Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Paul were to challenge successfully the adherents of Tammuz , Jesus would have to be able to match the older god , miracle for miracle . |
| 2 | In the coming year , every one of us must raise the level of our performance , enhance our personal skills and ensure that we meet successfully the challenges of the current market and our planned expansion . |
| 3 | Indirect Rule had far more ideological content than the Punjab creed : it was found necessary ceaselessly to draw attention — perhaps because it was a principle coming to be so explicitly disputed by those to whom it was applied — to the long and careful weaning required for the native to shed his primitive mode of thinking and adopt successfully the ways of the modern world . |
| 4 | Even if the catechisms of ‘ correct thought ’ are updated and find new roots , and old upbeat endings are set to more popular and contemporary tunes , they will not be able to generate the more intricate models or maps which are required to confront successfully the types of racism which are evidenced by our two transcripts . |
| 5 | Elected for Northamptonshire to the second Protectorate Parliament ( 1656–8 ) , he was prominent in the debates over the alleged ‘ horrid blasphemy ’ at Bristol of the Quaker James Nayler [ q.v. ] , revealing thereby the limitations of his own toleration . |
| 6 | Now I felt in a position to explore the fate of this culture , and thereby the roots of the contemporary political landscape . |
| 7 | So it happened that both Polybius and Posidonius were involved in exploring the lands of the West , and more conspicuously the lands of France and Spain — with the consequences which I hope to illustrate in my next lecture . |
| 8 | Rarely the valves of the heart can be involved . |
| 9 | Statesmen were rarely the tools of business in this period ; sometimes they made businessmen do their work for them and they were alive to the possibility of political influence being spread through such economic channels as chartered companies . |
| 10 | Its inhabitants were predominantly the members of the Issaq clan , and the SNM had been formed there in May 1988 . |
| 11 | The object of the book is not to analyse but to report , which is why it is predominantly the words of others taken from the radio series that I produced , In Other Words — David Bowie , a series that was narrated by Angie , David 's former wife . |
| 12 | 46:34 : the Egyptian dislike of the nomadic shepherds is probably no different fro the feelings of most settled people towards wandering gypsies . |
| 13 | ‘ But thankfully the days of the rack and burning at the stake are gone , even in Ireland . ’ |
| 14 | Purchasers have a responsibility to ensure that research is commissioned to evaluate properly the effects of the NHS changes . |
| 15 | So I think your point is in effect met , but we have to observe very properly the requirements of the law . |
| 16 | All that would reinforce the particular policy to which my hon. Friend referred and would damage tremendously the prospects of the British people and destroy countless jobs . |
| 17 | For example , the existence of ‘ multiple veto points ’ in the American system leads to pressure to distribute widely the benefits of a proposed enterprise strategy , in order to build a winning coalition from potential allies in Congress . |
| 18 | The clinching argument that Mr Dixon made about informing his father of his literary success was that probably Hank would need help in investing discreetly the earnings of the book , and it was well known that Mr Stych was an astute businessman . |
| 19 | Always check the service history , as a diesel car 's fuel pump is a piece of complicated mechanics which will not suffer gladly the attentions of DIY servicers . |
| 20 | And presumably the competencies of careers officers are in the part two |
| 21 | Presumably the builders of the Channel Tunnel are aware of this ? |
| 22 | Even their private quarters , presumably the scenes of touching fidelity , were equipped to make the lobbies of Gulf hotels seem intimate . |
| 23 | ‘ Presumably the children of the poor are n't either . |
| 24 | It has been argued by some that training plays no part in refining the skills of headship which can only be learned through experience ; presumably the proponents of this view would say that it also applies to officers . |
| 25 | Peters ' work concerns mostly the tribes of the Saadi confederation ( Barassa , Magharba ) , rather than the Zuwaya ; but no evidence supports an argument that Zuwaya women were less important and active in this regard than women of other tribes . |
| 26 | Slowly the lines of pain smoothed from the old face , and Mrs Richards managed to open her eyes . |
| 27 | Slowly the events of the previous evening re-assembled themselves . |
| 28 | Slowly the pressures of its differences bore down on my thinking and decisions , prying open my defences and forcing me to face questions I had not been conscious of before . |
| 29 | She put together slowly the bricks of her new self . |
| 30 | If it had n't been for Lotta 's appearance on the scene , who knew how badly the walls of her own citadel might have been rocked by the forceful vibes he 'd transmitted ? |