Example sentences of "[pron] of the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Preface he described the superstitions of the Irish peasantry and the rigid hold on them of the Roman Catholic priests , who used all means to confine them to the Irish language , lest if they learnt English they might converse with members of the Church of Ireland or attend its services . |
| 2 | Organic molecules , some of them of the same general types as are normally only found in living things , have spontaneously assembled themselves in these flasks . |
| 3 | We appeal to your readers to write to your government , informing them of the catastrophic environmental effects of the war and urging economic and political sanctions against the Serbian aggressors . |
| 4 | We were keenly aware that the local and national authorities , to say nothing of the international archaeological community , would have been horrified by such a spectacle . |
| 5 | There are stars galore in the operatic firmament , with , alongside to say nothing of the many famous names featured in the historical anthologies . |
| 6 | She saw nothing of the pale green clusters of new leaves adorning the elm trees , nor did she see the arum lilies glowing with white purity beneath them . |
| 7 | Whereas Palestrina is almost negligible as a composer of secular music , Lassus was equally at home in the Italian madrigal and the more popular and homophonic villanella ( successor of the frottola ) , the French chanson and German song , to say nothing of the secular Latin motet . |
| 8 | To say nothing of the cut-price Caribbean cruise , the satellite-TV dish and the fully computerised Cosworth car at a cool £25,000 from the newly opened Ford dealers . |
| 9 | He reminds me of the average royal personage , who is one person in company and another when alone … |
| 10 | I laughed when my mother told me of the entire postnatal fortnight spent in the maternity hospital , with bedpans and blanket baths and fierce ward sisters who wagged fingers at you if you as much as stuck a big toe over the side of the bed . |
| 11 | In its clarity and purity of form , the mosque reminded me of the best early Cistercian architecture — that brief and precious half-century before the original ascetic urge began to give way to the worldly frivolity of the Later Middle Ages , the period that produced the great Chapter House at Fountains and the original dark-stone nave at Rievaulx . |
| 12 | The women I spoke to who had been through the whole procedure told me of the many exhausting visits they had had to make to the British Embassies and High Commissions , of the atmosphere of contempt at these places , of the pettiness of the Entry Clearance Officers ( ECOs ) and interpreters , and the rude and unreasonable questions they had had to answer . |
| 13 | Some years later I was at dinner with Brian Huggett and he got up and said , ‘ I should n't be talking to this man because he robbed me of the British Open . |
| 14 | Initial charges are up to 5 p.c. depending which of the 14 underlying funds are chosen . |
| 15 | Which of the many recent changes played the major part in the university disturbances of the early 1860s is unclear . |
| 16 | Yet another Messiah on ‘ early ’ instruments , conspiring no doubt to send retailers completely mad in their attempts to decide which of the many available readings they should plump for . |
| 17 | A more open mind was required to discover which of the many possible patterns God had actually chosen to instantiate . |
| 18 | According to ‘ positioning theory ’ this understanding of behaviour is a mutual creation through the interaction of the parties depending upon which of the many possible selves has been confirmed in the ‘ storyline ’ that is accepted . |
| 19 | Clearly , there are other possibilities , and it is far from obvious , at this stage of the development of the subject , just which of the many possible formulations is the best . |
| 20 | 5 ) Which of the following local members reports would you like to continue ? a ) Birth reports ? |
| 21 | When buying a vacuum cleaner , which of the following free guarantees would attract you most ? ( tick only one ) |
| 22 | An application for annulment of a bankruptcy order must specify on which of the two alternative grounds in s 282(1) it is made and in either case must be supported by an affidavit ( r 6.206 ) . |
| 23 | In the case of Irish union the pre-existing parliaments are nowhere expressly abolished ; on the other hand , it is nowhere stated , or implied of necessity , in any of the union legislation , that one of the pre-existing parliaments was continued under a new style and , indeed , if this view were to be adopted , one is left with the question as to which of the two pre-existing parliaments it is which has survived . |
| 24 | After the conclusion of the first hearing , it came to your Lordships ' attention that an examination of the proceedings in Parliament in 1976 which lead to the enactment of sections 61 and 63 might give a clear indication which of the two rival contentions represented the intention of Parliament in using the statutory words . |
| 25 | Following the further arguments of which we have had the benefit , I should find it very difficult , in conscience , to reach a conclusion adverse to the appellants on the basis of a technical rule of construction requiring me to ignore the very material which in this case indicates unequivocally which of the two possible interpretations of section 63(2) of the Act of 1976 was intended by Parliament . |
| 26 | In the inch wars , Ryvita helps you win — so goes the old advert punch line , but which of the two main Graphical User Interfaces is likely to be the one to give you the best operating environment ? |
| 27 | German speakers have difficulty in distinguishing between " bring " and " take " in English as these are translated by one German word " bringen " , but the English speaker has difficulty trying to decide which of the two English words is meant in any statement containing the German word " bringen " . |
| 28 | It is difficult to establish which of the two scientific theories could hold sway . |
| 29 | Messages indicate whether the card is correctly placed , or in which of the four principal direction(s) it is out of position . |
| 30 | Which of the four common jobs in 1980 may almost have disappeared by 1990 or at least by the year 2000 ? |