Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [pron] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its guest-list read like a who 's who of the great and the good . |
| 2 | In terms of individual connections , with the exception of Mosley and some of his personal lieutenants , the membership of the NL included a galaxy of anti-semitic and pro-nazi notables , a veritable who 's who of the fascist political fringe . |
| 3 | Even at the most constantly watched setts , the badgers can sometimes become nervous if they catch the scent of a stranger , particularly if there are none of the usual human visitors present either . |
| 4 | I do believe they wore top hats , but there are none of the usual wedding photographs to confirm that . |
| 5 | ‘ We have good discussions , ’ he wrote , ‘ but there are none of the snide comments about ‘ my Russian mates carving up Poland ’ or ‘ my Commie friends getting more than they bargained for ’ when Russia invaded Finland , that I had on the building job . ’ |
| 6 | Generally , there are none of the inane pizzaman delivery scenarios you find in commercial porn — something consumers cherish about the amateurs . |
| 7 | There were none of the battered paperbacks usually left abandoned after rainy afternoons in holiday houses , no near pornography and , she thought , no detective stories , until she remembered the Sherlock Holmes collection beside the bed . |
| 8 | Adrar was clean , and there were none of the African smells offensive to western noses — just the opposite . |
| 9 | Standards slipped but there were none of the old crowd now to witness the decay . |
| 10 | The permanent staff was gradually purged to other camps until there were none of the original ‘ old people ’ left . |
| 11 | Moreover , the papers were run as political ventures ; there were none of the commercial , management , planning and sales activities that were to be found at the Standard . |
| 12 | Here there were none of the accustomed party cant or heroics about the Revolution . |
| 13 | A glowing profile by a local journalist of the time said : ‘ There 's nothing of the ruthless businessman in him . |
| 14 | There 's something of the same blankness of effect , too , in Ismail Saray 's white sheet hung against red , the white perforated with large burnt holes . |
| 15 | And perhaps the most difficult one to remember is the easiest of the lot , the acid plus the metal cos there 's none of the usual stuff , no salt no water just the hydrogen coming off . |
| 16 | There 's none of the dazzling leaps or appalling lapses that gave previous albums a dynamic range . |
| 17 | There 's none of the rigorous logic and choreographed confusion of real farce , and director Jude Kelly labours under the mistaken impression that if the characters rush around and shout a lot , then they are bound to be funny . |
| 18 | There 's none of the daily rancour which develops when people live bovinely together . |
| 19 | Though his kin , servants , and three former benefices were remembered dutifully enough , there is nothing of the wider , political world where he had made his fortune , scarcely more of his own diocese or even of the cathedral itself , before whose pulpit he sought burial . |
| 20 | The Back Bowls have only two main lifts so there is none of the mechanical clanking that blights so many resorts . |
| 21 | When the driver pushes the throttle button or puts his foot on the pedal , there is none of the usual mechanical linkage there to swing into action . |
| 22 | There is none of the discrete lumpiness we saw in our first experiment when a bullet at a time hit the screen , now here , now there . |
| 23 | There is none of the restless westwardness of the US . |
| 24 | There was nothing of the picturesque or civic excess in these stations . |
| 25 | But there was nothing of the old maid about her . |
| 26 | There was nothing of the old Cath Cathy usually enjoying more of a good laugh , she was always happy and cheerful , then she fell victim to a rare diso disorder |
| 27 | They were becoming very tired , and when they came back from their missions there was none of the former exuberance if everyone returned safely , and just fatalistic shoulder-shrugging if someone was lost . |
| 28 | There was none of the familiar denunciations against the West and no talk of replacing the system with an Islamic state . |
| 29 | Unlike many disagreements within bands , it did not relate to Charman 's actual playing and there was none of the usual ‘ musical differences ’ . |
| 30 | On landing there was none of the Spanish bureaucracy we 'd been expecting — you just need your passport number for the fuel bill . |