Example sentences of "deprive [pers pn] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However in doing so you deprived us of detailed insights into the conditions of life in other parts of the world , and played into the hands of the New Right with its ‘ divide and conquer ’ tactics . |
| 2 | But such broad definitions render the terms vacuous and thus deprive them of analytical value . |
| 3 | Different considerations might apply where the agent 's misrepresentation is about the effect of the document which deprives him of apparent authority . |
| 4 | But the loss of faith in the Communist Party is now so nationwide that workers and intellectuals can be making the same demand to deprive it of absolute power . |
| 5 | In relation to such decisions , therefore , certiorari really does quash the decision and deprive it of legal effect . |
| 6 | Neither Elizabeth nor James , he said , had allowed the Duchy of Lancaster to be absorbed into the Exchequer , because the abolition of its offices would have deprived them of valuable rewards for their servants . |
| 7 | They criticised the leaders who had deprived them of proper schooling and their adolescent years . |
| 8 | Thus Cenwulf seems to have deprived him of royal status , as Offa did rulers of Kent and Sussex . |
| 9 | The only way to prevent the poor from plundering resources was to make them ‘ free ’ by depriving them of financial support . |
| 10 | But now EMI has been accused of exploiting its workforce — in particular , by deliberately sacking casual staff before they 've worked there for two years , thereby depriving them of statutory redundancy pay and other employment rights . |
| 11 | I am horrified to think that there could be 120,000 Kiwis of Scots descent who are doing the same as me and depriving you of decent circulation . |
| 12 | This seems to suggest a negative feedback loop , driving the quality of research down by depriving it of central funds . |