Example sentences of "of [adj] [vb -s] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely , all of this points to the urgent need to define a common strategy and a corporate working agenda . |
| 2 | An outstanding example of this occurs in the whole field of petrochemicals . |
| 3 | For a £1 ‘ Each Way ’ bet , you stake £2. £1 of this goes on the same horse to win and the other £1 goes on the same horse to finish in the first three or four places , depending on how many runners there are in the race . |
| 4 | Much of this rankles with the present Conservative UK government and the Prime Minister openly criticises the ‘ nightmare ’ of a socialist European superstate run from Brussels . |
| 5 | A clear example of this arises with the famous example of the incest taboo , which has been discussed by Bateson ( this volume ) . |
| 6 | Charles perhaps still more than his father regarded St Denis as both personal and dynastic patron ; and though the earliest evidence of this comes from the early years of his own reign , it was surely rooted in childhood habits . |
| 7 | However , essential as that support is , perhaps the greatest drive of all comes from the normal dreams that all parents have for their children . |
| 8 | By the summer of 1944 reverses on the Eastern Front had fostered growing doubts within the SS regarding Germany 's Ost policy . |