Example sentences of "of [art] [adj] [noun pl] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Elector of Hanover George I had been at war with Charles XII of Sweden , one of the outstanding soldiers of his time , since October 1715 and England now became involved due to the frequent presence of an English fleet in the Baltic , which the Swedes were inclined to regard , as the English did the Channel , as a private sea of their own . |
| 2 | Gareth Jenkins possessed one of the outstanding talents of his Seventies ' generation but injury prevented it demonstration at the very highest level and it is as a Scarlet , the epitome of Llanelli as player and coach , that he has always been seen and highly regarded . |
| 3 | It can sometimes be difficult to determine whether the patient is ill-tempered and perhaps foulmouthed towards you because of the immediate effects of his illness and the frustration he feels , especially if he can not speak normally , or whether it is part of a personality change which is going to last indefinitely . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , an enormous amount of information about a sedimentary deposit may be obtained from systematic examination of the multiple sub-populations of which most are formed . |
| 5 | It was one of the lowest points of his career — perhaps the lowest since Dakar in September 1940 . |
| 6 | Incidentally , one of the curious phenomena of my library is that when you take out Bleddyn 's autobiography from the shelves it automatically opens at the very page mentioned above . |
| 7 | Gould was well aware of the descriptive shortcomings of his synopsis — Mere was simply not enough information available on Australian birds — but , cautious as ever , he needed to prove the strength of the market before committing himself to the ‘ grander work in prospect ’ . |
| 8 | William Marshall , the best of the agricultural writers of his time , describes the landscape of east Norfolk as it was in 1787 in his Rural Economy of Norfolk . |
| 9 | Green Realignment 's independent existence got off to an uncertain start when one of the six members of its steering group , Lou Betts , announced that he had decided to rejoin the Green Party . |
| 10 | The three judges dismissed five of the six grounds of their appeal , quashing the verdicts only on the possibility that their hands could have been " innocently " contaminated with nitroglycerine , perhaps by drying their hands on a contaminated towel in Anne Maguire 's bathroom ( although no towel was tested ) . |
| 11 | The result of this is very evident in the style and approach of the six books of which Sea Change is the prototype . |
| 12 | Gloucester 's affinity can be characterized in terms of the political antecedents of its members , including , for instance , members of the de Vere , Neville and Clifford retinues . |
| 13 | Gloucester 's affinity can be characterized in terms of the political antecedents of its members , including , for instance , members of the de Vere , Neville and Clifford retinues . |
| 14 | The Shah 's own household had provided him with one of the major problems of his reign . |
| 15 | When people of different generations decide to live together , because the older of the two is in need of care , they are making one of the major decisions of their lives . |
| 16 | And I think you 'll find that , in reading Locke , that that is erm one of the major themes of his argument . |
| 17 | In this respect testing has a poor track record , and its lack of impact at national and school level forms the substance of the major criticisms of it as an evaluation procedure . |
| 18 | Those I 'm not interested in producing reports and publications out of evaluation studies , I 'm interested in affecting the situation and affecting it to the mutual satisfaction of the people involved in it , and in fact when we 're when I 'm working with people on an evaluation , or discussing evaluation in general , one of the major items of our discussion always is how can you consult other people , how can you get them involved ? |
| 19 | One of the major purposes of its limited issue at this stage is to provide the centres involved with a list of the unit , course and centre numbers which they will require to use in competing student registration documents . |
| 20 | This book is about that conflict of values , the efforts made in the last few years to come to terms with that conflict , and its implication for one of the major issues of our time — the reshaping of our farm policy , which , with the single aim of increased food production , has transformed the countryside over the last forty years in what is perhaps the greatest agricultural revolution since the settling of England began . |
| 21 | Massey and Catalano ( 1978 ) suggest a typology of forms of landownership distinguishing between what they call ‘ former landed property ’ ( a rather odd term because one of the major contributions of their work is the extent to which they demonstrate the continued importance of this element ) , ‘ industrial ’ landownership and ‘ financial ’ landownership . |
| 22 | Alexei 's sword blade swept round in a great circle and Rostov turned it off with one of the best parries of his life . |
| 23 | The castle dominates the city and one of the best views of its imposing mass is from the opposite bank of the River Vltava in the Old Town ( Staré Město ) either by day , or floodlit by night . |
| 24 | Yet , Levine , who died in July 1987 , aged 81 , could not have realised that he was making one of the best investments of his life . |
| 25 | Some of the best times of his life had been Sunday mornings . |
| 26 | Some of the best times of my life . |
| 27 | ‘ The Loch Lomond gig is definitely one of the best moments of my career . |
| 28 | In addition to emigration out with the United Kingdom , many of the best products of their excellent education system have gone to the mainland for university studies , and then stayed on to work because of the dearth of suitable employment opportunities in the islands . |
| 29 | It was one of the best experiences of my life . |
| 30 | But attention was expected to centre on Sir Anthony , currently enjoying one of the best periods of his distinguished acting career . |