Example sentences of "[adv] of [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents speak approvingly of their timid children , and adults are constantly at great pains to convince others of their own fearfulness . |
| 2 | Speaking approvingly of his recent meetings with various European leaders , Mr Gorbachev singled out President Mitterrand , whom he met in Kiev last week , for special praise , particularly because of his ‘ respect for present realities and the inviolability of established borders . ’ |
| 3 | These facts will be irrelevant if no unit larger than the grapheme is used to read aloud , because a standard rule ea — ‘ ee ’ will be applied to ea regardless of what other graphemes exist in the non-word . |
| 4 | In theory , no problem ; the NME reflected trends in contemporary music regardless of what those trends might be . |
| 5 | He never appears wildly different in different contexts — regardless of what those contexts are . |
| 6 | Patients with one , two , and three or more of the risk factors had progressively lower two , four , and eight week healing rates regardless of which specific factors were present ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 7 | This interchange of visual ideas permeates every facet of the weaver 's art , and is one of the prime reasons why all oriental rugs , regardless of their compositional differences , possess an underlying character that sets them apart from hand-made rugs produced in other areas of the world . |
| 8 | In a public survey , almost three out of four people thought that travel agents should give independent advice regardless of their financial links with any one operator , but only just over half , 54pc , thought this happened in practice . |
| 9 | In a public survey , almost three out of four people thought that travel agents should give independent advice regardless of their financial links with any one operator , but only just over half , 54pc , thought this happened in practice . |
| 10 | Traditionally , all non-teaching staff had been grouped together regardless of their actual duties , but the concept of operational and support groups ( rather than teaching and non-teaching ) suggested that some of these staff who were directly involved with classroom activities ( eg workshop technicians ) could reasonably come under the control of the lecturing department heads , recognising their direct contribution to the delivery of courses and involvement in the operational side of the business . |
| 11 | The second , related one is about the reasons for treating all people as if they were the same , regardless of their individual peculiarities of sex and gender . |
| 12 | It was also clear from the Saltley Gates confrontation that the police , regardless of their offensive tactics , were not capable of handling well-organized mass pickets . |
| 13 | But in fact readers can adapt to shortened spelling within minutes regardless of their own views or suspicions . |
| 14 | Regardless of their theoretical predilections , working definitions , and methods of obtaining data , all such approaches have the effect of hypostasizing something called ‘ aggression ’ . |
| 15 | Regardless of their initial intentions , their work has been understood and accepted as an open manifestation of political support . |
| 16 | Managers , he notes , are taught to be tough , which can mean they sometimes take a decision regardless of its ethical consequences . |
| 17 | But , trace of humour or not , she was in no mood for the antics of Paul Fisher , one of the men who worked in the same department , who , regardless of her repressive glasses and old-maid hairstyle , was forever ready to make advances . |
| 18 | Regardless of your personal feelings towards the Chairman , you must afford him the utmost respect in addressing him and obeying his rulings . |
| 19 | Alone of its present legislators , he accepts the demands of grassroots politics , building support through ceaseless slogging , always available for a meeting here , a press conference there , a Sunday rally or a television interview . |
| 20 | In conclusion , one of the English teachers contacted during research for this study spoke warmly of his own reasons for liking to work with a particular text . |
| 21 | You 're going to stand up in front of a hundred or so of your closest friends and tell them your deepest , most private thoughts . ’ |
| 22 | Following the ejection of Richard Baxter along with 2,000 or so of his fellow pastors in 1662 , these Nonconforming ministers were persecuted ruthlessly by the authorities . |
| 23 | As they are for the most part Gaelic-speaking folk , it is difficult to learn from themselves much of their true circumstances ; but there are friends in Portree who would gladly assist any soul who would like to be helpful to the dwellers on Stormy Hill . |
| 24 | If we live out much of our developing years in imitation — especially of those most close to us — then Burton very soon outstripped guiding example . |
| 25 | The year provides students with a personal knowledge of American culture , making them aware not only of its European origins but also of how distinct it is from its parent cultures . |
| 26 | His area supervisor will also be acquainted with it , but will possess a detailed knowledge only of its conspicuous problems . |
| 27 | Incidentally ; the choice of these two films represents a critical opinion , not only of their special effects though these are outstanding too , even if Oscar turned a blind eye but of the films as a whole . |
| 28 | They were acting , they said , in the interests not only of their white constituents but also of those who were " politically disenfranchised " . |
| 29 | For all sensible people it would clearly suggest that more thought should be given to the fibre content not only of their own diets , but of those of their children . |
| 30 | I had for too long been conscious only of my own concerns , but now I became aware that those around me were troubled and at odds . |