Example sentences of "[vb pp] of the [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A literal translation is given of the Arabic themes to highlight the partial loss of orientation through discontinuity of theme . |
| 2 | Hewlett-Packard currently looks by far the best placed of the biggest manufacturers to come out as the winner in the 1990s — but then three or four years ago , that was being said about DEC . |
| 3 | Numerous inquiries were made of the Financial Secretary to elucidate the resulting effect of the Bill on in-house benefits , i.e. , concessionary travel for airline , railway and merchant navy employees , on benefits for hotel employees and on concessionary education for the children of teachers . |
| 4 | I 've just thought of the perfect thing to lend you . ’ |
| 5 | As Gerry and his fellow villagers talked of the better days to come , a carload of American tourists pulled up in the street beside him and asked for directions to ‘ Dannygal ’ . |
| 6 | Because of its traditions and expertise , the WEA was best equipped of the voluntary bodies to play this part . |
| 7 | A BRAVE neighbour today told of the desperate efforts to save a family from a Ballymena house fire in which a six-year-old girl died . |
| 8 | Get rid of the rotten superstructure to make way for better . |
| 9 | ‘ If you got rid of the hereditary right to vote you would lose 85 per cent of the problems . |
| 10 | To arrive at a salary that produces no income tax liability above the 25% rate , account has to be taken of the revised reliefs to set against the salary . |
| 11 | Troilus and Cressida say all the right words when they are informed of the Trojan plan to retrieve Antenor , but the fact that they say so much , and use such perfectly formed phrases , invalidates the underlying emotions . |