Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiffs contended that they had thereby been deprived of the opportunity to bid for H.F. Co. but pill J. rejected their claim because while the law certainly allowed a freedom to bid for property that was neither a ‘ business asset ’ of the plaintiffs ' nor a legal right which the law would protect . |
| 2 | An aeroplane taking 22 men of the Special Air Service Regiment in June 1944 to be dropped behind the German lines to join the Maquis was recalled on account of bad weather , crashed somewhere in the wooded area near Dijon and no trace has since been found of the plane and its company . |
| 3 | Praising Webster for his " integrity , effectiveness , and insight " , Bush stated that he had only been informed of the development on May 7 . |
| 4 | He was pressed into the ranks of the northern army , ‘ whereby he might somewhat be instructed of the difference between the sitting quietly in his house , and the travail and danger which others daily do sustain' . |
| 5 | It is the general rule that the patient 's own doctor will only be informed of the results of tests if the patient specifically requests it . |
| 6 | As in much self-conscious fiction , we are constantly being reminded of the fictionality of the novel , but Verbivore makes it clear that this fictionality also applies to the ‘ simulations ’ of the media which its ‘ fictions ’ purportedly replace . |
| 7 | However , not enough was known of the biology of stocks to make control measures credible or effective , and whalers in international competition for declining stocks had no alternative but to press for the largest allowable quota , and hunt at maximum efficiency to attain the largest share . |
| 8 | During his trial much was made of the way he had abused his position as a doctor . |
| 9 | During both World Wars less was made of the effect of women 's work on childbearing and childrearing . |
| 10 | He said most ticket-holders had already been warned of the cancellation and would be given a full refund . |
| 11 | Research is being carried out in Zambezi where 14,000 sq kilometres of land has already been cleared of the fly . |
| 12 | It had already been stripped of the lighting side of its business , the more profitable side , and now the tramway undertaking was to be absorbed into the unified transport system , of which so much had been heard . |
| 13 | Mention has already been made of the significance of national trends in age structure , but it can be seen that these effects can be substantially reinforced at the regional and local level through migration . |
| 14 | Mention has already been made of the type D arrangement from room L of the abaton at Lydney . |
| 15 | Commentary : where an offender is dealt with for a breach of a community service order , he must be sentenced ( if the order is revoked ) in a manner in which he could have been sentenced by the court which made the order , if he is in breach of a probation order , the court may sentence the offender as if he had just been convicted of the offence concerned . |
| 16 | One more thing , if I may , we 've just been told of the government 's first response to the consultation arrangements , sorry , wrong wrong item , it 's all right . |
| 17 | PARACETAMOL could soon be cured of the stigma of being a ‘ dangerous and insidious ’ drug . |
| 18 | There was always the possibility , of course , that his suggestion of a fortnight ago may have been a whim of the moment , and he would no longer be approving of the idea . |
| 19 | It will cover anything from sudden nationalisation to just being deprived of the use of their assets , or a block on repatriating dividends . |
| 20 | TOO MUCH , too soon is expected of the branch of computer science known as artificial intelligence ( AI ) . |
| 21 | For it has always been said of the eucharist that precisely it is not a play about the last supper — in which case the celebrant had best be male and semitic in appearance . |
| 22 | But no serious systematic analysis has ever been made of the recruits , or of their careers as policemen . |
| 23 | Cameron and Menzies looked at each other , searching for signs of belief that something could still be made of the occasion . |
| 24 | Although the Act does allow for children to be absent from Hearings under the circumstances already referred to , they should still be notified of the Hearing , and an explanation of why it is taking place should be given . |
| 25 | In Lim Poh Choo v Camden and Islington Health Authority [ 1984 ] AC 174 the defendants sought to persuade the House of Lords to exercise their freedom under the Practice Statement [ 1966 ] 1 WLR 1234 , to reverse two rules that had been laid down by the majority of the House of Lords in West & Son Ltd v Shephard [ 1964 ] AC 326 , namely : ( 1 ) that the fact of unconsciousness does not eliminate the actuality of the deprivation of the ordinary experiences and amenities of life ( see the formulation used by Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest at p349 ) ; and ( 2 ) that , if damages are awarded upon a correct basis , it is of no concern to the court to consider any question as to the use that will thereafter be made of the money awarded . |
| 26 | Nothing further is known of the episode from contemporary sources . |
| 27 | But strangely , nothing further was heard of the islands for several hundred years until the famous Dutch explorer Willem Barents rediscovered Svalbard in 1596 . |
| 28 | No more was said of the job and it rapidly became impossible to tell who was trying to please whom over the matter of the Venetian lantern . |
| 29 | But it was to be some considerable time before any more was heard of the letters or of Sir George . |
| 30 | No more was heard of the breed , but more than a century later the Devon was very carefully crossed with Indian zebus to contribute to the creation of hot-climate breeds such as the Jamaica Red , the Bravon , the Makaweli and the Santa Gabriela , and it also helped to improve some of the Japanese breeds . |