Example sentences of "[vb pp] of a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the advent of the Copernican system , the universe , according to Ray , had acquired a new elegance , more in keeping with what might be expected of a divine architect . |
| 2 | She had n't wept or clung to him , demanded to know what he felt about her , uttered those naive and sweetly foolish declarations of undying love expected of a young girl whose virginity had just been taken . |
| 3 | ‘ Responsibility is accepted in the preparation of this report for the skill and diligence reasonably to be expected of a competent surveyor and valuer but the information it contains is for the confidential information only of the clients for whom it is prepared and of any building society , bank or other lender to whom written application for a mortgage advance has been made or will be made within 28 days after the date of this report . |
| 4 | The city has a wealth of things to do and see ; historic monuments , a harbour , and all the amenities expected of a modern city including extensive sports facilities , art galleries , theatres and museums . |
| 5 | Patients sometimes make demands on a therapist which exceed what can reasonably be expected of a therapeutic relationship and which do not appear likely to help solve their problems . |
| 6 | Maud 's living room was not what might have been expected of a Victorian scholar . |
| 7 | According to s31(10) where the question of whether harm suffered by a child is significant turns on his health or development , this must be compared with the standard of health or development which could reasonably be expected of a similar child ( s31(10) ) . |
| 8 | Richard Duke of York meanwhile was an excellent dancer — as might be expected of a youthful extrovert with several fun-loving sisters . |
| 9 | Thus none of the proposed candidates has the properties expected of a rapid retrograde messenger . |
| 10 | To ensure that his widow and her family were well provided for , Prasutagus left half his wealth to the Emperor , which is also what was expected of a dependent ruler . |
| 11 | Cutting ability of the trimmer is better than would be expected of a cordless machine . |
| 12 | Now I 'm aware that many parents bring their children for baptism from reasons of superstition or custom or anything you like I 'm reminded of a certain tax gatherer who , inspired by sheer idle curiosity , climbed a tree curiosity maybe took him up the tree but it was the grace of God that brought him down . |
| 13 | I was reminded of a similar mechanism at Evan Roberts department store which fascinated me as a boy in Cardiff during the early Fifties . |
| 14 | But I 'm always reminded of a large bomber aircraft coming in to land , moving very much more slowly than you 'd expect for something of its size . |
| 15 | I am reminded of a short verse written in Roman times when even then they a new the nature of doctors . |
| 16 | The moment you are reminded of a past mistake say out loud ‘ That is past . |
| 17 | Wycliffe was reminded of a stained glass window . |
| 18 | Peasants came to her to be reminded of a particular tale the details of which they had mislaid in the mists of childhood ; more sophisticated members of the community , less concerned with the tale than the teller , made the journey to Elling in an effort to keep alive a tradition that had died elsewhere . |
| 19 | We are reminded of a well-known nursery rhyme — ‘ Then there were none ’ . |
| 20 | It grew colder and began to rain , as the iron bells of churches rolled of a French Sunday over the town . |
| 21 | Oval in plan , the entire station is fabricated of a laminar substance more like horn than anything else . |
| 22 | A similar case was reported of a left hemispherectomy performed on a 10 year old girl two years after a malignancy had been removed from the left lateral ventricle . |
| 23 | In Fig 36 an example is given of a holding pattern that has been completed in a time of 4 mins 28 secs . |
| 24 | Immediate notice must be given of a likely claim against Overdrive . |
| 25 | This debate , which essentially arises out of the Piper Alpha disaster , has been given even greater poignancy due to the reports that we have received of a major explosion at Grangemouth . |
| 26 | The handles themselves are most commonly formed of a plain bronze strip , pierced at the end and riveted through the escutcheon or upper binding strip , allowing the handle to swivel . |
| 27 | The other , frightened of a similar propensity , consciously abhors what becomes so tedious , but unconsciously fuels the fury and whine because of the need to keep in touch with the repudiated blaming , whining self . |
| 28 | Our Pharmacist , Miss Alice Gilliatt , sister of the Royal gynaecologist , had heard of a small flat in Fulham . |
| 29 | We 've heard of a small baby who chewed through a gift and swallowed a battery , and of a granny who bought one of those talking baby dolls for her favourite grandaughter , only to find that it had a vocabulary of four-letter words . |
| 30 | Yer arse 'll rip — have ye ever heard of a torn arse ? — if ye even try and struggle . ’ |