Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The death certificates will not read — ‘ victim of an industrial dispute ’ or ‘ death due to neglect of the National Health Service ’ . |
| 2 | Researches into Border ballads were to lead to the composition of Scott 's immensely popular Lay of the Last Minstrel . |
| 3 | Certainly the French farmers were very interested to hear of the Agricultural Training Board and indicated a wish for more local practical training . |
| 4 | She was unduly prone to use of the royal ‘ we ’ . |
| 5 | It is , however , wrong to think of the Prime Minister as having absolute power . |
| 6 | Willis presents evidence to show that his competence is cumulative and so ‘ makes it sensible to speak of the working class not as an abstract group of those who share similar interests but as an organic whole with real and used inner connections ’ ( Willis , 1976 ) . |
| 7 | So it was a very happy Pow-wow the next week , when Trusty told of the exciting thing that had happened and that the Pack would be able to meet every week in Farmer Olinton 's loft . |
| 8 | Virgin chief Richard Branson , who may take legal action in pursuit of a settlement of the original ‘ dirty tricks ’ row , said he was sad to hear of the new allegations . |
| 9 | Members will be very sad to hear of the following deaths : |
| 10 | Indeed , autonomy has been seen as a general virtue in philosophical thought of the Western world . |
| 11 | Impossible to say of the first move , it was her will , and not to extend that to what followed , or reason is gone mad . ’ |
| 12 | I am naturally extremely sorry to hear of the personal circumstances that the hon. Gentleman very properly brings to the attention of the House , but he will not expect me to prejudge any issue of criminality that may arise . |
| 13 | He is wont to talk of the new vision that Lorca 's poetry gave to him ; ‘ here is my landscape , ’ he exclaimed repeatedly . |
| 14 | The Emperor 's Tarot was supposed to partake of the very spirit of the Master of Mankind , forever on overwatch throughout the warp . |
| 15 | It was sometimes rather hard to think of the late Robert Maxwell as British . |
| 16 | He attacked the Government for its complacency over the issue and compared the time taken over the taking stock package with the quick unveiling of the Conservative proposals on the future of water and local government . |
| 17 | To judge from Egypt , the traditional bell-wether of the Arab flock , they are failing to do so . |
| 18 | I think it is helpful to think of the latter as debtor ( creditor-supplier ) agreements since this emphasizes the fact that in such agreements there is some connection between the creditor and the supplier : either they are the same person eg in the credit-sale , conditional sale , of HP agreement ; or there are business arrangements between them . |
| 19 | The Blues suspected the Georgians would be carpeted for their haphazard arranging of the first leg tie ; the Windsor Park club had already complained to UEFA about this . |
| 20 | The Blues suspected the Georgians would be carpeted for their haphazard arranging of the first leg tie ; the Windsor Park club had already complained to UEFA about this . |
| 21 | I 'm sorry to read of the Harlequin deaths … but you must remember that it is an underwater jungle — even in an aquarium . |
| 22 | Although the above description of experimental findings would suggest that exposure of collagen and lipid peroxides due to rupture of the atheromatous plaque could be of importance in thrombogenesis , together with enhanced platelet thromboxane A 2 formation and diminished vessel wall prostacyclin formation , Born has questioned this series of events ( Born , 1983 ) . |
| 23 | Whether from shame or fear of the all-pervasive Mukhabarat security police , people are reluctant to talk of the four civilians in Maan who were killed - they do not use the word ‘ martyred ’ as would Palestinians on the West Bank of the river — during the ‘ sorrowful events ’ as they are known in official parlance . |
| 24 | Employers demanded that unions bargain with them on an industry-wide basis and their pressure was critical for the eventual securing of the industrial union principle of organisation . |
| 25 | The direct debit is the more flexible to use of the two because the amount can be adjusted for VAT or other changes . |
| 26 | A spokeswoman for Marks & Spencer said : ‘ We are concerned to learn of the poor perception people have of us but we are carrying out a number of ongoing initiatives to improve the situation . ’ |
| 27 | A spokeswoman for Marks & Spencer said : ‘ We are concerned to learn of the poor perception people have of us but we are carrying out a number of ongoing initiatives to improve the situation . ’ |
| 28 | Unable to breakout of the academic circuit in the UK , the US arm manoeuvred itself into the military market , mopping up defence supercomputing contracts . |
| 29 | It is important to think of the high wind straps as being completely independent of the straps further forward . |
| 30 | You 're quite reluctant to think of the bad points because it suddenly seems like the most perfect patch of land on this planet . |