Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The marquis managed to pour the brandy without spilling it , his face chalk-white as the ramifications of Horatia 's return began to dawn on him . |
| 2 | He ruled that damages were due for the effects of surfactants but not for a small presence of phosphates . |
| 3 | Even if the accused does not fall within s.2(1) , he may still be not dishonest for the purposes of the Act . |
| 4 | Paul Newman and Robert Redford might now be right for the roles of a pair of outlaws on their last legs who flee to Bolivia to find that civilisation and its increased firepower are after them there as well , but in 1968 they were more an emblem of defiant youth and , rather than be riddled with bullets , they go out with a freeze-to-sepia and some plunky Burt Bacharach music . |
| 5 | The train for Dover left at Il.00 am so I bought a copy of Soldier magazine and leafed through the photos of happy-looking squaddies as I drank a cup of British Rail coffee , which tasted hot and disgusting . |
| 6 | In this way it is possible for the divisions of a text using the drama base ( for example ) to consist of speeches and stage directions , while those of a text using the dictionary base will consist of lexical entries . |
| 7 | In a prefatory motto for the book he quotes from Freud to the effect that ‘ perhaps we must make up our minds to the idea that altogether it is not possible for the claims of the sexual instincts to be reconciled with the demands of culture . ’ |
| 8 | The various works on the subject are very revealing about the images of young people that prevailed . |
| 9 | My hon. Friend is entirely right about the merits of competition . |
| 10 | It is also quite normal for the rugs of small villages to be marketed under the name of the nearest large rug-producing town , providing of course that there are strong similarities between their rugs ; items produced in villages around the Persian city of Hamadan , for example , may be collectively referred to as Hamadans . |
| 11 | The Home Office may think it necessary on security grounds to make regular changes , perhaps believing that it would be undesirable for the routines of governors to be known to the general public . |
| 12 | It is unnecessary for the purposes of this judgment to set out in any detail the content of these articles : it is sufficient to say that they question the propriety of certain investments made by the council of moneys in its superannuation fund , with Mr. Bookbinder as the prime mover , in three deals with Mr. Oyston or companies controlled by him . |
| 13 | It is unnecessary for the purposes of this appeal , to express a conclusion upon them . |
| 14 | I FEEL sorry for the parents of the little boy who had his face ripped open by an alsatian . |
| 15 | ‘ I am proud to die for my ideals ; and I am sorry for the sons of Britain who have died without knowing why . ’ |
| 16 | They had reason to hate the Turks , who had driven them from their homes ; they were grateful for the grants of land which enabled them to settle down in their new homes , and they owed no allegiance to the Croatian and Hungarian nobles . |
| 17 | Bernice was almost grateful for the hours of enforced idleness . |
| 18 | I am grateful for the comments of my hon. Friend , who is the distinguished Chairman of the Committee . |
| 19 | We have also been grateful for the messages of sympathy from people who did not know Paul but were moved by the manner of his death . |
| 20 | We are grateful for the contributions of the German Government , the Japan Festival and Belfast 1991 . |
| 21 | He must only be alive between the covers of a book , and not anywhere else . |
| 22 | We should be alert for the side-effects of critical doubt . |
| 23 | Flipping through the pages of a notebook is quicker than scrolling through a large spreadsheet and makes finding a location or cell far easier . |
| 24 | This Thursday the socialites — and socialists — will look in vain for the rivers of champagne and dancing until dawn of other election nights . |
| 25 | Was a workable modus vivendi then possible between the rulers of England and France , even within the limits set by the peace of Paris ? |
| 26 | The Corporation expressed their satisfaction with the endowment and their conviction that it would be ample for the purposes of the School . |
| 27 | In addition , although not technically unfit , a house can still be very unsuitable for the needs of its occupants in terms of accommodation and access to jobs and services , aspects that are not generally the subject of legislation . |
| 28 | It is not usual for the advisers of the Crown to draw people out of important work when they have hardly had a chance to do what they have undertaken . |
| 29 | The great British car manufacturing companies , among them Daimler , Lanchester , Rolls-Royce , Sunbeam and Vauxhall , all of which are represented in the Dolls ' House , made their own engines and chassis with a standard body , but it was more usual for the owners of such cars to have special bodywork built to their own requirements by coachbuilders . |
| 30 | As one rose in society this problem , paradoxically , became more acute as the possibilities of domestic service or involvement in a family enterprise were reduced Although writing remained an outlet for women 's talents , many women who published were attacked as whores . |