Example sentences of "of [adj] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dad , can I cut a piece of that please Dad ? |
| 2 | Failure of this citizenly vigilance can all too easily lead to an erosion of our entitlements . |
| 3 | Much of this citizenly activity will take place at the local level . |
| 4 | Once divested of operational day-today management of schools and colleges . |
| 5 | I fancy one of these spirally type perms . |
| 6 | Of these only hippopotamus teeth , which are denser and harder than ivory and of a gleaming whiteness , featured in any of the ancient civilizations . |
| 7 | The effects of large fortnightly/monthly water changes can prove deadly to angel and butterfly fish by upsetting their stable environment . |
| 8 | ‘ The history of all hitherto society is the history of class struggles . |
| 9 | That means that nine out of ten never mate . |
| 10 | Fortunately the other discs are available separately , though some are of considerable more interest than others . |
| 11 | He knows that many of those now present will be eager to go with him on this adventure , but first of all he would like to present them with a challenge . |
| 12 | Occasionally , if you are lucky , your account executive may take you to one of those much-talked-about business lunches , or at least buy you a drink . |
| 13 | The work did not appear to be just one of those relatively soul destroying , ‘ anything to keep them occupied ’ jobs that many prison inmates are forced to undertake . |
| 14 | During the upheaval of 1905–7 overall membership leaped upwards , the Social Democrats claiming as many as 150,000 members . |
| 15 | I awoke at the sounding of five o'clock reveille , shivering in the bitter cold . |
| 16 | On the other hand , Maryon Lane , one of two further South African girls ( the other being Patricia Miller ) who joined in August 1947 , thinks the chief cause of ill-will had been the obnoxious behaviour of one person , and says she herself never suffered from resentment but was accepted by the company where everyone seemed like family . |
| 17 | Bit of both really Chairman . |