Example sentences of "be [vb pp] of [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was looking forward to the chance to meet ‘ our ’ health visitor and find out what would be expected of me in the months leading up to the birth . |
| 2 | Similarly , unless it is reasonable to do so in the circumstances , a firm must not , in any written communication or agreement , seek to exclude or restrict : ( 1 ) Any other duty to act with skill , care and diligence which is owed to a private customer in connection with the provision to him of investment services in the course of regulated business ; or ( 2 ) Any liability owed to a private customer in connection with regulated business for failure to exercise the degree of skill , care and diligence that may reasonably be expected of it in the provision of investment services in the course of that business . |
| 3 | One area of special interest is helping companies to predict what environmental demands will be made of them in the future . |
| 4 | The speaker was short and stocky and that was all that could be said of him in the way of description . |
| 5 | In spite of the weaknesses in his attempted synthesis , the same can be said of him in the context of the theology of the last century and a half as of Sir Christopher Wren on his tomb in St Paul 's Cathedral , Si monumentum requiris , circumspice — ‘ If you would see his memorial , look around you . ’ |
| 6 | Games can be non-threatening be fun to play indicate clearly to the children that a different kind of thought process is going to be required of them in the drama session introduce collaborative ways of working focus and channel energies which might otherwise become distracting create useful opportunities for the teacher to assess the mood and interests of the class . |
| 7 | Since nothing seemed to be required of her for the present , Robbie thought , it would do no harm to lean back , just for a moment , and allow her heavy eyelids to have their own way . |
| 8 | This was partly because the traditional school library catalogue , devised by teachers untrained in library methods , aimed to meet only the very simple demands which , alas , were made of it in the long decades of neglect . |
| 9 | It is not easy , admittedly , at this point in time , when the Commonwealth seems so obviously a fig-leaf for imperial decline , to credit the extravagant hopes that once were entertained of it as the foundation of everlasting British dominion — influence , as it were , eternally made flesh . |
| 10 | Advise the participating member as to the likelihood of subsequent services being required of him by the client . |
| 11 | Often this is because they fail to understand what is expected of them under the broad , general duties of the Health and Safety at Work Act . |
| 12 | Donald is reputed to have fled to the ( Western ) Isles , and nothing is known of him during the reigns of Macbeth and Malcolm III . |
| 13 | Nothing is known of them outside the Bible , but they were evidently a race of Goliaths . |
| 14 | I listened with great interest to my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool , West Derby ( Mr. Wareing ) when he recounted all the difficulties that one experiences in that unhappy country , or what is left of it at the moment . |
| 15 | Inheriting the earth , or what 's left of it by the time the non-meek have realized the folly of their ways , is a process which takes much fortitude and patience . |
| 16 | Indeed , they may ( unwittingly ) hide the reality so that no account is taken of it in the forecast . |
| 17 | The participant adopts whatever role function is required of him by the context . |
| 18 | Each stance is capable of performing what is required of it in the right context . |
| 19 | " Well , mother explained to me what was expected of me in the marriage bed and it sounded so terrifying . |
| 20 | I could do what was expected of me by the crowd , or I could do what he trusted me to do . |
| 21 | Theoretically one can have the best materials taught by the best teachers , but although a number of films have been made , and probably will continue to be made , they have not had the success that was expected of them in the fifties . |
| 22 | In November 1294 a tenth was demanded of them in the shires , a sixth in the boroughs ; in December 1295 an eleventh and a seventh were sought ; a year later , in December 1296 , a twelfth and an eighth ; in July 1297 an eighth and a fifth , although this grant was not in fact raised . |
| 23 | ‘ It was a disgrace the way they treated Gower because in the last Test against Pakistan , before this tour , he did everything that was asked of him with the bat . |
| 24 | None the less in 1329 he did simple homage ( all that was asked of him for the moment ) at Amiens , following this up with liege homage in 1331 . |
| 25 | Our favourite photo was taken of me on the marble slab . |
| 26 | I had the impression of a cautious , reflective man , who would take his work seriously and perform what was required of him to the best of his ability . |
| 27 | Note was also taken , if regretfully , of the questionable conduct of our Legal Adviser de Palfrey — I even got my de back * — who had failed to justify his use of the Home Secretary 's delegated authority in the full knowledge that this was required of him by the secretly agreed Procedures Governing the Service 's Activities as Amended by etcetera , and in accordance with paragraph something of a deniable Home Office protocol . |