Example sentences of "be [verb] of the [noun sg] in " in BNC.

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1 I am reminded of the period in the 1980s when I was directly involved in the negotiations on these matters .
2 He had been accused of the murder in 1976 of a tobacco industrialist and a police inspector .
3 Dean , 32 , and accomplice Mark Gorevan , 26 , are accused of the attack in a deserted field near Prestatyn , North Wales , which left Thomas , 38 , bruised and left with cuts on his back , buttocks and thighs .
4 Dean , 32 , and accomplice Mark Gorevan , 26 , are accused of the attack in a deserted field near Prestatyn , North Wales , which left Thomas , 38 , bruised and left with cuts on his back , buttocks and thighs .
5 There is a history to be written of the VOICE in pop , the voice that makes present the physicality of the body .
6 Particular mention should be made of the way in which the new legislation is consistently placed in the context of existing law .
7 Having achieved our reconciliation to God Jesus now asks people everywhere to be reborn of the Spirit in order to enter into his new humanity .
8 The relationship with humans may be such that plants are no longer clearly ‘ wild ’ or ‘ cultivated ’ , the forests including several ‘ cultigens ’ like the betel nut or Uncaria gambir ( Rubiaceae ) , an important tan source in Asia ; similar could be said of the date in north Africa and Arabia .
9 But of course the same could be said of the situation in Lace v. Chantler [ 1944 ] K.B .
10 Jack then ordered large rocks to be pushed of the cliff in order to squash Ralph .
11 Through such models , some understanding can be gained of the way in which many settlements formerly operated in their local landscape .
12 Ah , well then , perhaps I 'm thinking of the word in a different way to you , because pathos to me means tender .
13 It might well be that upon their selection the Roman Catholics were appraised of the atmosphere in England and advised not to be too obvious in their worship , galling though that would have been to those proud and independent men .
14 Since an injunction may be granted on an interlocutory basis pending trial ( which may not take place for many months ) and , in cases of great urgency , on an ex parte basis , it is clear that there is a possibility of the union side being robbed of the initiative in an industrial action .
15 As more and more is understood of the way in which interactions between the child and the environment create privileged opportunities for language learning , so it may be possible to reduce the burden of explanation which has fallen on innate factors .
16 Much is demanded of the participant in carrying out the tasks , but a lot of relevant help is given .
17 This is all that 's left of the bedroom in which four month old twins Bethany and charlotte were sleeping .
18 The sterling/ Deutschmark rate would seem to have been particularly out of kilter when account is taken of the rise in Britain 's unit costs against those of Germany .
19 A count is kept of the element in this array that corresponds to the latest word position .
20 The question has been raised over their qualifications and whether the Coastguard should have been informed of the expedition in advance , but it seems there was nothing exceptional in the fact that a school party was canoeing in the open sea .
21 There had been little dispute about anything else Thorfinn had wanted to do since the day he was told of the fighting in Lothian .
22 Idly flicking over , there were riots outside a Brooklyn court as a black youth was acquitted of the murder in New York of an Hassidic Jew .
23 He shrugged but his gaze did n't leave hers and somehow she found it impossible to look away , as , instinctively , she knew he was thinking of the moment in the car the night before when he had touched her hand and she had pulled away so sharply .
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