Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Slowly , ’ he warned and backed the tiny storm jib , making the sheet fast so that the breeze would hold them clear of the Baglietto 's stern . |
| 2 | The wind was already driving them clear of the shore as he raised the sails . |
| 3 | The mast quivered and bowed as Trent dived for the main and jib sheets , whipping them clear of the cam cleats . |
| 4 | He urged Vincent to clean them up , get them clear of the earth they stood on . |
| 5 | A hundred feet would see me clear of the danger zone , and this distance I covered foot by foot , walking sideways with my face to the rocks and the rifle to my shoulder ; a strange mode of progress , had there been any to see it . |
| 6 | Moodie said afterwards : ‘ I was determined to get a good start which would take me clear of the pack . |
| 7 | The brewers have until November to free up thousands of pubs by selling them or leasing them free of the tie . |
| 8 | It needs a new person to take it into the future , someone free of the old , deeply ingrained prejudices and affiliations . |
| 9 | While we pause after the first phase of our acceptance are we to rely on exams for all to prove ourselves worthy of the kindly eye of the state ? |
| 10 | Again , if there is to be a specific charge on shares in subsidiary companies ( which may be a necessary precaution ) trustees are needed in order that someone independent of the holding company shall be able to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares . |
| 11 | Am I aware of the voice-leading possibilities for chords I regularly use ? |
| 12 | … an experienced teacher , someone aware of the educational possibilities and problems offered by the use of multi-media materials … a person enthusiastic to extend the range of learning methods employed in schools and keenly interested in educational technology . |
| 13 | Educate them early of the benefits of being in a trade union . |
| 14 | One of the odd features when you first arrive in the area is that there is no advance warning of what 's to come — nothing visible of the Grand Canyon until you are right on the edge . |
| 15 | She was sent for psychiatric treatment in March after a court martial found her guilty of the manslaughter of riding instructress Marika Sparfeld at the military base in August last year . |
| 16 | Trent shook himself free of the hands that held him and turned his back on the man . |
| 17 | He shook himself free of the hood and pulled the shawl off his head , his face burning in humiliation . |
| 18 | Once they 'd come out of the house , he 'd shaken himself free of the women and had now adopted a surly silence . |
| 19 | But tonight she does n't , she soaps Xanthe , urges Miranda to rub and rinse , then helps Xanthe up and lifts her clear of the edge of the tub , on to the mat , and wraps her in a pale green towel and sits her on her lap , spreading her knees to fit her on , as Xanthe is getting big for this babying , but still enjoys it , as does Serafine . |
| 20 | This reflects his enduring excellence as well as the titleholder 's puzzling lack of recent form , having established himself top of the domestic pack last season , writes Richard Jago . |
| 21 | Her friends say its typical of the kind of girl she was . |
| 22 | Indeed , some part of her approved of the justice of it . |
| 23 | His pictures vary in style : in his later days he showed himself capable of the common sort of conventionally flattering portrait , but , particularly from his earlier years in London , there exists a body of work demonstrating his great talent for lively detail and natural rather than conventional compositions . |
| 24 | This was a long and complicated task involving analysis of the manner in which fretting of the top skin of the stabiliser at its attachment to the chord had taken place , the elongation of the fastener holes and the shearing of the fastener . |
| 25 | An impatient exclamation brought her aware of the man leaning against the back of the settee in a deceptively relaxed pose . |
| 26 | The Bond collection contains 350 paintings , most of them Australian of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist vintage , Mr Cross said . |
| 27 | It 's not that Shatov is somehow proved right and Mrs Virginsky wrong about new life and ( by implication ) God , but that the most natural hope begins to stir in the merely legal father 's heart ; so it would be pompous and artificial to go on talking about futurity , this is the future in the mind 's eye of one rejoicing man : shared , beautiful , fragile ; and the whole novel seems braced to tear itself free of the devils possessing it : |
| 28 | ‘ Are you afraid of the dark , Bobbie ? ’ asked Jim , when they were sitting in the darkness . |
| 29 | Are you afraid of the wife of a lord such as Bragad ? |
| 30 | Are you afraid of the challenge of working for G.W. Fashions ? ’ |