Example sentences of "[adj] of the [adj] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed nervous at first , then almost resentful of the older woman 's presence . |
| 2 | For example , the capital letters of " How Do You Like London " might suggest a number of phonetic factors abnormal loudness , slow-motion delivery , stressing of every syllable — all expressive of the proverbial Englishman 's assumption that those who can not speak his language as a native are deaf or stupid , or both . |
| 3 | He was destructive of the other children 's toys and refused to have any personal belongings in his shared room in the home . |
| 4 | The climate which developed in this period in Britain was one in which the prejudices of the judiciary were reinforced by a media campaign supportive of the Tory Party 's ideas on moral decay and over-dependence upon the state . |
| 5 | These featured the abolition of the post of general secretary and its replacement by that of party chairman ( this proposal appeared to be the basis of a rumour broadcast by the United States television network CNN on Jan. 30 , producing a brief panic in world financial markets , that Gorbachev was about to resign ) ; replacement of the politburo with a new body more broadly representative of the Soviet Union 's federal structure ; and reduction in the size of the central committee , which would become a permanent working body . |
| 6 | It is typical of the Labour party 's attitude that it would fritter away additional resources by spending more money not on increasing the number of training places but on paying more to those already in training places . |
| 7 | The Cheltenham & Gloucester 's approach is typical of the big lenders ' attitude to budget schemes . |
| 8 | It is possible that such errors however , are merely indicative of the same craftsman 's readjustments . |
| 9 | And with what is still quaintly described as ‘ sufficient power ’ Ward is convinced of the new car 's credentials : ‘ I am sure the Continental R can stand shoulder to shoulder with anything else we have ever built . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ My colleagues and I ’ , wrote Colville , ‘ had to handle requests from Ministers and Government departments entirely ignorant of the Prime Minister 's incapacity . |
| 11 | The barman brought over their hot toddies and Roy was glad of the few seconds ' reprieve . |
| 12 | What does seem clear is that Nu was one of the hardliners : he was suspicious of the British Government 's intentions , particularly with regard to keeping the Frontier Areas apart on ‘ Divide and Rule ’ lines . |
| 13 | One of the most remarkable of the Mass Observation 's files is the report taken in September 1940 ( Report 247 ) . |
| 14 | I stared at it , conscious of the big man 's arm encircling mine with the coiled hunger of an anaconda about to ingest . |
| 15 | In 1864 , after the 1863 uprising and the massive repression that followed its collapse , Julian Łukaszewski , a former Polish commissioner in the Prussian government , wrote a pamphlet despairing of the Polish people 's ability ever again to control their own destiny : |
| 16 | On the train journey back south they were cheered once again as they passed through every station , and this time Charlie felt they were more worthy of the hatted ladies ' respect . |
| 17 | • Logistics worthy of the Ninth Army 's move to the Gulf saw all the stands arrive , intact with exhibits at Paris having left Birmingham straight after the show closed there on Sunday night . |
| 18 | However , this deal , like the Leyland DAF deal , fell foul of the European Commission 's rules banning subsidies which are likely to distort competition , and the EC judged that £253 million should be reduced from the cash injection and that there should be no further government aid for Rover . |
| 19 | But nobody is sure of the white extremists ' power . |
| 20 | The work has been quite hard , actually little short of the 24 hours ' teaching a week which I originally feared we might have to teach , but it 's a pity not to offer the course as we prepared it in Peking , complete with extra lectures , as there seems to be a great demand for anything we teach , which is understandable considering that it 's a chance of a lifetime for some of the teachers ; in fact , some have never spoken to a foreigner in their lives before ! |
| 21 | National assertiveness reached the largest and most important of the Soviet Union 's republics , the Russian , in May 1990 , following the elections to the republican Congress of People 's Deputies in which radical candidates had won a substantial proportion of the vote ( see above , p. 59 ) . |
| 22 | Can you imagine yourself in her place , reckless of her own safety , involved in escapades that left the public gasping , braving death to rescue your grandfather yet always solicitous of the meanest person 's welfare ? |
| 23 | She fell back hard against the wall and shut her eyes , her head full of the young man 's odour . |
| 24 | But there were many who were jealous of the new town 's phenomenal rise and who looked upon it as a sink of iniquity where the nouveaux riches wallowed in the luxury obtained from trade . |
| 25 | Timothy Harris admitted to the court he had been jealous of the pretty teenager 's friendship with other young men and he was desperate to have sex with her . |
| 26 | He spend the hour between six and seven inspecting his company : a hundred men in the dark green and grey of the Grand Army 's tirailleurs . |
| 27 | In the area of defence , the foremost claimant for government funds in time of war , the picture available of the two belligerents ' military machines , like that of their finances , is not always very clear . |
| 28 | Yet despite their insistence on a new form of human experience ( one which is curiously reminiscent of the early sociologists ' insistence that late nineteenth and early twentieth societies were emerging into a new society which was leaving behind gemeinschaft relations of blood and community ) it is somewhat surprising to find that contemporary postmodern theorists give only schematic attention to human consciousness and agency . |
| 29 | Bernard had been told this was a confusing mixture reminiscent of the old drapers ' shops — and would never work as the products would attract different customers . |
| 30 | At the end of the first week Allaf was particularly critical of the Israeli delegation 's tactics , saying that the Israeli delegation had arrived at the talks with a " premeditated determination not to allow any progress " . |