Example sentences of "[vb pp] of a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is certainly my hope that this is the last time we have heard of a Denning-type investigation . |
| 32 | i have not heard of a similar setup at least — the only player who is remincent in norway of flo and almost as good in the air has been out injured this season so the setup has not been tried and maybe never will — at least it shows that coach Egil ‘ Drillo ’ Olsen — thinks — which might not be said of Mr Turnip . |
| 33 | Strange , I thought , I have not heard of a prominent baseball authority with that name . |
| 34 | Luckily , I had heard of a suitable den on the River Wye . |
| 35 | Pubic wig , have you ever heard of a pubic weapon |
| 36 | Well I do n't , I have never heard of a local group that makes money out of this selling . |
| 37 | WHO HAS ever heard of a popular tax The American colonists certainly took exception to Britain 's tea levy in 1773 . |
| 38 | She had heard of a German drug called Aslocillin which she thought could help and so she pulled every string to find a supply . |
| 39 | We had heard of a municipal university , and of a university of the East Midlands , and newcomers were welcomed by the Chairman of the College Council who , I think , was also a City or County Councillor . |
| 40 | If you believe what they say , they 've never heard of a little girl going missing ! ’ |
| 41 | He already seems certain to be stripped of a major part of his ministerial duties . |
| 42 | These people were all robbed of a secure future by Robert Maxwell . |
| 43 | At around the same time , the effects were being felt of a new system ( introduced by the government in 1995 ) of individual budgets for each prison — in effect cash limits on what can be spent on staff in each prison — which has also been blamed for giving rise to understaffing . |
| 44 | In On the Night of the Fire ( 1939 , The Fugitive in US ) , Ralph Richardson plays a small-town barber whose desire to be shot of a miserable life , ‘ earning a few quid a week and no hope of making anything more ’ leads him first to an act of casual theft , then murder . |
| 45 | You are already possessed of a substantial household , and have here been visited with a second . |
| 46 | Nor are evolutionary processes progressive or purposive ; the primitive single-celled creatures which were our early forebears were not possessed of a burning imperative , or driven by a mystic higher force , to evolve into sentient humans . |
| 47 | Although by no means the sensitive type , Eleanor was possessed of a certain amount of native wit , and she had a feeling that she might be able to play quite an interesting — little game with her two old adversaries . |
| 48 | Pre-war Russia was possessed of a middle class deeply critical of autocracy . |
| 49 | The House of Lords held that the plaintiff 's relationship with the committee conferred on him private law rights to remuneration in accordance with his statutory terms of service : that a litigant possessed of a private law right could seek to enforce that right by ordinary action notwithstanding that the proceedings would involve a challenge to a public law decision ; and that accordingly the action brought by the plaintiff in the Queen 's Bench Division did not constitute an abuse of process . |
| 50 | I was possessed of a lively curiosity to investigate this kampong of the Other Side — that lively curiosity which has carried me so successfully through life . |
| 51 | Her fingers drifted up to touch his silky hair , and she was suddenly possessed of a fierce desire to deepen his kisses . |
| 52 | We 're not gon na be looking at it this morning , but it 's quite simple if you were to read on down , the reason why is because on the other side there is a man there who is possessed of a whole legion of demons who desperately needs deliverance and Jesus is going over there to bring healing , to bring deliverance to this man . |
| 53 | In particular , it was held that the law will imply a duty of care when a party seeking information from a party possessed of a special skill trusts that party to exercise due care , and that party knew or ought to have known that reliance was being placed on their skill and judgment . |
| 54 | He seemed to be possessed of a driving need to review and revitalise everything , calling for frequent staff meetings , inviting ideas on production methods and working schedules , and when he was n't at his desk or out at a meeting he was cooped up with Mike Freeman in the downstairs office or in one of the other departments . |
| 55 | Devotees of the Hitchcock film will be gratified to hear that Buchan 's book is even more chock-full of incident , cross-country chases , gung-ho and derring-do : a stirring monument to the days when a man of action might still be possessed of a stiff-upper-lipped charm and accomplishment . |
| 56 | But both found themselves possessed of a consuming interest in astronomy , to which in due course they devoted the rest of their lives after disposing of other distractions — in Hubble 's case , his law , and national service in two world wars . |
| 57 | Brackenshaw Park in Daniel Deronda forms a picturesque background for an archery contest : ‘ The castle , which stood on the highest platform of the clustered hills , was built of a rough-hewn limestone , full of lights and shadows made by the dark dust of lichens and the washings of the rain . ’ |
| 58 | Six farms , one shooting lodge , one private house and eight cottages are all built of a white brick which was brought from Derbyshire . |
| 59 | The jet is commonly made of a piezo-electric material and this shapes the droplets by very high frequency vibrations . |
| 60 | It was Mary who , with her husband Joseph — also a striking and impressive example of God 's grace — made of a simple house in Nazareth a home for the King of Kings . |