Example sentences of "[prep] [pn reflx] and of " in BNC.
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| 1 | However good our schools , there will emerge from them some people , quite capable of looking after themselves and of having a simple job , whose reading age will never be more than 8 or 9 . |
| 2 | Each individual renounced his ideal of acquiring his father 's position for himself and of possessing his mother and sisters . |
| 3 | It took the form of Baldwin agreeing only to speak for himself and of leaving open the question of an election . |
| 4 | To sum up what I have outlined so far , the view of Wimsatt and Brooks is that the essential property of poetry consists in the reconciliation of harmonization of opposites ; that this takes the form of an objective organization of the objective meanings of words ; and that although the same organization generally can not be found in other kinds of discourse , it nonetheless contributes to our knowledge and experience of ourselves and of the world . |
| 5 | Now we had no doubt about the inclusion of Charles Darwin 's centenary in this series at this point ; certainly one of the half dozen most influential figures of the modern world , in reshaping our perceptions of ourselves and of the rest of the world . |
| 6 | Article 25 ( 1 ) of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights , subscribed by the United Kingdom in December 1948 , runs as follows : ‘ Everyone has a right to a standard of living adequate for the health and wellbeing of himself and of his family , including medical care. , |
| 7 | He cringed from that single revelation of himself and of his motive , even while knowing it was n't really true to his nature , that the instance had come , gone and never would return . |
| 8 | Because the object of contemplation is God himself , who opens to us the infinite possibilities of himself and of our own lives . |
| 9 | On the other hand there are teachers with low standards who think a mere pass at whatever grade is a feather in the cap , both of himself and of his pupil . |
| 10 | Neither is it necessary to have what is known as a ‘ spiritual experience ’ — a single moment in time when the individual has a sense of himself and of the world in a way which transcends both the physical and the psychological . |
| 11 | Such recall led the individual to a deeper understanding of himself and of the traumatic effect on his life of the hitherto ‘ forgotten ’ incidents . |
| 12 | Then there is the fact that he remains , even within the constraints of his later career as a commentator alongside Murray Walker on the Beeb , remarkably open and frank in his judgements , both of himself and of others . |
| 13 | In his early days with Norwich he took ‘ stick ’ from fellow players and the opposition , but reflected on this favourably in a way which says much of himself and of other successful black sportsmen . |
| 14 | to take reasonable care for the health and safety of himself and of other persons who may be affected by his acts or omissions at work ; and |
| 15 | His will is an eloquent testimony of how conventional he was in his views — requiring Requiem Masses and prayers in perpetual memory of himself and of his family — and of how little he foresaw ( for how could he ? ) the changes which were to affect the church — and his bequests — during the next century with the coming of the Reformation . |
| 16 | He wanted to know what had happened , wanted to understand the dynamics of the situation and to store it away as part of his constantly changing , growing understanding of himself and of those around him . |
| 17 | The ensuing " false " enquiry is itself underwritten by one global assumption of both a teleological and ideological nature ; the belief that the truth of Nizan 's contingent existence is most effectively disclosed by locating the significance of his insertion within the French communist party ; that is to say , the reasons why he joined the party , the image that he created of himself and of the party whilst he was a member , and the reasons why he left the party . |
| 18 | For fourteen or fifteen years no man could have been less conscious of himself and of his own life , less informed about the world than Antoine Bloye . |
| 19 | The poem , of epic proportions , illuminates the way in which Will arrives at such " kynde knowynge " which embraces both knowledge of himself and of the love of God . |
| 20 | For example , the two competing public interests in employment cases are : ( a ) a person should be held to his promise ; and ( b ) every person should be free to exercise his skill and experience to the best advantage of himself and of those who may want to employ him ( see Lord Atkinson in Morris ( Herbert ) v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 ) . |
| 21 | The question now arises : can that rational animal Man ever become more than an animal which criticizes its own spontaneous tendencies in the light of its awareness of itself and of external conditions ? |
| 22 | ‘ For heaven 's sakes ! ’ he exclaimed , shocked to find that his wife , usually acidly in command of herself and of anyone else who came near her , could possibly be reduced to tears . |
| 23 | The glass was spotted and discoloured now , and in its depths Louise saw only a sepia-tinted reproduction of herself and of the room behind her . |
| 24 | Blanche is made a victim through Stanley 's bestial behaviour but Blanche has brought much of what she got on herself through her lies and deception of herself and of others . |
| 25 | In this she discussed aspects of herself and of her art : |
| 26 | It requires a conscious act of experiencing a reflection of yourself and of how you have become what you are ! |
| 27 | It 's also helpful if you tend to have low expectations of yourself and of making demands on others . |
| 28 | The National Portrait Gallery habitually commissions portraits of notable figures for its collection , and , of course , members of the Royal Family are painted regularly , providing a time-lapse documentary of themselves and of the fashions of their age , both in clothes and in painting . |
| 29 | Despite what is written above , there are bad book elements in Enid Blyton 's stories — if we define bad books as those that limit readers ' expectations of themselves and of others . |
| 30 | Furthermore , drama is one of the key ways in which children can gain an understanding of themselves and of others , can gain confidence in themselves as decision-makers and problem-solvers , can learn to function collaboratively , and can explore — within a supportive framework — not only a range of human feelings , but also a whole spectrum of social situations and/or moral dilemmas . |