Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] of [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the root deed itself will refer to the restrictive covenants and sometimes new restrictive covenants will be imposed in this transaction , for example , if it is a sale of part only of the seller 's property . |
| 2 | Too much competition between the two main houses has resulted in the whittling away of the seller 's commission in many transactions and buyers will now be hit in order to restore profit margins . |
| 3 | On occasions rural depopulation has aroused considerable public concern and has even been represented as a draining away of the nation 's life-blood , to the detriment of the national character and vigour . |
| 4 | The 90 recommendations of the inquiry included the phasing out of seclusion , better staff training and the setting up of a patients ' advocacy service . |
| 5 | Together they watched the setting up of the town 's first fish and chip shop , they saw the decline of Mr Healy in the hotel and stood side by side on the day that he was taken to the sanatorium . |
| 6 | United 's luck changed then as Martin went off with an ankle injury , to be followed a few minutes later by Stoke defender Chris Hemming , a clattering tackle on Derning brought the red card out of the referee 's pocket and boos for Hemming . |
| 7 | The next best thing was being given a month 's free credit , and by most people taking this they knocked the wind out of the banker 's sails . |
| 8 | There were fierce fights along the way — particularly in the House of Lords — but the concession on pensions took much of the wind out of the Opposition 's sails . |
| 9 | Over the medium term , however , the new Teachers ' Pay Review Body is likely to make teaching markedly better paid — nearly half of all secondary school teachers now earn more than £20,000 a year — which will take much wind out of the NUT 's sails . |
| 10 | But he must do more to suppress the air of lawlessness that now abounds ( which would incidentally take the wind out of the Congress 's sails ) and persuade people that paying taxes is a social virtue ( which would then help balance Russia 's books ) . |
| 11 | Suddenly he reached across and snatched the photograph out of the Woman 's hand , ripping it in half and dropping the pieces on the floor . |
| 12 | 2 The defender drives upward with a full knee spring out of the attacker 's reach . |
| 13 | Well , Mr Patten will do his best to make a silk purse out of a sow 's ear , and the audience will know it was not his idea . |
| 14 | It was all making a silk purse out of a sow 's ear . ’ |
| 15 | These farmers are obstinately trying , sometimes with help of subsidies , to make a living — a true case of trying to make an agricultural silk purse out of a sow 's ear . |
| 16 | The growth in demand for rapid response in the U.S.A. continues to have the effect of transferring stock out of the retailers ' balance sheets and into those of the manufacturers , a situation aggravated this year by relatively weak fourth quarter sales . |
| 17 | Jim spoke as if he were telephoning from a golf club instead of a cuckold 's bed . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not too keen on Katie Jane , though , she looks like she 's been pulled through a hedge backwards , and all this drinking out of a baby 's bottle , it sounds like she 's using it as a gimmick . |
| 19 | In Clouden snatching a basket out of the victim 's hands was robbery . |
| 20 | The problem is that whatever I consume greenly or ungreenly constitutes a bite out of the earth 's resources . |
| 21 | BEVERLY Hills 90210 star Luke Perry had to throw a girl out of the men 's room at a Hollywood pizzeria after she followed him to ask for his autograph . |
| 22 | Next I am not satisfied that the carrying out of the registrar 's order , though extensive and highly inconvenient for the appellants , will create such a precedent that a flood of such orders will follow which would disrupt the business of major auditing firms in the City who carry out these administrations . |
| 23 | 3.8.2 be answerable for and indemnify the Landlord against all actions costs claims demands and liability whatever in relation to any failure by the Tenant to comply with [ its ] obligations under clause 3.7.3 or in relation to any claim made by any adjoining owner or occupier or member of the public or other person in connection with the carrying out of the Tenant 's Works |
| 24 | It is not too much to say that this interpretation of what appears the plain meaning of section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act , 1974 , would make a farce out of the children 's hearing system . |
| 25 | No matter what fancy algorithms or search mechanisms are introduced , the principle remains the same : retrieval is reduced to term matching and the system becomes mealy a super matching machine out of the user 's control . |
| 26 | Marshes play an important part in keeping sediment out of the bay 's waters . |
| 27 | SHARES were on ice ahead of the Chancellor 's Autumn statement on Thursday . |
| 28 | A parent may interpose in or dominate his or her child 's marriage to satisfy personal need regardless of the child 's feelings . |
| 29 | The duke was to be heir both of the earl 's own northern estates and of his ‘ public ’ role as the leading royal agent in the north . |
| 30 | The duke was to be heir both of the earl 's own northern estates and of his ‘ public ’ role as the leading royal agent in the north . |