Example sentences of "[adv] of [art] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver 's morals were obviously of the same low standard as his/her driving , as no apology or name and address was left . |
| 2 | His latest book is an exposé not only of a former American hero but also of some of the most shameful secrets of modern US history |
| 3 | In Nunn 's way of orchestrating the scene , however , the forced merriment comes across like the willed time-killing in Three Sisters , less the whiling away of a few specific minutes than the attempt to shake off a pervasive ennui . |
| 4 | Remember the fighting qualities of the Maccabeans ; think of the Warsaw ghetto and the amazing resistance therein of a few ordinary men and women who fought a whole battalion of Nazi storm-troopers , while Polish people stood by and wondered at such bravery . |
| 5 | The reproduction of an historic statue of the Mother of God in the Cathedral , demonstrates a sensitivity to the vibrant traditions of the past , drawing on them so as to enrich ones own faith not only of God 's choice of Our Lady and her example , but also of the many wonderful traditions in the diocese which provides continuity , constantly enriching the present . |
| 6 | And what 's more , if she 'd been about in your time , instead of that man , nice little Neville Chamberlain , she 'd have given your old Hitler a few right-handers below the belt ; and seen to it that Britain was armed to the teeth , with an airforce twice the size of the Luftwaffe instead of a few old men with pitch forks and a handful of plucky chaps like yourself to keep the Nazis out . |
| 7 | However , imports in all four categories are still running well ahead of the same three-month period in 1988 . |
| 8 | You will notice incidentally that whereas the enangar relationship can be reciprocal because the paired groups are ordinarily of the same social status , the relationship with the Nambudiri , who are of superior ritual standing , is always asymmetrical . |
| 9 | Accordingly , particulars were interpreted as complexes of qualities and regarded as being essentially of the same logical type as single qualities ; with the implication that any significant statement about either is necessarily significant , although , it is conceded , " probably not true " , 8 about the other . |
| 10 | Their schemes , especially under the emperors , were extensive , grandiose , eye-catching , but never of the same meticulous quality of craftmanship and design that the Greeks had attained before them . |