Example sentences of "[verb] of [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To judge from Egypt , the traditional bell-wether of the Arab flock , they are failing to do so . |
| 2 | By March 1944 Hickson , as Secretary to the Cambridge Board which was then reviewing its future organisation for the post-war period , was sufficiently assured to write of the Rural Areas Committee : |
| 3 | The most disturbing aspect of this incident was the evidence it provided of a residual antisemitism in Poland , disproportionate to the residue of a once-great Jewish community . |
| 4 | Even ITN has had to turn to CNN for some footage of the Gulf , but that does n't cause Phillis any problems : ‘ I 'm a great admirer — Turner 's done a marvellous job , ’ adding that while the US network has received plaudits for its Gulf coverage , it is merely returning the coverage that ITN provided of the Conservative leadership contest . |
| 5 | By this time I was more than ready to ask Moby what she did , and how much it cost — but then I felt the full-thighed waft of a new female presence . |
| 6 | She may know of a suitable baby . ’ |
| 7 | Do you know of a reputable dress hire shop in my area who will be able to kit me out ? |
| 8 | Although I realise that he can not know of a particular incident that has been drawn to my attention today , is he aware that information has been sent to deceased claimants , thus causing a great deal of distress to the families concerned ? |
| 9 | ‘ Did they know of the deep place in the pond ? |
| 10 | Yes — he will obviously see and know of the good points , but it is his job to find the faults and problems . |
| 11 | He did not know of the English habit of using such affectionate epithets rather haphazardly , and he was impressed that she should consider him her dear . |
| 12 | The zeks did not know of the bitter trial of the breakdown . |
| 13 | My hon. Friend will know of the considerable worry in the Radcliffe part of my constituency about the prospect of an opencast coal mine being developed there . |
| 14 | If the vendor does not know of the proposed management buy-out , or is aware but has not given approval , then the members of the management team almost certainly risk action against them for breach of their service agreements . |
| 15 | Anyone dealing with such figures will know of the enormous variation in coding practice in different areas . |
| 16 | Nor did they know of the old Swedish experiments attempting to make helium from hydrogen in the laboratory . |
| 17 | Everyone associated with the game will know of the numerous titles won by Fred Daly , but possibly many will be interested to know of his achievements in The Open . |
| 18 | They did not know of the Indian hot springs nor of Chatterjee 's ideas . |
| 19 | My hon. Friend will know of the widespread success of his unleaded petrol campaign , which has persuaded motorists to use a more environmentally acceptable fuel . |
| 20 | Do you know of an auxiliary fuel tank kit for the Ninety ? |
| 21 | It sounds as if your engine may have glazed bores and too much crank case pressure if the cap is blowing off I suggest you have a compression check I do not know of an auxiliary tank for a Ninety Indeed , I have the same problem as yourself I 'm a newcomer to Land Rover and recently bought a 1975 Series III88 inch . |
| 22 | Next month I will finally fall of the back page , to be replaced by columns of Classified Ads inserted by 60-year-old male Vl Diff leaders seeking 24-year-old female partners for climbing and what have you . |
| 23 | The base cost of the qualifying investment can not be reduced to less than zero by the rolled-over chargeable gain . |
| 24 | In particular , they would oppose anything which smacked of the corporatist state . |
| 25 | This was the period when admirers of ‘ trad ’ adopted a purist stance , listened rather than danced and frowned on anything slick or commercial or which smacked of the professional dance band . |
| 26 | What is more , to his British rivals , Bonington 's very success smacked of the meretricious . |
| 27 | To many , the report smacked of an attempted smear by Congress ( I ) 's dirty-tricks department . |
| 28 | He believed in collective Cabinet government and abhorred anything that smacked of an over-mighty premiership . |
| 29 | A justification for talk of abstract ideas is that it provides an explanation of how our thought and knowledge can be general ; ‘ how we can know any proposition to be true of all particular triangles , except we have first seen it demonstrated of the abstract idea of a triangle . ’ |
| 30 | The point , is that the existence is presupposed of an objective order that enables us to distinguish meaningfully between " x is greater than y and " A judges ( thinks , believes , surmises , etc. ) that is greater than y " . |