Example sentences of "[vb pp] of at the " in BNC.

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1 It is first heard of at the coronation of Pope Nicholas II in 1059 , when it appears that because the mitre had passed into general use by bishops ( and even by princes ) the pope 's own headgear had to undergo change to become distinctive and exclusive to the pope .
2 The event was not much talked about in the family ; it was too dreadful ; and I do n't suppose for a moment that Aunt Kate , then living abroad , would have wondered whether she , herself , might not have played a part in the sequence of events ; nor do I remember any such theory ever having been put forward or even thought of at the time .
3 The system has proved to be flexible thus enabling enhancements to be made — enhancements which quite often could not have been thought of at the initial design stage , since the concept of an integrated payroll and personnel function was very much new ground .
4 She birdied the tenth , her first , but , after that promising start , the rustiness she had talked of at the start of the tournament began to manifest itself .
5 Most were disposed of at the Investigation Officer stage , though an interesting innovation in 1989 , which is to be extended nationally , is local conciliation by experienced solicitors designated as Local Conciliation Officers .
6 There are , however , hints in The Middlemen of the modes of narration which are to replace what is so brutally disposed of at the end of the tale .
7 That principle is designed to encourage waste to be disposed of at the nearest available facility .
8 But last week it was spoken of at the Inn . ’
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