Example sentences of "[conj] of her [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the longer term , the unpopularity of certain policies and of her personal leadership style had made her increasingly vulnerable to electoral defeat and , as a consequence , to criticism from within her own party . |
| 2 | One of the important variables in such patterns is the degree to which the dowry assets remain exclusively the property of the bride herself and of her future heirs or become a part of the pool of household property which can be used by the husband . |
| 3 | Within the ruling National Opposition Union ( UNO ) coalition there was growing criticism of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro , and of her inner Cabinet of advisors headed by Lacayo , on the grounds that she had made an " illegitimate and immoral marriage " with the FSLN . |
| 4 | And in the silence , she grew more and more conscious of the impossibility of her dress , and of her scuffed and inappropriately coloured shoes , and of her warm face . |
| 5 | DeVore smiled , thinking of her — at that very moment — on the jet to America , and of her left index finger , frozen in its medical case , heading out for Mars . |
| 6 | It was noticeable that the two pictures which took pride of place on Diana 's bedside dressing-table were not of her family but of her favourite hamsters , Little Black Muff and Little Black Puff . |
| 7 | McIntosh urged Hendley to leave her husband , a 46-year-old catering manager , but because of her Catholic upbringing she would not consider separation or divorce . |
| 8 | Unfortunately apart from some of the movies mentioned above , she found herself stuck in the '40s with the unwelcome label of Queen of the B's , because of her frequent roles in Charlie Chan , Mr Moto and Falcon Quickies . |
| 9 | But their task was impossible because of her hysterical state . |
| 10 | If they did , then because of her strategic position , because of her great extra-European interests and because of the problem of filling the vacuum left by her withdrawal from the Balkans , the fate of Turkey would once again involve the interests of all the great powers . |
| 11 | Because of her international success and recognition , Meyer is one of the personalities South Africa is using to encourage more and more youngsters from the townships and under-developed areas to take up sport . |
| 12 | Divorce was out of the question , because of her religious convictions . |
| 13 | Are we to blackmail her because of her lost lover ? |
| 14 | She had established the fact that the real Delia Forbes was in Australia and that for the past few weeks someone else had been using her name and address ; because of her desperate desire to help Barney she had leapt to conclusions which could be hopelessly wide of the mark . |
| 15 | It is n't just that she does n't have the stomach to eat anything because of her morbid dread of flying ; more that she ca n't accept touching anything anti-Green . |
| 16 | The home-help had left the window ajar that morning and Bella , because of her arthritic hands , could n't close it again properly . |
| 17 | Should I disregard the scores and breed from her because of her other merits ? |
| 18 | She had reminded herself that once or twice recently Miss Poraway had n't been able to come because of her nasal complaint , and Mrs Blackham , who was at least efficient , had taken her place . |
| 19 | It is not that she 's a political animal , just someone who has seen a lot of beautiful places in the world ; feels very fortunate to be in such a privileged position because of her successful TV and recording career , and so wants to put a bit back into a world which has so far been very kind to her . ’ |
| 20 | But unlike her — and the exact shape of her body was difficult to determine because of her roomy salwar kamiz — Changez had a stomach that rode out before him , with a dark-red stringy knitted jumper stretched over it . |
| 21 | Holly-jack — because of her evergreen skin — seemed set to be the one who would persist in winter as the human 's friend ; she would be the oddest of primitive heroines . |
| 22 | Because of her awkward position , she was forced to use the prosthetic arm ( the fake one , she kept thinking ) , and the fingers were dull and leaden . |
| 23 | He said that the woman , who had been diagnosed as a schizophrenic in 1986 after an attempted arson attack , would probably not be fit to stand trial because of her mental condition . |
| 24 | The absence of deals has led to speculation that advertisers , wary of getting caught in a US-Japan economic crossfire , are ‘ frightened ’ of Yamaguchi because of her Japanese name and heritage . |
| 25 | Her endorsement potential is definitely suffering because of her Japanese face and her Japanese name . ’ |
| 26 | A female fruit fly , simply because of her tiny size , can hardly be expected to produce eggs in numbers to rival a cod , but even so , she can lay two thousand in a season in batches of a hundred at a time . |
| 27 | Because of her loving nature Eva would have enjoyed having children and a family but feels it " was one of the things God required me to give up " . |
| 28 | With them was always Maria , a mongol girl who was about nine but looked older because of her stout figure , short , thick neck and large head . |
| 29 | For Merrill the marriage service was a kaleidoscope of images seen at a distance because of her acute consciousness of Luke 's presence . |
| 30 | She might have been any age between thirty and sixty and Wexford set the lower limit so low only because of her young children . |