Example sentences of "[adj] of [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This , the most far-reaching of the bill 's proposals , would have resulted in the prohibition of over 300 pesticides . |
| 32 | Often the creation of the open plan interior requires the removal of walls , chimney breasts , stairs and other internal features of interest , which is highly destructive of the building 's historic character . |
| 33 | A new season of growth is about to start , and as little as possible of the rootstock 's upthrust must be wasted on its own foliage . |
| 34 | As the recital proceeded , the teachers began to drift off to their appointed confessional boxes , anxious to miss , on any excuse , as much as possible of the headmaster 's address . |
| 35 | He spoke of the fight to preserve as much of possible of the Island 's rail network in the period of the Beeching closures . |
| 36 | They still guard the interests of the smallest and most protectionist of the country 's auctioneers who would be bankrupted by an open market . |
| 37 | Advances ( loans ) : Advances are among the least liquid of a bank 's assets , yet they are the most profitable . |
| 38 | At the quarter-mile post the Limited is only 0.3secs shy of the Integrale 's 14.9secs , but the VW 's better aerodynamics and 20.9mph per 100rpm gearing in fifth allow it to fly to an impressive 139mph top speed and leave the Lancia flailing in its wake . |
| 39 | Weiss believes friendships to be important in so far as they reflect attitudes and behaviour that are supportive of the individual 's own beliefs , and they provide a reassurance of self-worth by virtue of their acceptance . |
| 40 | The programme is structured in such a way that on-going evaluation is simple and results can be reflected on from time to time by the Family Development Nurse and Community Mother so that the monthly visit to the family which is the main focus of the programme for achieving goals can be adapted to each family 's level and the issues that are discussed are relevant , nonjudgemental , and supportive of the parents ' own ideas and recognises the parents ' desire to do what is best for their children . |
| 41 | Among EC ministers most supportive of the Commission 's plan yesterday was the British Foreign Secretary , John Major , attending his first EC Council meeting . |
| 42 | the title ‘ Transavantgarde ’ is representative of the artists ' intention to transcend the ‘ old Modern movement ’ as well as what they perceived as tralatitious concepts of avant-gardism. 2 |
| 43 | An introductory placard , for example , tries to distance the gallery from a transcendent notion of history by stressing that exhibits are the product of selection and choice , and therefore representative of the organisors ' views . |
| 44 | Campbell 's force was not ethnically representative of the island 's population . |
| 45 | By doing this , you will help us to ensure that the results are truly representative of the Association 's breadth of membership . |
| 46 | Theorists operating in this way are guilty of the fortune-teller 's evasion and are subject to the falsificationist 's criticism . |
| 47 | Whetstone , a rash and much younger man , proved contemptuous of the admiral 's authority and used his political connections to undermine it . |
| 48 | But the Reverend was fiercely repressive of the children 's spirit , the food was very poor and the girls were often starved and cold . |
| 49 | Known for its gleaming and airy entrance lobby , bedecked with trees and tropical plants which became a night-time illumination , the building was regarded as one of the more tasteful and less controversial of the City 's recently constructed edifices . |
| 50 | This has obvious consequences for the use of the infinitive : since operative know evokes the following of the infinitive 's event from beginning to end through direct experience , there is no way to conceive know as existing before the beginning of the event perceived , and therefore no to before the infinitive . |
| 51 | As fighting on board goes first one way and then the other , the captain strikes Thomas Fox to death with a belaying pin in an access of rage because the boy , genuinely unaware of the seamen 's plotting and almost insensible after hours at the masthead in icy weather , does not give him the names of the conspirators . |
| 52 | Nicolo was the only one who seemed unaware of the girl 's fawning admiration , which was too bad , Caroline thought grimly . |
| 53 | He then has the defence under section 5(3) that he was unaware of the bystander 's presence , but carries the burden of establishing his defence . |
| 54 | The section makes it dangerous for a director to be unaware of the company 's financial position , since liability may ensue where a director fails to take appropriate action to ‘ minimise the potential loss to the company 's creditors ’ once it would have been apparent to a properly informed director that the company was heading for liquidation . |
| 55 | You see , Mach 's scheme works only if we 're unaware of the T'ang 's role in things . |
| 56 | She had finally confronted the truth this morning when Leo had told her , unaware of the news 's import , ‘ Vass is back . |
| 57 | Therefore , in the unlikely event that a ceremony of marriage is performed between an unoperated transsexual and someone who is unaware of the partner 's condition , the remedy of a petition for nullity must suffice , grounded on the fact that the marriage is voidable because of the fraud of the other and the consequent lack of valid consent of the innocent party . |
| 58 | But he said that both sets of lawyers were unaware of the paper 's offer and he did not know if it would halt the looming legal action which alleges infringement of copyright in relation to the 1992 Christmas message . |
| 59 | Despite being outnumbered , unaware of the enemy 's dispositions and ignorant of the terrain , Hamilton was ordered to make the first British landings on 25 April at the southern tip of the peninsula near Cape Helles , while Anzac troops went ashore about 24km/15mls farther up the Aegean coast near Gaba Tepe . |
| 60 | Fleury , unaware of the Collector 's plans for a graduated retreat because he was not supposed to be in the Residency anyway , had dashed upstairs carrying the fifteen-barrelled pistol with which he was hoping to do battle from the upper storeys . |