Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A telephone call to establish whether I had been made redundant or , if not , to inform me of the administrative delay , would have been far more appropriate , and possibly cheaper , than a typed letter announcing the uncleared cheque and the administrative charge . |
| 2 | In addition , it is important to know which of the altered plasma factors in the diabetic state are responsible for enhanced platelet function . |
| 3 | I am writing to inform you of the new Government legislation concerning liability cover for medical staff working in the National Health Service . |
| 4 | You marked an appeal to the Court of Session in the above case on and I write to inform you of the necessary steps you should now take . |
| 5 | I would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the high standard achieved by your service engineer , Dick Churcher [ Healthcare Atherstone ] for his attitude and appearance whilst working at our depots . |
| 6 | He will liaise with the medical rehabilitation teams and with the ERCs to know something of the overall picture of the person 's employment problem . |
| 7 | It is vitally important to know something of the individual richness and variety of each religious tradition before becoming subject to the generalisations of those engaged in comparative religion . |
| 8 | In the second case , that where the wife agrees to become surety at the instance of her husband though she does not understand the effect of the document or the nature of the transaction , her failure to do so may be the result of the husband 's actually misleading her , but in any case it could hardly ever occur without some impropriety on his part even if that impropriety consisted only in his neglect to inform her of the exact nature of that to which she is willing blindly , ignorantly or mistakenly to assent . |
| 9 | They decided to write a letter to Angel Clare , to inform him of the dangerous situation his wife was in . |
| 10 | At this point , we need to test our alternative scientific theories to see which of the above is the ‘ correct process ’ . |
| 11 | He was an ungallant swine for deliberately not coming to her aid , but in truth he really wanted to see which of the likely lads , would dash forward . |
| 12 | Legal advice recommended that , as Mrs. X was unable to remember anything of the alleged incident and that , as it may not be possible to prove beyond reasonable doubt that , not only did she not consent , but also that XYZ knew that she was not consenting , the case should be dealt with summarily by the Commanding Officer . ’ |
| 13 | We seek to rid ourselves of the awful thought that we might have some responsibility for what has happened . |
| 14 | It was not long before Tony joined me in an attempt to free himself of the sizzling mushrooms . |
| 15 | In the high grade group , a Cox 's multivariate analysis was performed to identify which of the following variables such as age , extension to adjacent organs or serosal invasion , stage and mode of treatment ( surgery , chemotherapy , or the combination of both ) might be of independent significance in predicting mortality . |
| 16 | Nona looked about her with interest , trying to identify which of the young men in her vicinity could possibly be policemen . |
| 17 | As he pushed the calf 's head towards the udder he spat to rid himself of the polluting sight of birth . |
| 18 | He watched Simon 's trainers padding around to the back door only inches from his face and he wanted to scream , to rid himself of the unbearable tension . |
| 19 | Enver Hoxha 's widow Nexhmije Hoxha , who had headed the Communist-dominated Democratic Front until December 1990 , but who had subsequently been expelled from the party as it sought to rid itself of the hardline old guard , was arrested on Dec. 4 to stand trial for corruption , as was Rita Marko , a politburo member for 34 years until July 1990 . |
| 20 | The Irish Government was resolutely determined to rid itself of the British system which had done so much harm to the economy . |
| 21 | It was a box , shaking itself madly to free itself of the smashed timber around it . |
| 22 | It can take a long time for a woman to rid herself of the automatic assumptions that she has absorbed about home-making , and learn to fashion an approach which suits her and her family . |
| 23 | This , he told her , was Italy 's great chance , far greater than in '48 , to rid herself of the foreign oppressor and unite to form a great power . |
| 24 | By now Kelly needed extensive physiotheraphy several times a day to rid her of the excess mucus that clogged her lungs . |
| 25 | Self-help groups can be very useful and ideally every physician caring for diabetics should have access to a person skilled in helping people to rid themselves of the smoking habit . |
| 26 | The fire had been doused under a great , smoking heap of insects ; the human beings shook themselves like dogs to rid themselves of the sickening creatures , which were showing , for some reason , perhaps because she was wearing a white muslin dress , a particular desire to land on Lucy . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , unlike the reader in your latest issue , I have been unable to rid myself of the conventional black and white screen in favour of the blue and yellow achievable . |
| 28 | This provided the opportunity for the members of the committee to see something of the rural development problems and programmes in Lewis and Harris , and discuss them with some of those working on them . |
| 29 | We might have expected to see something of the great movies , Gold Rush , Modern Times , Limelight … |
| 30 | However , a pilot study has shown that if the available data is collected and sorted by computer , enough survives to enable something of the overall pattern to emerge , especially through comparison with the much more plentiful English data . |