Example sentences of "of [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Parliamentary and Local Government Advisory Committee was also set up with a brief to ‘ consider and recommend to the General Committee what , in their opinion , is necessary for the purpose of effectively carrying into effect the resolution passed at the Swansea Congress ’ . |
| 2 | The greatest improvement of all has of course been the removal of the old climate of repression and fear . |
| 3 | Then again , if it is not love that puts a bit of sparkle in your life , it will be some other form of much sought after success or happiness . |
| 4 | Groups are said to work because the group members can now react to each other instead of just reacting to management . |
| 5 | This would be a great help , instead of just relying at present on judging conformation in the hope of reducing strain on tendons . |
| 6 | They had threatened to blow up the plane unless their demands for the release of political prisoners were met , but the deadline of 6pm passed without incident . |
| 7 | ‘ Evening Landlord , Master Gates , ’ he spoke in a loud voice and exercised his usual habit of momentarily standing on tip toes as he addressed them . |
| 8 | Seemed to be sort of permanently suspended in mid-air just-so , flat out without ever landing . |
| 9 | As times and contexts change the visionaries of yesterday fade into obscurity or , worse , become the villains of today . |
| 10 | Always assuming the unlikelihood of ever getting on disc a pluperfect realisation of Bartók 's Second Violin Concerto , this new release from the prodigiously-gifted Anne-Sophie Mutter will come close enough for most people . |
| 11 | Well you sort of like say for instance erm we heard of recent burglary . |
| 12 | He then telephoned Ken Berry , to begin the task of urgently calling in money from abroad . |
| 13 | John Hemmings , aged 54 , was found guilty by magistrates at Dartford , Kent , of illegally possessing for sale 22,902 eggs . |
| 14 | They could n't understand the practice of mainly worshipping in silence and without a minister , or without the trappings of church rituals . |
| 15 | Even then she had found it difficult to get up in the morning , had begged and pleaded to be allowed to lie in a little longer , had gone back to sleep more often than not , the forerunner , Cecilia supposed , of her present practice of often lying in bed till noon . |
| 16 | But instead of simply struggling in embarrassment they can turn to their advisers and ask for help : " What do I say now ? " , |
| 17 | A final difficulty associated with attempts to formulate a sentencing tariff arises from the coexistence of other sentencing aims alongside that of simply punishing in proportion to the offender 's ‘ just deserts ’ . |
| 18 | Instead of simply going to bed , she insisted on returning , believing that it was her duty to try and fulfil her obligations . |
| 19 | The cutbacks come against a background of tension within Greenpeace , with some staff arguing that its " direct actions " have of late degenerated into photo-opportunity style publicity stunts , unlikely to cause any direct embarrassment to polluters . |
| 20 | But he found other allies as well , everyone in fact who had been uneasy with the extent to which traditional Catholicism had been of late put into question . |
| 21 | FOR a supposed corpse , America 's junk-bond market has developed an unnerving habit of sporadically twitching into life . |
| 22 | But the days of aimlessly wandering on enemy beaches were over and specific targets could be raided despite their defences : targets the scientists and planners calculated as most likely to influence the war . |
| 23 | Without employing his own servants as agents and deputies Sadler obviously could not have managed his group of offices ; as it was he complained of seldom going to bed before midnight and generally waking by 4. a.m . |
| 24 | Students could be given the opportunity of actively searching for information about some topic in which they are interested . |
| 25 | Can you think of anywhere better for breakfast ? |