Example sentences of "[adj] of [noun prp] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Negatively this principle denies that comprehensive rationality is possible , because it requires information processing and computation capacities only possible of God rather than mortals ( Simon 1957a , p. 3 ) . |
| 2 | The ‘ dialectic ’ here was that of Kierkegaard rather than Hegel . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's typical of Rex really that he should blame the poor man who died for all his troubles . |
| 4 | There were recluses in this age , like St Romuald who resigned the archbishopric of Ravenna almost as soon as it had been thrust upon him by Otto III in order to lead a life of private prayer and asceticism . |
| 5 | Six years of bringing up Charlotte and Luke with chicken wire tacked across inside their bedroom window , and a security system worthy of Alcatraz so that the parishioners who needed to get to you never could . |
| 6 | But Floy said , in an expressionless tone , ‘ Do go on , ’ and Caspar looked at Floy doubtfully , because he was not altogether sure of Floy yet and he had the feeling that Floy might very well be thinking and assessing and generally not revealing all his feelings . |
| 7 | Wood 's principles are those of Loudon more than three decades later : ‘ a palace is nothing more than a cottage IMPROVED ’ , he wrote . |
| 8 | These parties claim that they are different from traditional Marxist — Leninist parties in three major respects : they are critical of certain aspects of the Soviet Union ; they are independent of Moscow so that if they were to win an election and form a government they would not be Soviet puppets ; and they claim that it is possible to implement communism and maintain traditional democratic institutions . |
| 9 | where the vocabulary , the syntax , even the punctuation suggest a high honing of stylistic effect reminiscent of Gibbon rather than Swift , of Beckford rather than Defoe . |
| 10 | For instance , is it the thirtieth of May today or the thirty-first ? |