Example sentences of "[vb pp] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The handbook , however , that is recommended for potential writers , You Can Write a Romance and Get it Published , breezily enjoins its readers to ‘ Remember that these are formula books tried and proved to be successful ’ and proceeds to outline the characterizations and plotting that are expected of the successful romance . |
| 2 | That his choice is contrary to what is to be expected of the vast majority of adults is only relevant if there are other reasons for doubting his capacity to decide . |
| 3 | The Junior boys and Cadet girls are defending champions but much is expected of the Junior girls side , with the U-12 girls having an outside chance of upsetting Leinster . |
| 4 | In these awards there are elements of Buggins 's Turn and resurrection , but what else could be expected of the merry band of superannuated politicians commanded to commend the necessary artists ? |
| 5 | If you study the UKCC 's Code of Professional Conduct ( Appendix 1 ) you will see that the criteria for desired outcomes relates directly to what is expected of the registered nurse and health visitor . |
| 6 | It also pointed to an important development that can and should be expected of the classical perspective : the assertion of the relativity and selectivity of criminal definitions and their application . |
| 7 | On the dawn of another new season ( England A play county champions Essex in a four-day match beginning at Lord 's on Monday , both sides apparently being restricted to eleven players ) it was uplifting yesterday to be reminded of the Grand Match . |
| 8 | When choosing books teachers may like to be reminded of the various published book guides , for example those published by the Federation of Children 's Book Groups , the Signal Book Guides , the Penguin Book Guides and Exploring Poetry 5 to 8 ( NATE ) . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman has just been reminded of the shabby teachers ' pay record of the Labour Government whom he supported some years ago — It was his Government then , although their successors may not be represented on the Front Bench in quite the way that the hon. Gentleman would wish . |
| 10 | In any case , we are reminded of the spiritual battle . |
| 11 | Throughout the book , the reader will be continually reminded of the famous words from Casablanca : ‘ round up the usual suspects . ’ |
| 12 | ( Looking at her , I was often reminded of the famous Lina Cavalieri as I had seen her in photographs . |
| 13 | I am reminded of the famous poem , by Robert Southey , about the battle of Blenheim , when little Peterkin asks : ’ But what good came of it at last ? ’ |
| 14 | She fingered the cord , was reminded of the horrifying moment when she felt a constriction around her throat and the colours of the room receded . |
| 15 | If so , then we are reminded of the violent earth before the Flood . |
| 16 | They may be helped by being reminded of the long-term benefits of such observation . |
| 17 | The pious Jew , when observing an ordinary bush , should then be reminded of the burning bush and should attempt to see the imperceptible workings of the Divine Presence within the ordinary bush . |
| 18 | Hunched over or not , it was impossible not to be reminded of the sheer impact of his physical presence — the very same that had once reduced two drunken gentlemen to sobriety in the back of a car . |
| 19 | Entrants are also reminded of the great potential in the colours and forms of the zoo 's plants and landscaping . |
| 20 | I was reminded of the black iron horse silhouettes which decorate the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury railway line in England . |
| 21 | I was not alone in being reminded of the superficial blandness of , for example , Benetton ads — images fraught with a complexity of issues . |
| 22 | We are constantly reminded of the appalling condition of our houses . |
| 23 | To be reminded of the distant object of her affections . |
| 24 | I was reminded of the Javanese guru we had recently interviewed who claimed to teach his students how to walk through rain without getting wet ! |
| 25 | As one reads , for example , on the memorial at Beaconsfield , the names of the three Dales , the four Rolfes , the three Westons , and the six Childs , one is forcefully reminded of the overwhelming sense of personal loss in communities that were devastated by the death of so many sons in the First World War . |
| 26 | One is reminded of the early expert , but possibly apocryphal , prediction that the maximum number of computers which could be envisaged as being necessary in the UK might be as much as two . |
| 27 | The ‘ one-last-pushers ’ of the Labour movement need to be reminded of the electoral mountain that remains to be climbed ( a mountain which , thanks to the Boundary Commission , will be some 20 or so Tory seats higher by the time of the next election ) . |
| 28 | Staff are reminded of the following welfare services available to them : |
| 29 | Nell was reminded of the shrill talk-whistles of dolphins . |
| 30 | Do we need to be reminded of the current legislation ? |