Example sentences of "be [verb] of [pos pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hence in the present case Mr. Dennis had not been divested of his interest under the joint tenancy when his wife died . |
| 2 | In such a situation the true owner may have been divested of his claim against the wrongdoer under section 8(2) ( d ) but if not , he might still be entitled to sue by virtue of his title . |
| 3 | Proletarianisation has occurred in Latin America because the peasantry have been dispossessed of their land or because their land has become insufficient to support a family . |
| 4 | In the western United States travellers encountered the native Americans , the Indians who had so often been dispossessed of their lands and livelihoods by the railway companies . |
| 5 | In four of the illustrations the defendant appears naked after he has been mugged of his clothes . |
| 6 | It seems to me that this explosion of energy has been drained of its radical potential , diverted into areas of service provision which should be the State 's concern . |
| 7 | NORTH Buckinghamshire , easy winners of the English Counties League 's Division Six , have been stripped of their title as punishment for not paying their All England Netball Association affiliation fees on time . |
| 8 | Many streams have been stripped of their ancient boundary trees , and the knock-on effect of the drainage schemes has been to encourage farmers to turn their farms into prairies . |
| 9 | From their boat , they saw that everything on the island was entirely covered with fine white dust , like snow , and that the trees on the northern part of Krakatoa and Verlaten Island had been stripped of their leaves and branches by the rain of falling pumice , while those growing on Lang Island and Polish Hat seemed to have got away without much damage . |
| 10 | Third World communities who remain free of our degenerative diseases have been found to live on diets which contain a much higher percentage of carbohydrate than ours — carbohydrate obtained from cereals which have not been stripped of their dietary fibre , fibre-rich vegetables ( potatoes and other root vegetables ) , legumes and fruits . |
| 11 | On the contrary , the Skein of Geese was exactly as Heather had photographed it , save only that the trees behind it had been stripped of their leaves and the croquet hoops put away for the winter . |
| 12 | But by now the police had found out about Lady Margaret Illingworth , a rich aunt who 'd been stripped of her fortune after she 'd gone senile . |
| 13 | By the late 1960s , it had been stripped of its machinery and converted for other purposes . |
| 14 | Remember to keep rhubarb that has not been stripped of its poisonous leaves well away from similar-looking cabbage or spinach ; remove green parts and sprouting eyes from your potatoes . |
| 15 | If the temple had been stripped of its wealth and its income from land , then the priestly college would have been unable to maintain such a large establishment , since the rising level of the water-table would have necessitated major engineering works . |
| 16 | If , for instance , the national government has been stripped of its ultimate authority , no amount of elections , speeches or appearances on television of politicians will prevent the process from being a twisted perversion of democracy . |
| 17 | AT US insistence the existing agreement , which had come into force in 1987 , had already been stripped of its provisions to intervene in the market . |
| 18 | The interior shows the basic form much as it was built , though it has been stripped of its decoration . |
| 19 | THE Army Major whose wife ran over and killed his lover has finally been stripped of his rank . |
| 20 | The fact that Oslear has been stripped of his position as the umpires ' boss at their annual meeting , means that Palmer , Hampshire and the England team now fear Allan Lamb 's sensational Daily Mirror revelations may never be backed by cricket 's dithering chiefs at the Test and County Cricket Board . |
| 21 | Before the next race , the Canadian Grand Prix , it was announced that Hunt had been stripped of his points from the British Grand Prix , Hunt , and the McLaren team , were incensed by the decision and went out and won the Canadian and US Grands Prix ( East ) in successive weeks . |
| 22 | Their leader , Thorez , had deserted from the army and been stripped of his citizenship in 1939 . |
| 23 | The officer in command of Jotan 's escort , whose knowledge of the city was apparently imperfect and who had misunderstood the directions he had been given , had been stripped of his rank , flogged , and turned off . |
| 24 | Four days later it was announced that Tsedenbal had been stripped of his membership of the Mongolian Revolutionary Youth League . |
| 25 | He had never been stripped of his Bulgarian citizenship , and it was officially reported on June 12 that he had been granted a Bulgarian passport . |
| 26 | Koffigoh was reportedly taken by his captors to meet President Gnassingbe Eyadema ; Eyadema , who had been stripped of his executive powers by the national conference , condemned the attack , although he had repeatedly supported the military 's demands for a change of government . |
| 27 | Khalid al-Hassan , a member of the central committee of Al-Fatah ( the largest group within the Palestine Liberation Organization-PLO ) and chairman of the Palestine National Council 's foreign affairs committee , was reported on Dec. 19 to have been stripped of his Kuwaiti citizenship . |
| 28 | A report from a Tajikta correspondent on March 8 said that he had been stripped of his deputy 's immunity by a two-thirds vote in the Supreme Soviet and arrested in the parliament building . |
| 29 | It was announced through local media sources on Sept. 24 that Carlos Aldana , 50 , generally recognized as the country 's third most important leader , had been stripped of his overall responsibility for ideology , foreign policy and culture . |
| 30 | Paddy Monaghan and Ali have been pals since 1963 … when Paddy , furious that Ali had been stripped of his title for refusing to fight in Vietnam , gathered 22 thousand signatures . |