Example sentences of "heard of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had decided to take this , the most spectacular , way round to Buttermere principally because of what he had heard of the rich wadd mines in Borrowdale valley — opened up only once in seven years , so he had heard , in order to control the market in this unique mineral which was useful over a remarkable range , from gunpowder to dyes . |
| 2 | ‘ Have you heard of the Penal Times ? |
| 3 | The Bitter Cry was a vitriolic , moving and widely publicized polemic against the ‘ pestilential human rookeries … where tens of thousands are crowded together amidst horrors which call to mind what we have heard of the middle passage of the slave-ship ’ . |
| 4 | Less is heard of the other welfare state , which runs parallel to the ‘ traditional ’ welfare state , and is financed by tax concessions , such as mortgage interest relief and pension contribution relief . |
| 5 | As Buck states , ‘ there is , in reality , a lot of difference between the expression of a preference and a choice and it seems that some parents who have heard of the new rights sometimes confuse these two concepts . ’ |
| 6 | But after Acklam Hall and Southall , where serious riots occurred as a direct result of the presence of these bands and their supporters , little more was heard of the new skinhead music . |
| 7 | In two important maize-growing areas , fewer than half of those interviewed had heard of the increased price , and in an area where the Government was keen to encourage a substantial increase in local production , less than one in ten had heard of the new prices . |
| 8 | Yes , I have n't seen it though , I have n't , I 've heard of the new ones but I have n't seen it . |
| 9 | I had heard of the many mercy missions of the ruler 's private planes . |
| 10 | UNLESS you live in their village , town or just around the corner from one , it is unlikely you have ever heard of the six people on this page . |
| 11 | Producer Curt Hamilton said : ‘ You 've heard of the six million dollar man — this is the 10 million dollar bum . ’ |
| 12 | You 've heard of the six and the Birmingham four and the Renault five this is the fucking |
| 13 | So you ca n't dissolve a congress , there 's a fixed term , I 'll read you what the constitution says , it says the president shall from time to time give to the congress information on the state of the union you may have heard of the famous state of the union address to congress that the president makes on an annual basis and he shall recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient . |
| 14 | After this reign no more was heard of the papal basis for barring appeals to , and litigation at , the Curia . |
| 15 | But no one there had ever heard of the Arektenje area of Jaffa where the newly married Damiani had bought his home . |
| 16 | I mean I 've heard of the Four Horseman and the Apocalypse but I never know who wrote it . |
| 17 | The court heard of the early hours of 10 June last year from Donald Beaton , 46 , a lorry driver for 26 years . |
| 18 | Duroc had barely heard of the Ancient Adversary , but he knew this entity was one of the few Great Unseen Powers that stood in opposition to the Dark Ones , the extra-dimensional masters to whom Nguyen Seth had dedicated his long life . |
| 19 | The way information zoomed round Shellerton , anyone theoretically could have heard of the lost camera and the way to find it . |
| 20 | In two important maize-growing areas , fewer than half of those interviewed had heard of the increased price , and in an area where the Government was keen to encourage a substantial increase in local production , less than one in ten had heard of the new prices . |
| 21 | But it was rumoured that the Palace was enchanted by what it had heard of the planned event and wished to make a non-committal gesture of support while not embroiling itself in politics . |
| 22 | I bet you and I , Flavia , are the only people in St-Jean who have heard of The Economic Consequences of the Peace . |
| 23 | I mean that 's what cut straight the way across that it was , it was all and my aunt she used to live by All Saints West Bromwich , we never used , we never went to see them we used to walk it down the road past the Boars Head onto the Navigation Inn , and up by the Sandlow and she used to live opposite er All Saints Church in West Bromwich , and erm coming back we should come back round midnight you know and er have you ever heard of the Whirly Gang ? |
| 24 | Only five women out of 50 knew about Mr Milburn while 14 of the male interviewees had heard of the Labour candidate . |
| 25 | The attempt was abandoned and no more was heard of the alleged dye problem . |
| 26 | ‘ Have you ever heard of the Devenish case ? ’ |
| 27 | The new one-man buses which are everywhere these days are not only designed by maniacs who 've never heard of the aged or disabled , but you ca n't get on one without flashing the cash . |
| 28 | Have you heard of the Thirty Years War ? |
| 29 | Teething gel ( I had n't heard of the homeopathic granules then ) just before a feed established normal feeding again . |
| 30 | The site was only advertised locally and my company only heard of the proposed sale via the foreman of a site in the same vicinity . |