Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mine has been buried beneath your determination to remain free of the female species . ’ |
| 2 | For a short while , the threat drove some Sussex labourers to pull free of the restrictive local consciousness and join the mainstream of English social protest in the 1830s . |
| 3 | United still need the points to pull clear of the dropping zone . |
| 4 | It was far easier than might now be supposed to remain ignorant of the deplorable housing in English cities , even where it affected the great majority , as in the London of Little Dorrit , with its 10,000 responsible houses and 50,000 lairs , ‘ where people lived so unwholesomely , that fair water put into their crowded rooms on Saturday night , would be corrupt on Sunday morning ’ . |
| 5 | The child of a nonconformist father learnt to drink deep of the Catholic tradition . |
| 6 | Understanding how the face of urban Britain emerged in the nineteenth century may pin-point how to tackle certain of the present problems , and , conceivably , identify the factors which set the die for urban life in the next century . |
| 7 | The receiver 's job is to safeguard the creditor 's security , and to sell sufficient of the charged assets to pay off the secured debt . |
| 8 | CHRIS Waddle backs Manchester United for the championship — and Arsenal to fall foul of the new back pass laws . |
| 9 | This does not necessarily mean that working-class boys commit more delinquencies , but that they are more likely to fall foul of the legal system . |
| 10 | The other club to fall foul of the disciplinary committee yesterday was St Helens , who travel to Wakefield tomorrow without Roy Haggerty and Stuart Evans , both banned for four matches . |
| 11 | In considering the right to live issue , there is a tendency to fight shy of the emotive word of murder . |
| 12 | Each of these constitutes a traditional area of policy concern , but with the exception of the New and Expanded Towns programme and half-hearted attempts at assisting labour mobility , successive governments have tended to fight shy of the direct management of migration and population distribution , preferring to use indirect measures affecting the location of jobs and housing . |
| 13 | Always remember to keep clear of the soft calcite shell with these tools . |
| 14 | The fact that his poetic energy here and thre threatens to burst free of the mstic sticgridloc only enhances the point . |
| 15 | To qualify , individuals will have to attend at least one refresher course each year to keep abreast of the latest developments in the industry . |
| 16 | As he rounded the leeward mark for the first time , Pat Marshall in 9th place found himself being covered by Simon Allen and so went off on the opposite tack to get clear of the dirty wind , followed by Chris Eyre . |
| 17 | To avoid their notice , and give them time to get clear of the folded valley before he ventured it , he turned on a contour course towards Ruthyn , and kept in the fringes of the forest , watching the glint of steel come and go on the track lower down the slope , drawing steadily nearer to him , but some half-mile below . |
| 18 | Julie meanwhile was filling a saucepan with water , trying to stay clear of the flaring curtains . |
| 19 | Faced with the threat it posed we somehow managed to break free of the old categories . |
| 20 | However , in Forster 's world , almost a hundred years after that of Jane Austen , women are trying to break free of the conventional mould . |
| 21 | He had been accosted only recently by an irate Aggie Temple when he drove his cart into Page Street , and now he had to steer clear of the little turning until he could fulfil his promise to get the woman a genuine tomcat mouser which had been doctored . |
| 22 | [ … ] What we have chosen to do here is to use a report on the general character of the current debate to clarify certain of the key issues that have to be resolved in the design of a socialist economy . |
| 23 | In this fashion did Lorne hope to make light of the forty-year age difference between himself and his co-star . |
| 24 | Last year he scored 259 to make sure of the 1991 County championship , and plodded off unemotionally : though he did concede to emotion on the balcony when the victory was eventually sealed . |
| 25 | Ipswich 's thoughts are currently concentrating on beating Wimbledon to make sure of the National League title and qualify for next season 's European clubs championship . |
| 26 | Fortunately we were more successful in supporting efforts to prevent burning of the dirty , bitumen-based fuel ‘ Orimulsion ’ at Pembroke power station . |
| 27 | The idea is to become aware of the two extremes of tension and release , for until we do a thing consciously , we are not fully aware of it . |
| 28 | It is necessary for the researcher to become familiar with a whole neighbourhood , to become aware of the different types of community that formed such a ‘ country ’ and to search the parish registers of neighbouring settlements in ever increasing circles . |
| 29 | After all , what better way is there to get to know the countryside and to become aware of the natural world than to go walking in the countryside ? |