Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more esoteric or higher understanding of the reality of one universal , wholistic creative principle ( monism ) is embraced only by those who are able to transcend the confines of theistic involvement as it is in any country or civilization . ’ |
| 2 | Out of a crop of precocious back division talent to whom Scotland will looking in the not-too-distant future , Gregor Peter John Townsend , who will not be 19 until April 26 , presents an amalgam of skill , pace and learning capacity that mark him as one of specially exciting potential . |
| 3 | For the first time she saw through his mask of precocious intelligence and saw how vulnerable he was , how frail in spite of all . |
| 4 | There is bred in them ( factory women ) a spirit of precocious independence which weakens family ties and is highly unfavourable to the growth of domestic virtues . ’ |
| 5 | But it 's the undertow of precocious sexuality , the child-woman come-on , that 's more worrying . |
| 6 | John Hayward , for example , was by now a close friend : he was a bibliophile and editor of precocious talent , who in 1926 , at the age of twenty-one , had published an edition of Rochester 's poems . |
| 7 | They did n't believe in the magic spell literally , of course , but they had had their experience of telepathic closeness at that time of the month . |
| 8 | Against all this the ESP addicts will retort that there is one feat performed by some cats that requires an acceptance of telepathic communication between human owner and lost feline . |
| 9 | Before such people can act together , a kind of telepathic feeling has to flow through them and ripen to the point when they all know that they are ready to begin . |
| 10 | In 1821 Neill MacEachern & Co. made 6798 gallons of 70 proof at Daill . |
| 11 | A target figure of 70 machine sets of components was set for delivery by 31 July 1942 , out of a total order of 225 sets , later reduced to 160 . |
| 12 | This is a massive selection of 70 DOS games on no less than 14 disks complete with an install program . |
| 13 | Its intention to increase ‘ Melinar ’ capacity at Rozenburg by 6000 tonnes in 1988 , to give overall capacity of 70 kta , has recently been announced , and plans for further expansion are well advanced . |
| 14 | The main force of level bombers passed over to 6 8,000 feet virtually unchallenged , their bombs crashing down on Luqa where six Wellingtons were burnt out ( R1247 , 1381 , 1382 , 1383 , 1384 of 148 Squadron , plus the sole remaining aircraft of 70 Squadron detachment , T2816 ) and seven more badly damaged , as were several Marylands . |
| 15 | Following two days ' rest Venables and Renshaw set off for a final attempt taking a more direct line , avoiding sections of 70 degree snow and ice by passages of rock and mixed climbing . |
| 16 | The arrogance of Bolshevik-inspired youth towards the patriarchal rural community also transpires from other criticisms directed against younger visitors . |
| 17 | Mike Benton 's ideas are reminiscent of those of Tony Swain and Gillian Cooper-Driver who proposed that dinosaurs became extinct through their dietary requirements They suggested that the development of alkaloidal synthesis of cyanogenic glycoside precursors in the early angiosperms made them unpalatable to the dinosaurs , effectively starving them into extinction . |
| 18 | The small block of semi-refined sugar , like cement , took a long time to dissolve . |
| 19 | There is one particular reason why the Rat must be given the role of alert guardian and subordinate . |
| 20 | It was paradoxical because although the subject was very deeply asleep , being completely relaxed and more difficult to wake than at any other time during the night , the EEG pattern was that of alert wakefulness . |
| 21 | Charlotte had been the first to make the connection ; her eyes lit with a spark of alert intelligence which was meant as a communication , and as briefly acknowledged by a warning flicker of George 's glance in her direction . |
| 22 | The reliance on " intuitive observation " in selection means that a heavy burden falls on the reader 's training in the art of alert reading , and of responding to linguistic and other cues . |
| 23 | Miller jerked himself into some sort of alert state as they approached , smiling glassily . |
| 24 | The constituent parts of a top-quality coffin of the period would have been as follows : a 1½-inch inner elm coffin with recessed lid , lined and covered with cambric — no depositum plate ; a lead shell of five pounds — i.e. five pounds ' weight per square foot — diapered and with lead depositum plate ; an outer case of 1½-inch elm or oak , padded and covered with rich scarlet Genoese or black Utrecht velvet ; four pairs of gilt grip-plates and grips ; two rows round of gilt-headed upholstery nails ; and escutcheons , lid motifs and brass or lead depositum plate . |
| 25 | He had new cases made for the shells , covered in scarlet Genoese velvet with two rows round of gilt-headed upholstery nails on the lid , the sides and ends blank-panelled with a single row of the same . |
| 26 | They contain the sort of resonant imagery and psychological complexity one associates with the most determined European cinema , but within strong narratives that recall the best Hollywood films . |
| 27 | If the frequency difference between half-power points on the resonance curve is then it can be shown that , for small loss , the loss factor The vibrating reed method may therefore be used to plot the loss-factor/ temperature " spectrum " ( although for precise work the change of resonant frequency with temperature needs to be compensated for by , for example , time-temperature superposition . |
| 28 | Cheltenham is a town of spacious elegance from sweeping terraces and broad avenues bordered by trees and gardens galore . |
| 29 | Today sweeping lawns , lovely herbaceous borders , flowering trees and extensive walled garden areas , complete with ancient pigeon house effuse a perfect combination of spacious elegance and secret corner , alive with everchanging colours . |
| 30 | I chested my way through and stood panting and blinking in a glass-walled theatre of spacious light , the air so dustless and oceanic that it showed you only the dirt in your human eyes . |