Example sentences of "of [adj] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited ( ‘ Anglo ’ ) and De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited ( ‘ De Beers ’ ) by virtue of Anglo 's interest of more than one third of the equity share capital of Minorco and JCI , and De Beers ' interest of more than one third in the equity share capital of Anglo , are also taken to have an interest in these same shares . |
| 2 | A back pass from player-manager Hoddle seemed to catch Hammond by surprise and the goalkeeper hit the ball straight to the feet of Posh 's Tony Adcock , who put it into an empty net . |
| 3 | One of Prudential 's first moves under its new chief executive was to close down its estate agency business , which began in 1985 . |
| 4 | Other insurers were firmer in the wake of Prudential 's results with Sun Alliance a penny up at 372p , General Accident 2p better at 670p and Commercial Union also 2p higher at 607p . |
| 5 | Other insurers were generally firmer in the wake of Prudential 's results with Commercial Union 3p higher at 608p and General Accident up a penny at 669p and Guardian Royal 3p firmer at 219p . |
| 6 | Because the flow of companies coming to the market is outside of MAS 's control , we can not give the acquiror any assurances as to how many opportunities will be identified within a certain timescale . |
| 7 | I have enclosed a copy of MAS 's brochure , which provides more information about their services , and the most recent edition of KPMG 's quarterly Deal Watch publication , which gives details of the International Network . |
| 8 | This raised three different problems ( or opportunities , as we say in marketing ) : overall , the quality of the stores was higher than expected by people used to Allied Carpets ' promotional style ; people were not fully aware of the extent of the offer — they did not associate Allied with furniture and beds ; and , in a market where independent retailers are still the dominant factor , they had low expectations of Allied 's standards of personal service . |
| 9 | The nobleman Berhtfrith subsequently attributed Osred 's victory over his enemies at Bamburgh to the decision of Osred 's party to do justice by Wilfrid ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 60 ) and the indications are that Wilfrid came to an understanding with Osred 's party following his rejection by Eadwulf . |
| 10 | Continuing Pictish-Northumbrian military confrontation was a part of the background , therefore , of Osred 's reign . |
| 11 | There was a better than average crowd watching us and a fair number were Press photographers who were intent on getting pictures of the unwitting discoverer of Froggy 's body . |
| 12 | I guessed it was the shock of Froggy 's death , and the tension of caddying for one of his contracted professionals . |
| 13 | Apart from having to go over the unpleasant details of Froggy 's death yet again , I had a nasty feeling that Inspector Drew 's bright and suspicious eyes masked darker ideas about my role in Froggy 's murder . |
| 14 | Without any preamble , except the customary offer of a cup of tea which I declined , the Inspector began to take me in painstaking detail through my account of my discovery of Froggy 's body . |
| 15 | By disposing of Petromed 's investment portfolio , we have reduced the cost of the acquisition by about $300 million . |
| 16 | Also , these two and three other agricultural colleges offer full-time post-degree and post-HND courses , generally of one-year 's duration , in such subjects as agricultural marketing farm management and farm mechanization . |
| 17 | It will run the same version of Concurrent 's RTU Real-Time Unix as the existing models . |
| 18 | Comprising five large paintings , fifteen drawings and several early works , it is the first exhibition of Willing 's art since his death in 1988 . |
| 19 | There were sheaves of yellowed printout and mislaid documentation ; tubes of Shigenaga beer empty and full ; an assortment of abused rayons and grey underwear ; a grimy pair of zero-g 's ; a squashed box with two organic tampons in it ; a circuit tester ; an inertial screwdriver ; a bag of ageing fruitdrops ; and a broken-backed paperback book , its pages creased , its cover fused and inert . |
| 20 | It seems he wanted to preserve the evidence of Elfed 's attitude to him . |
| 21 | This is at the heart of UNCED 's Agenda 21 , the European Community 's Fifth Action Programme and the UK Government 's Environment White Paper . |
| 22 | Not only was there Mikey and myself but in the year above me was Gary Fraser , brother of Free 's Andy Fraser , who played in Stray . |
| 23 | The thunderous applause after Be My Downfall , a cover of Free 's A Little Bit Of Love and the much shouted for Move Away Jimmy Blue was well deserved . |
| 24 | This indeed is the burden of Pound 's own poem , ‘ Near Perigord ’ , which argues that the puzzle of a particular poem by Bernard de Born — a historian 's puzzle about the reasons for certain historically recorded vents — is to be solved only by realizing the strategic implications of the location of Born 's own fortress of Hautefort . |
| 25 | He only learnt of Chalky 's disappearance in February 1989 five days after a meeting at his house between James , Gardiner , himself and a fourth man . |
| 26 | In November of the same year he was appointed chaplain to Newgate prison , where he wrote a large number of Ordinary 's Account s of funeral sermons , confessions , and last dying words of criminals executed at Tyburn . |
| 27 | It was a sharp reminder of Real 's expectations after their latest failure to win the European Cup , the only trophy that matters to the Spanish champions . |
| 28 | They 've already been to the Jonquil because of Sabine 's death . |
| 29 | This amount is reduced by dividends received from the invested and by the investor 's share of invested 's losses . |
| 30 | Hoot more muffled than Tawny 's , also a barking ‘ khau , khau ’ and a harsher version of Tawny 's ‘ ke-wick ’ . |