Example sentences of "[to-vb] nothing of the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This is to say nothing of the varied forms and objects of laughter that there may be : spontaneous hilarity ; dark chuckles over black humour ; knowing , ironic laughter ; the nervous giggles of imperfect comprehension .
2 A gain of only 39 seats is a sign that , even in favourable circumstances , the Labour Party can not persuade large parts of the electorate that the interests of the homeless , the frail , the old , the sick and the unemployed ( to say nothing of the healthy , the employed and the prosperous ) would be safer in its hands .
3 We were keenly aware that the local and national authorities , to say nothing of the international archaeological community , would have been horrified by such a spectacle .
4 There are stars galore in the operatic firmament , with , alongside to say nothing of the many famous names featured in the historical anthologies .
5 Studies by Atkinson and Kincaid in Britain , Harrington in the USA , and official government studies in both countries , reveal a persistent and significant section of the population living in poverty-stricken circumstances at any one time , to say nothing of the many others , who , at certain crucial periods of their life ( e.g. the old , families with young children ) , may temporarily lapse into poverty .
6 As for the Seventh and Eighth Books ( 1619 and 1638 ) , to say nothing of the Ninth , compiled eight years after the composer 's death , they contain quasi-operatic ballets and experiments ( 11 ballo dell' Ingrate , Tirsi e Clori , Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda ) , declamatory or melodic solos or duets over repeated or varied basses , with or without string ritornelli , elaborate vocal and instrumental concerti , and the simplest solo canzonette .
7 To put it mildly , the phrase we seek would be a long time coming , to say nothing of the complete works of Shakespeare .
8 That has brought the Gwili Railway alone six members to date , to say nothing of the other railway societies I have joined .
9 Morley , Weelkes , and Wilbye were the outstanding figures of the English madrigal school , but some fine things were also written by Bateson , Benet , Michael East , Kirbye , Francis Pilkington , Ward , and others — to say nothing of the Catholic exile , Peter Philips , who set Italian verse .
10 Much civility , much comfort ( comfort in France ! ) made every arrangement pleasurable ; and all this without more vociferation or commotion than prevails at Paddington ; to say nothing of the second-class carriage being nearly equal to our first .
11 Four minutes to stand before 7,000 of her peers , to say nothing of the thousands of invalids , shift-workers and bored housewives who might well be tuned in to BBC2 .
12 That might be the motto of the Scottish Health Education Group who not only advertise on television but sponsor a radio soap opera , to say nothing of the Scottish football team .
13 The proposals that emerged were different for London , the rest of England , Wales and Scotland : to say nothing of the difficult position which developed in Northern Ireland .
14 The unusual , to say nothing of the bizarre , seems always to lurk close by the main door of Maine Road .
15 The unusual , to say nothing of the bizarre , seems always to lurk close by the main door of Maine Road .
16 To say nothing of the cut-price Caribbean cruise , the satellite-TV dish and the fully computerised Cosworth car at a cool £25,000 from the newly opened Ford dealers .
17 It has been particularly effective in providing a secure home base for families that have been physically scattered by emigration and it seems quite possible that small-scale farming of this kind may enjoy a new vogue , with the greater appreciation of self-provisioning , especially for fuel , to say nothing of the scenic beauty of the places where it is carried on .
18 A yet greater Netherlander , Lassus — much more versatile than de Monte in his church music alone , to say nothing of the secular field , and a much stronger and more complex creative personality — served the dukes of Bavaria from 1556 till his death in 1594 .
19 Whereas Palestrina is almost negligible as a composer of secular music , Lassus was equally at home in the Italian madrigal and the more popular and homophonic villanella ( successor of the frottola ) , the French chanson and German song , to say nothing of the secular Latin motet .
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