Example sentences of "of [indef pn] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could think of nothing less suited to him , and the job went instead to his colleague at the Home Office , David Mellor , who subsequently pipped him to the Cabinet . |
| 2 | He did not acknowledge Conroy , but hurried on down with that glazed look of someone already encased in their next entrance . |
| 3 | What theme might we expect to find in the background of someone highly motivated by money over long periods ? |
| 4 | The advantage of the public law model is that it facilitates the achievement of the statutory purposes and the development of one clearly understood set of general rules and principles . |
| 5 | A , who has an interest in property held by B upon trust for him , may hold that interest upon trust for D , or transfer it to C upon trust for D. ) If , however , an attempt is made to create a trust by transfer to a trustee , but the transfer itself fails from a defect in form — where land , for instance , is transferred by unsealed writing , or the transfer of shares in a company has not obtained some necessary consent of the Treasury — the trust also will fall , unless the transaction is one made for value , a term which includes settlements or agreements for settlement in consideration of a contemplated marriage , but not of one already celebrated . |
| 6 | But the loss of one simply paved the way for the loss of the other . |
| 7 | At the lowest levels this does not matter : syllables can be identified from the text , and syllables group into clitic phrases , consisting of one lexically stressed syllable and any unstressed syllables which are immediately associated with it , either by being in the same word or by being proclitic or enclitic to it . |
| 8 | Photographs of a mother and her three daughters , aged 10 , seven and three , have been etched in the marble of one almost finished grave . |
| 9 | ‘ One has the impression of one truly dedicated to his calling , ’ observed Edward . |
| 10 | Fear of everything ahead burned into him like acid . |
| 11 | Laurie Bruce , who was delighted , says he thinks they must have had something of everything ever recorded , from slimming exercises to the finest classical music , and jazz , and some very interesting ‘ 78 's too . |
| 12 | Conflict over designation is symptomatic of something already referred to in this chapter — the transformation of the city from a locale of production to one of consumption-reproduction . |
| 13 | The sceptics did not deny that by means of what was traditionally called an ‘ empirical ’ sign we might be led to indirect knowledge of something temporarily hidden : smoke from over the building is a sign that there is a fire behind . |
| 14 | Now , Kirov had moved into a secondary stage , manipulating every conversation so that apparently casual words left just the subtlest hint of something else unsaid , yet implicitly suggested . |
| 15 | The overall effect is of something precisely imagined yet vaguely , almost mythically , placed in time and geography — an effect which gives this novel a resonance that remains vividly in the mind . |
| 16 | What they did deny were ‘ indicative ’ signs , by which we could be led to indirect knowledge of something naturally hidden , such as pores in the skin . |
| 17 | This is the sort of CD that the ‘ ordinary ’ music-lover is likely to pass over in favour of something better known , on the assumption that ‘ German Harpsichord Music before Bach ’ would be of interest to the specialist only . |
| 18 | There was a glint of something half buried in the mud , and Redpath extracted a cartridge , unfired , with bullet and cartridge case complete . |
| 19 | take over and conduct in your name , or in the name of anyone else insured by this policy , the defence or settlement of any claim |
| 20 | take proceedings at its own expense and for its own benefit , but in your name , or in the name of anyone else insured by this policy , to recover any payment it has made under this policy |
| 21 | take over and conduct in your name , or in the name of anyone else insured by this policy , the defence or settlement of any claim |
| 22 | take proceedings at its own expense and for its own benefit , but in your name , or in the name of anyone else insured by this policy , to recover any payment it has made under this policy |
| 23 | We will take this action in your name or in the name of anyone else insured by this policy . |
| 24 | We will take this action in your name or in the name of anyone else insured by this policy . |
| 25 | We will take this action in your name or in the name of anyone else insured by this policy . |
| 26 | We will take this action in your name or in the name of anyone else insured by this policy . |
| 27 | If you are interested , or know of anyone suitably qualified who might be , apply to the office on 0621 868113 for details . |
| 28 | To satisfy Moore 's requirements an activity has somehow on the one hand really to somehow matter , and on the other hand not to do so on account of anything ordinarily thought of as of practical use . |
| 29 | In all of it , there was a marked absence of anything actually written by Billy . |