Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] [verb] [pron] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | here , the lack of adequate damping revealed itself in float and wallow , and excessive body roll that exposed serious defects in the seats . |
| 2 | One thrust of this revolt displayed itself in a widespread attachment to the established church of the pre-1625 period , with its more relaxed doctrinal approach that was able to accommodate the beliefs of Richard Hooker as well as those of the compilers of the Lambeth Articles ; the other took the form of the ‘ left-wing Arminianism ’ of radical groups such as the General Baptists and Quakers , who rejected the rigidities of predestination in favour of the belief that all could attain salvation , and who , it is argued , won much popular support as a consequence . |
| 3 | for those at the lowest levels , the quality of this transition places them in a severely restricted form of ‘ adulthood ’ . |
| 4 | Wordsworth explains how the associations of early childhood help us in later life : |
| 5 | Fortunately there are a number of valuable publications to help you in your search , and listed below are brief details of a few of the more important ones . |
| 6 | He was a chaser of the highest class , and had not other horses of unproven stamina excelled themselves in the National ? |
| 7 | They need a fear of heavenly retribution to keep them in order . |
| 8 | Current membership of these teams involves one in three of all Noble Metals employees on a permanent basis and the intention is to involve all employees in the teams by rotation . |
| 9 | Moreover , the self-defined small scale nature of these projects placed them in marked contrast to the first seven Urban Development Corporations announced in Britain in the 1980s in London Docklands , Merseyside ( see chapters 2 and 3 ) , Sheffield , the Black Country , Teesside , Tyne and Wear and Greater Manchester , all of which received over £100 million in financial support . |
| 10 | She knew that a record had been kept on the child , including an educational psychologist 's report , and that the school logbook would record other incidents , so she sought disclosure of these documents to help her in her case against the authority . |
| 11 | The high viscosity of these solutions keeps them in the eye longer , while the polymer itself is intended to mimic the ocular mucins ( glycoproteins ) , a deficiency of which is often the cause of dry eye symptoms , and promote tear film stability . |
| 12 | The fact that the state is the guarantor of these undertakings puts them in a totally different trading position from that of their genuinely independent British counterparts . |
| 13 | He breathed heavily as images of the fates of previous presidents replayed themselves in his mind . |
| 14 | ‘ I do not actually need the evidence of two people in one bedroom and the sight of crumpled covers to point me in the right direction . |
| 15 | The reasons behind thousands upon thousands of black kids immersing themselves in sport may stem from basic inequalities which I find unacceptable , and , indeed , immoral , but I can not affirm that sport is some device for the perpetuation of these inequalities any more than I can agree with some critics , such as Paul Hoch , that sport is a mere instrument of capitalist domination designed to slough off energies or divert them into meaningless channels ( 1972 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ Ay , it 's where an ignorance of good book-keeping stands you in good stead . ’ |
| 17 | When the boom conditions began to disintegrate , the economic logic of capitalist production reasserted itself in a very brutal fashion ( chapter 14 ) . |
| 18 | Earlier , with just seconds remaining of normal time , Mark Hughes had been sent off for a second bookable offence and his team mates then produced a magnificent display of courageous football to keep themselves in this tie . |
| 19 | As well as the growth in the number of low-paid jobs , a significant group of flexible workers find themselves in great demand , and consequently gain high salaries . |
| 20 | I know that all its fellow members of the Central Council of Physical Recreation join me in congratulating the Medau Society on its fortieth anniversary . |
| 21 | Yet if Mosley came to see Lloyd George as a fellow economic radical , objections to the management of Irish policy divided them in the early 1920s . |
| 22 | And the largely monodisciplinary pattern of higher education reproduces itself in the writing about higher education , most of which adopts the particular perspective of one discipline , be it philosophy , history , sociology , economics or psychology . |
| 23 | All gossip about the failures of parochial clergy nourished him in his downtrodden state . |
| 24 | It is not wholly clear whether it is permissible for the tribunal of fact to take into account the surrounding circumstances and the conduct of any person defending himself in assessing the level of violence being used , and the frightening quality of the incident . |
| 25 | Simmel effectively extends Marx 's concept of rupture to account for the inability of modern individuals to recognize themselves in the world of goods . |
| 26 | Their imminence was a furry outreach of robin's-egg blue embracing her in their number . |
| 27 | In the effort of battering down the wall of the old order Wordsworth suffered some damage ; very frequently the pioneers of new ideas hurt themselves in making the breach through which others will rush gaily ( and take the credit ! ) . |
| 28 | It ca n't , thought Robert , be good for the personality to have a load of middle-aged men prostrating themselves in front of you and sobbing every time you open your mouth . |
| 29 | His exhibition at Waddington at the end of last year revealed him in commanding form . |
| 30 | Like the silkmoth , ants sense pheromones through their antennae ; but they make continual use of both antennae to keep them in the right direction . |