Example sentences of "[vb pp] of [noun] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flat may be partly formed of sand swept from the island and partly of coral . |
| 2 | I 'VE heard of prisoners going on the run to prove their innocence , but here 's a prisoner who says he 's on the run to prove his GUILT . |
| 3 | Who 's not heard of people cured of the dread |
| 4 | In the Commons , Mr. Major has hinted of tax cuts in the Budget . |
| 5 | The great thirteenth-century tithe barn , built of stone quarried near the site , was originally the property of Beaulieu Abbey , which was granted the manor of Faringdon by King John . |
| 6 | Of this matter we thought very meet to certify your honor less otherwise we might be suspected of fraudulend dealing towards the Company , from which the God defend us . |
| 7 | Such is 67 : The detail in much of this poem remains enigmatic , but here as in 68 I can not think that the references to false ornament and cosmetics ( including wigs made of hair taken from the scalp of corpses ) are favourable to the Friend , who seems to be encouraging corruption by his own example or presence in this milieu . |
| 8 | GLENRATH SETTLEMENT Manor Water road off the A72 between Peebles and Lyne leads to a Celtic settlement and field system of lynchets and dykes , with cairns made of stones dug from the earth during cultivation , and fragments of circular houses . |
| 9 | This is the story of how a woman made of iron emerged from the depths of a grocer 's shop in Grantham and , speaking with a strange tongue given to her by the God of Graven Images , Sir Gordon Reece , held a nation under her spell . |
| 10 | Soldiers never like being asked to do somebody else 's dirty work , especially if they have been called off leave to do it , and are likely to be accused of strike breaking in the process . |
| 11 | Yoma 's former husband Ibrahim al Ibrahim , appointed by Menem as Chief of Customs at Buenos Aires international airport , along with a former government official , Mario Caserta , had also been accused of drug laundering in the same report . |
| 12 | Maggie immediately thought of Bryce returning to the flooded corridor to save here . |
| 13 | But " oral " can also be used of tests given in the form of a one-to-one interview , or where answers are tape-recorded . |
| 14 | For slowly , propelled by some unseen force , the coffin began to jerk sideways , until it reached the wall of the chapel , when a trapdoor opened , and in a series of irregular jerks , man that was born of woman disappeared into the wings . |
| 15 | The decision is discussed more fully below , but it is of importance in the present context because the House of Lords explicitly disapproved of statements made in the Court of Appeal that a court could exercise a general power to consider whether the decision reached was fair and reasonable . |
| 16 | Under experimental conditions , old people in NHS nursing homes may do at least as well as those in traditional geriatric wards , but the same can not be assumed of units removed from the traditions and surveillance of a health or social services hierarchy . |
| 17 | Driving away , I noticed that the vast chimney was still not functioning , but when I called at a neighbouring house a woman showed me videos she had taken of smoke coming from the plant , settling in her garden . |
| 18 | It is composed of species adapted to the urban environment and is influenced strongly by the availability of seeds . |
| 19 | It carries a double spiral statement composed of pictograms imprinted on the clay with 45 possibly wooden but more likely metal stamps . |
| 20 | The extensive slate quarries , and the long rows of cottages occupied by those who work there , are a strongly-marked feature in the day 's walk ; while many of the walls are entirely composed of slates fixed into the ground and placed upright : in the churchyard many of the tombstones were slate slabs , with painted inscriptions . |
| 21 | Conversely , living in an area of less expensive terraced accommodation or of council houses ( estates composed of houses rented from the local authority are common ) reinforces one 's identification with the working class . |
| 22 | It also criticized the privatization commission responsible for the evaluations , which was composed of members nominated by the Finance Minister . |
| 23 | Management committees are composed of people drawn from the local community . |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia had executed more than 38 people convicted of drug smuggling in the past five years , a Saudi security official was quoted by Reuters as saying on Oct. 6 . |
| 25 | They added an essential element of credibility to the high-sounding rhetoric required of franchise bids by the ‘ public service , conditions set by the ITA . |