Example sentences of "of [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 erm er it might be sort of rather like archaeology you know er
2 You might also prefer to work to a looser tension for this type of all over cable pattern .
3 The hair at his groin was blue-black , and there the serpent lay , which she knew of only from literature , a rape , and the daft little things of little boys in childhood .
4 This transhumance to distant resources is often thought of only in connection with more primitive and foreign communities , but it was certainly common in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times and must have been in earlier periods as well ( Figs. 11 , 59 and 93 ) .
5 Best of Opposite Sex Following the selection of Best of Breed and Best of Winners , all the winners of the opposite sex to Best of Breed remain in the ring .
6 Just in brackets , sort of just in pencil or Euro or something .
7 Erm I 'm not sure what time yet but erm it 's more likely to be sort of just before lunch or just sort of or maybe just after lunch or round four o'clock I try to keep the younger ones earlier so they 're not you know it 's not
8 Another strand of our present voluntary sector are the self-help groups which of course are also going to be extremely individual , and one third point , Madam Chairman , the development of not for profit companies and things like that could also have a very individual strand to them as well since they sound a little bit like our existing small business sector under a community name .
9 Our peers included our recent colleagues of yesterday in uniform and in the CID , but also took in the professor of psychiatry , the Home Office Drugs Branch official , the NHS executive , the sociologist , and the media hack .
10 I have evidence that you wash in excess of once per week . ’
11 Amy 's is still at school , so that 's four I can think of still at school .
12 He 'd knock you about and swear at you and everything , but , you know , he makes you feel sort of more at home . ’
13 Woollen pile rugs of this type may be woven in grades of up to 360-line , usually with a ¼″ pile ( ½ cm ) ; pure silk pieces start at 120-line and may be much finer , depending on the requirements of the design .
14 The programme , which is edited by Peter Williams , formerly editor of Accountancy Age , will provide a combination of up to date news , interviews , technical updates and training .
15 Lack of up to date knowledge leading to a potential crisis of confidence .
16 The Climbers Club guidebook setup has been undergoing changes that should result in a much smoother flow of up to date guides without the huge time-lags that have recently featured between one volume selling out and the next one being published .
17 A real songwriter studio , featuring a large array of up to date equipment .
18 and the thing what we found out there was sort of up to date English usage .
19 Replication Server takes a revolutionary approach to distributed database for those organizations who do n't need absolute data synchronization but the nee need the advantages of up to date data at ll of its points of most frequent use .
20 The provision of up to date trading information is an area which requires careful thought .
21 a wide variety of travel texts and periodicals to supplement sets of specialist textbooks are provided along with an adequate supply of up to date technical directories , guides and brochures to support practical exercises and assignments .
22 The skill and determination of Second Coxswain/Mechanic John O'Donnell , of Arranmore 's Tyne class lifeboat William Luckin , during a difficult eight-hour service in winds of up to Force 9 has been recognised in a framed letter of Thanks from the Chairman of the Institution .
23 When , for example , God is thought of as like light , the metaphor is meant to bring into play all kinds of overtones and ideas which can help the user to a greater understanding of the word God : light shares some characteristics which can be applied to God — but ones which can not be neatly packaged up in literal words .
24 I The committee decided to pass on this information to the editor of Out On Strike , the strikers " newsletter , to use at his discretion .
25 The authors of Out of Sight are uncomfortably aware that their impressionistic survey of the experiences of disabled people born between 1900 and 1950 may carry the implication that things are better now .
26 Lord Anson , bombarded as he was from all directions by demands for favours , was hard to move towards action , and Lieutenant Home no doubt felt it would be a case of out of sight out of mind .
27 ‘ God speed , ’ he cried , and ran a few steps alongside the departing train to show it was n't just a question of out of sight out of mind .
28 She 's been counting the days to the end of the course in the hope that it 'll be a case of out of sight , out of mind .
29 ‘ So it 's a case of out of sight , out of mind ? ’
30 The more unkind observers have already wondered whether it looks rather two-faced or even like a pair of out of shape knickers .
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