Example sentences of "[adv] tell of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Kemp and her solicitor were refused access to that meeting , and were only told of the outcome some time later . |
| 2 | He was only told of the burglary last night as he visited his sister , Anne Marie , in Hoddesdon , Herts . |
| 3 | Because none of the men formally lodged complaints , the authority was not told of the three extra cases until after Mr Dear 's purge . |
| 4 | If you are not told of the risk that you run , you might be able to complain of an unfair dismissal if you are sacked following a recurrence of the same conduct . |
| 5 | They were not told of the grounds for referral , and the case proceeded without them . |
| 6 | At first , Hendry was not told of the mystery woman 's mission but was informed when he noticed the beefed-up security at his matches . |
| 7 | The row deepened with revelations that the BBC board was not told of the tax arrangement and was not aware that the director-general job had not been advertised before Mr Birt was appointed . |
| 8 | We are not told of the use or otherwise of anaesthetics , nor of any benefits flowing from such research . |
| 9 | The Daily Mail stressed that this failed to console the victim 's distraught family , friends and workmates , her MP or the probation service , who were also not told of the killer 's threat . |
| 10 | She was not told of the foster mother 's application for leave to apply for a residence order and knew nothing about it until after leave had been granted . |
| 11 | In one study , the essence of secretions from a female 's armpit were smeared onto the upper lips of other females who , perhaps fortunately , were not told of the origin of the smears . |
| 12 | Jack Cunningham , MP , who was touring the site at the time , was not told of the incident . |
| 13 | Again , her family were not told of the seriousness of the condition until a month later and just days defore she died . |
| 14 | The problem is made worse because consumers are rarely told of the risks associated with drugs : most , not unreasonably , expect their medicine to do them good . |
| 15 | If he were not , there are stories still told of the Williams temperament . |
| 16 | For I had also told of the lives of those who now lived on or near those lands . |
| 17 | They were both told of the lengthy queues when they rang to take children there for aid . |
| 18 | Jim Corbett tells just such a tale in his Man-Eaters of Kumaon , and since his lead-in to the episode also tells of the mental abilities of creatures other than man , it is worth quoting in full . |
| 19 | For instance , in the very first passage it gives a much better explanation of what all the excitement is about when a messenger arrives hotfoot telling of the habitual ‘ skirmish of wit ’ between Beatrice and Benedict provides the comedy with its starting-point , as in the play itself . |
| 20 | The characteristics of Shavante leaders are also telling of the value placed upon ferocity in the Shavante ideal of manhood . |
| 21 | All the characteristics listed so far tell of the leader 's relationship with God ( 'looking up' ) . |
| 22 | A BRAVE neighbour today told of the desperate efforts to save a family from a Ballymena house fire in which a six-year-old girl died . |
| 23 | I was frequently told of the necessity for study overseas in order to do anything worthwhile in the academic field because facilities in China were so ‘ backward ’ . |
| 24 | She says she was never even told of the risk . |
| 25 | A second date was set for last Monday , when Mr Connelly was again told of the cancellation only at the last minute . |
| 26 | ANOTHER victim of evil Dr Tom Courtney has come forward to tell of the horrific ordeal he put her through . |
| 27 | Whether he would have done the right thing by her — as they said in those days — is fruitless speculation : he was never told of the need . |