuous white forewing , rump and tail , shorter stouter reddish-brown bill , but in winter hard to separate except by lack of dark spot on side of breast , paler rump or brighter red legs . |
| 11 | They joined the club 's men 's team who travel to Bedford next week to take on March of Cambridge in their semi-final . |
| 12 | Of course not all of the elderly of the future will be relatively affluent , and , to repeat , we need to be alert to inequalities among the elderly — between age cohorts and within them : the cohorts who will be bringing more occupational pensions and owner-occupied houses into old age will also bring in experience of early retirement and early run-down of resources due to unemployment . |
| 13 | While a simple one-off party can be a rewarding subject for video , Christmas parties , and in particular children 's Christmas parties , offer even greater scope for creative video because they take place within the context of a whole season of festivity which has a built in story of its own . |
| 14 | Travelling in a clockwise direction the route proceeds from Cat Nab , Saltburn along part of the Cleveland Way and along the cliff edge down to the beach at Cattersty Sands . |
| 15 | The physical act of training breaks down part of the muscle exercised , and it is during the next 24–72 hours that the muscles recover and begin to grow . |
| 16 | The deal is not affected by this week 's decision to slow down part of the emergency aid agreed upon by the Twelve in December because of the repression in the Baltic republics . |
| 17 | The projectile was imperfectly aimed but exploded in Verdun , smashing down part of the Archbishop 's palace . |
| 18 | The rest will pay down part of Time Warner 's $16 billion mountain of debt . |
| 19 | Or tearing down part of the prison ? |
| 20 | Despite this , Potidaia paid tribute to Athens , who in 433/2 demanded that Potidaia should send home the Corinthian magistrates and pull down part of her walls . |
| 21 | If the question be ( as , in the actual state of the law , I think it is ) , whether consideration is , or is not , given in a case of this kind , by the debtor who pays down part of the debt presently due from him , for a promise by the creditor to relinquish , after certain further payments on account , the residue of the debt , I can not say that I think consideration is given , in the sense which I have always understood that word as used in our law . |
| 22 | THE White House is still trying desperately to live down the story of US President Bill Clinton 's 200 dollar haircut — almost a week after the trim aboard Air Force One closed down part of Los Angeles airport . |
| 23 | Almost a week after President Bill Clinton 's £130 snipping aboard presidential jet Air Force One closed down part of Los Angeles airport , forcing planes to circle , hairdresser Cristophe 's coiffure is still making waves . |
| 24 | On June 25 the Court ruled by five to four ( with O'Connor voting with the liberals ) to strike down part of a Minnesota law which required pregnant minors to notify both parents prior to obtaining an abortion . |
| 25 | In striking down part of a 1983 law designed to shield rape victims from intrusive questioning about their past , the court ruled by seven to two that the law had rendered inadmissible evidence which could be essential to the constitutional right to the accused to receive a fair trial . |
| 26 | On April 2 hundreds of protesters in Tripoli succeeded in entering the Venezuelan embassy and burned down part of it ( the Venezuelan permanent representative at the UN , Diego Arria , having been president of the Security Council for the month of March ) . |
| 27 | Urgent repair work is being carried out at Pickering 's 19th century memorial hall after heavy rain brought down part of the ceiling . |
| 28 | The CSG , designed to bring in revenue of F37,500 million per year , took the form of a 1.1 per cent general tax and replaced the current 0.4 per cent levy from income tax . |
| 29 | The law envisaged the denationalization of 40-50 per cent of state assets by the end of 1992 , rising to 60-70 per cent by 1995 , which would bring in revenue of up to 400,000 million roubles . |
| 30 | THE LEADERSHIP of the Scottish Labour Party yesterday played down talk of division between moderates and a group led by Mr George Galloway who founded Scotland United — a loose grouping of MPs , trades unionists and other prominent personalities — committed to home rule . |