Example sentences of "[vb pp] of the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Entrants are also reminded of the great potential in the colours and forms of the zoo 's plants and landscaping . |
| 2 | The Scarman Enquiry reported of the physical conditions in the Dollis Hill premises in which the mail order department then moved , that ‘ save for the mischance with the air-conditioning in a hot summer ’ , they were ‘ excellent ’ . |
| 3 | Most Labour Zionists were of German or at any rate European origin , and tended to be the better educated of the Jewish population in Palestine . |
| 4 | Christopher Tugendhat , a former Commissioner , has written of the dreamlike sensation in Brussels , where the daily drama of Community life goes almost entirely unreported in the national newspapers on sale in the city . |
| 5 | Large-scale reconstruction took place in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , and among interesting buildings of the later period is a bonded warehouse built of the local limestone in 1830 . |
| 6 | A quick survey was made of the various functions in the 1992–93 calendar of events and some allocated to different members of committee . |
| 7 | A quick survey was made of the various functions in the 1993 -93 calendar of events and some allocated to different members of committee . |
| 8 | Above all , use was made of the great lake in front of the palace , the famous Étang des Carpes , where some of the fish were reputed to have been swimming since the days of Francis I. All sorts of pleasure boats were at the disposal of the guests , ranging from a Venetian gondola to a miniature frigate of the French navy — the latter the pride and joy of the Prince Imperial . |
| 9 | The process of the development from parable to allegory can be clearly seen when a comparison is made of the three accounts in the Synoptic Gospels . |
| 10 | The only basis on which criticism can be made of the inevitable decline in investment during the recession is if high praise is lavished on the Government for the three years in the last 1980s when investment touched peaks . |
| 11 | Even the early varieties developed in the time of Browning and Tennyson were nothing like the splendours of today , and one wonders what the genius of their poetic expressions would have made of the ethereal glow in the half light of ‘ Super Star ’ ( see page 129 ) , the exquisite shape and deepest of all crimson-black red of ‘ Charles Mallerin ’ or a hundred and one other modern marvels . |
| 12 | And I had n't thought of the blessed man in the last two hours — at least barely thought . |
| 13 | Tourism attraction operators in Cheshire will be told of the latest developments in home and overseas marketing at a forum this month . |
| 14 | The most widely sold of the French salami in the UK are the plump , sweet Jesus de Lyon and the Arles , from the gastronomically famed region of that name . |
| 15 | I ca n't get rid of the lime-scale mark in my toilet . |
| 16 | ‘ Why get rid of the only man in the company who knows anything about selling jewellery in the most important time of the year ? |
| 17 | They thought I had made a huge mistake in getting rid of the old collection in preference for collecting what they unanimously regarded as ‘ junk ’ . |
| 18 | Beta , often known by its old proper name , was ranked of the first magnitude in ancient times , but is at present slightly below the second . |
| 19 | The best known of the cup-marked stones in Islay is outside the chapel at Kilchiaran ; it has a couple of dozen cups , two of which pierce through the slab . |
| 20 | LITTLE is known of the interdecadal variability in the thermohaline circulation of the world 's oceans , yet such knowledge is essential as a background to studies of the effects of natural and anthropogenic climate change . |
| 21 | The Company has been notified of the following interests in its share capital : |
| 22 | The strategy employed here , to begin with , is to insist that all existential propositions of the natural language be replaced by properly quantified paraphrases ; next , propositions involving unqualified or unrestricted quantification are proscribed on the grounds that they are " obscure " and are replaced by propositions involving a qualified quantification into a specified domain ( corresponding to ordinary language propositions of the " Some S are P " type ) ; finally , a paraphrase is attempted of the qualified quantification in terms of the validity of inference . |
| 23 | He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1909 . |
| 24 | He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1911 . |
| 25 | He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1944 , and was elected an honorary fellow of New College in the same year . |
| 26 | He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1902 , appointed GCVO in 1911 , and in 1926 was created by George V his lord lieutenant of Middlesex . |
| 27 | I have since learned of the curious way in which that provision came to be inserted . |
| 28 | Its aim is to understand the historical origins and the development in the successive cultural milieux through which the Christian faith has passed of the major doctrines in which these beliefs have been expressed ; and it is particularly concerned with the contemporary appraisal and formulation of these doctrines in view of the dominant directions of modern thought , and with their ecumenical prospects . |
| 29 | Half a century before their quest was begun , an inventory was taken of the private apartments in Buckingham Palace . |
| 30 | Patients with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing any major surgical procedure should be assessed by having radiographs taken of the cervical spine in flexion and extension . |