Example sentences of "[pron] of [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt it would have to be an MP or someone of similar standing in order that her story would at least be believed . |
| 2 | Someone of great influence in Britain must have exercised it on his behalf but who did so is not known . |
| 3 | An intention to kill must be proved in order to convict someone of attempted murder . |
| 4 | These prior conditions may be determined by a chief constable or his deputy , or someone of equivalent rank in the Metropolitan police . |
| 5 | She seemed a thoughtful person , someone of like nature to Mary Smith , but with much more up top . |
| 6 | He wanted someone of high calibre , with business and administrative skills , who was outside the traditional courtier mould yet compatible with the Old Guard already in situ . |
| 7 | Thus someone of mature judgement and sophisticated taste has to be taught and examined in literature alongside someone who has chosen that subject because it is thought to be relatively easy , has no aptitude for it nor any possible interest except in getting through the examination . |
| 8 | If they provide excellent support for someone of heavy build they 're most unlikely to suit anyone lighter . |
| 9 | I 've no wish for someone of unknown parentage to inherit after my death . ’ |
| 10 | The next move was to find a chairman from the ranks of the great and the good , someone of acknowledged independence who combined the qualities of Solomon and Job . |
| 11 | She brought as a present a portrait of Mother Mary as she appeared to the children at Fatima , executed by someone of sentimental disposition , and a statue of the Virgin Mary , the mould fashioned by someone of a melancholy and austere frame of mind . |
| 12 | An official media campaign criticized the leaders of the DU ( formed in May 1988 — see p. 36038 ) , accusing them of personal ambition , corruption and links with anti-Soviet emigré organizations , and of seeking the overthrow of the social system . |
| 13 | He hath put down the mighty from their seats and exalted them of low degree . |
| 14 | The only way to prevent the poor from plundering resources was to make them ‘ free ’ by depriving them of financial support . |
| 15 | She was in search of a closer knowledge of her great-uncle , and here were informed friends of his , one of them of long standing , who could surely tell her a great part of what she wanted to know . |
| 16 | The railway stations of Asia , Australasia , and Africa reveal to the full the range of styles , many of them of great elegance , which could be encompassed in station architecture world-wide . |
| 17 | A plethora of books of topographical views at home and abroad used steel engravings , many of them of poor quality . |
| 18 | At the same time , of course , it assures them of comprehensible input . |
| 19 | Crime — Evidence — Discretion to exclude — Trick by undercover police resulting in camera and sound records of sale to them of stolen jewellery — Judge considering unfairness at common law and under statute — Whether Codes of Practice applicable — Judge 's discretion to admit evidence — Whether properly exercised — Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ( c. 60 ) , s. 78(1) — Codes of Practice , C10.1 |
| 20 | Asked on News at Ten about attacks on him by Mr Baker and other Tories , Mr Kinnock accused them of negative campaigning . |
| 21 | A legal problem has arisen here in respect of defendants who ‘ could not care less ’ whether the woman was not consenting : we have seen that such men can be convicted of rape in cases where they achieve penetration , but there is a problem in convicting them of attempted rape where they fail to achieve penetration but clearly intended to do so . |
| 22 | That they were also all subject to periods of psychotic breakdown makes them of additional interest and in the next chapter we shall examine precisely what that means and how it might help us to understand their particular form of creativity . |
| 23 | While they were still in the minority one could , on the basis of Rooney 's attitude , accuse them of moral censorship when they opposed those who argued that abortion was unethical because it harms the foetus . |
| 24 | Their middle-class employers are suspicious and often accuse them of petty theft and idleness . |
| 25 | But such broad definitions render the terms vacuous and thus deprive them of analytical value . |
| 26 | Since all goods are donated , most of them of high quality coming from the more affluent within and outwith the parish , charges for them can be minimal so providing a social service as well as a subsidy towards the hall expenses . |
| 27 | It is , however , due to the large number of copies which the Romans had made of Greek masterpieces , some of them of high quality , that we owe our wide knowledge of such work today . |
| 28 | More than seven thousand have gone on to become officers , some of them of high rank . |
| 29 | Readers will remember my telling them of British Coal 's current advertising campaign aimed at convincing the power generators to place any future contracts with it . |
| 30 | So when the station came clean , they had to field several angry calls accusing them of pro-Nottingham Forest bias . |