Example sentences of "of [adj] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Memories of that now vanished organisation are sad to recall , for as the international situation grew graver , and the shadow of war began to fall on all of us , enthusiasm waned . |
| 2 | Once a newly proposed bold theory has succeeded in ousting its rival , then it in turn becomes a new target at which stringent tests should be directed , tests devised with the aid of further boldly conjectured theories . |
| 3 | This is dumb stodge , an unsightly glob of yellowing lard studded with fag ends and bluebottle eggs , festering in the corner of some little frequented Midlands transport café . |
| 4 | As a matter of good practice , not least because such matters will often touch on the ability of a partner to devote his full time and attention to the firm , full disclosure should always be made of such privately remunerated activities , whether or not the profits therefrom are strictly due to be brought into account . |
| 5 | Sun 's acquisition of Interactive reportedly delayed Snoopy , originally set to bow at Uniforum in January . |
| 6 | The most interesting of these eventually elicited Ruskin 's only comment on the controversy . |
| 7 | ‘ What does it mean ? ’ one of these exquisitely saried ladies asked with a slight transatlantic drawl , ‘ surely in this day and age we all work . |
| 8 | If Ferguson is really searching for someone to put the finishing touch to his team 's chances and not his own , he would be better offering the job to one of these often maligned stabbers-in of trifles . |
| 9 | Indeed , the Act of Dispensations of 1534 specifically affirmed Henry 's commitment to Catholic doctrine , stating that the king did not intend to ‘ vary from the congregation of Christ 's Church in any things concerning the very articles of the Catholic faith of Christendom ’ . |
| 10 | When Dougal realized this , the strangest reflex of all briefly took control of him : his eyes filled with tears . |
| 11 | An alternative to having a separate entry for every word-form is that only base forms are listed in the lexicon , together with a set of lexical rules for deriving all regularly inflected forms of the base item , and a listing of all irregularly inflected forms . |
| 12 | Perhaps the greatest fairytale of all never took place . |
| 13 | The film is one of those beautifully crafted gems — featuring wonderful Suffolk landscapes , pale lighting and controlled acting from Saskia Reeves as Isobel , the wife , and David O'Hara as Steer . |
| 14 | The building had one of those brightly timbered exteriors which assert more age than they probably possess . |
| 15 | Although the Highways Act of 1835 steadily drove pedestrianism off the roads , it did not drive it out of existence . |
| 16 | In the summer of 1306 there took place at Montreuil the first of a series of meetings ( ‘ processes ’ ) between French and English representatives to try to work out the legal position of the lands held by the English in Aquitaine . |
| 17 | By 1747 , however , the first Duke of Montrose was dead and his successor was much less actively involved in politics , while the Jacobite rising of 1745–6 effectively removed Stirling of Craigbarnet from the field . |
| 18 | Few Pauline contemporaries noticed the change in Thomas from an animal carefreeness into the youth who ‘ had quite a number of temptations to print , and at the age of fifteen easily gave way ’ . |
| 19 | The status of any newly referenced SPRs will be updated automatically by LIFESPAN to reflect the new relationship . |
| 20 | The managers of any newly referenced modules and any packages containing them are notified of the SPR . |
| 21 | The managers of any newly referenced modules and any packages containing them are notified of the SPR . |
| 22 | Its three illustrated volumes of 60 to 100 pages have sold 70 copies each , and a supplement of 200 newly discovered grips is due out at Christmas . |
| 23 | He despised homosexuals , and although there were plenty of other sexually depraved aristocrats around at the time , he was unfortunate enough to have married into a family ( the Montreuils ) who had strong court connections , and it was they who made sure that he was jailed , partly to get him off their backs ( so to Speak ) and partly as an example to others . |
| 24 | SCANDAL : Fergie 's relationship with Texan millionaire 's son Steve Wyatt towards the end of 1989 absolutely horrified Buckingham Palace |
| 25 | The first KONR division , listed by the Germans as ‘ 600th Panzergrenadier Div. ’ , was composed largely of the highly dubious personnel of two recently disbanded SS formations : the 29 , and 30 Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS — respectively the murderous ‘ Kaminsky Brigade ’ , butchers of the Warsaw Uprising ; and ‘ Schuma-Brigade Siegling ’ , consisting of Byelorussian ‘ security battalions ’ . |
| 26 | In the summer months of 1435 there took place at Arras , in north-eastern France , a great congress attended by the representatives of a number of European states and the Church . |