Example sentences of "be [verb] of [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning and seeing her , he affirms her deed as an act of faith : ‘ Daughter , your faith has made you well ; go in peace and be healed of your disease . ’ |
| 2 | How long must we go on , how many more jobs are to be lost and how many more families are to be dispossessed of their homes ? |
| 3 | But from the moment that the electorate realised it was to be stripped of its Deutschemark , a symbol of nationhood , Germans began to wonder how much else had been given away . |
| 4 | One of the two remaining ferry boats would be kept as a stand-by vessel and the other would be stripped of its engine and berthed at Canning Dock for possible shopping or leisure purposes . |
| 5 | And his prayer seemed to have been amply answered when the Planetary Guard came for the Valence gang ; though , as is the way with prayers which are answered , there was cause for woe too — for the Valences were to be stripped of their best young fighters . |
| 6 | Indeed , if it could be shown that any content is possible consistent with the general requirements of justice , then ‘ justice ’ or ‘ natural law ’ would be stripped of their critical function whereby that which does not exhibit conformity of content with ‘ justice ’ or with ‘ natural law ’ is disqualified as law or , at least , is in some way a law less compelling upon conscience . |
| 7 | In most cases this was an outright destruction , though the wealthy pagan institutions had first to be stripped of their treasuries and revenues . |
| 8 | The unions , who were the beneficiaries of these monopolies , were accomplices to the most scandalous inefficiencies , and had to be stripped of their power . |
| 9 | The electorates of each country would be stripped of their powers . |
| 10 | On Feb. 16 the Serbian LC further demanded that what it termed " illegal immigrants " from Albania should be repatriated , and that those who had been granted Yugoslavian citizenship should be stripped of their rights if they had acted against the constitutional order . |
| 11 | The jury not only upheld the newspaper 's defence of justification , but added a rider suggesting that the " Moonies " should be stripped of their charitable status . |
| 12 | The reels of copper wire will have to be stripped of their insulating casing . |
| 13 | Britain 's first world heavyweight champion in nearly 100 years he could be stripped of his title almost immediately . |
| 14 | They had ordered Bowe to defend against Lewis or be stripped of his title but Bowe told yesterday 's press conference : ‘ Today will be remembered as an historic day in boxing . |
| 15 | Despite Alcuin 's plea to Aethelheard that he not be stripped of his pallium during his lifetime , it was only as bishop that Hygeberht attended the council of Chelsea in 801 ( CS 302 : S 158 ) and as abbot , that of Clofesho in 803 . |
| 16 | Under the gloomy strip lighting of a police interrogation cell he might be stripped of his self-possession , and confess . |
| 17 | Maeve ordered him to be stripped of his travel-stained jerkin and leggings . |
| 18 | They do not want to be reminded of their own ageing by the evident blooming of youth at such close quarters . |
| 19 | Nor to be reminded of their smouldering resentments against this girl of their of age who was so ‘ lady-like ’ and ‘ nose-in-the-air ’ so that they might feel that she needed to be brought down a peg or two . |
| 20 | It is not a question of disciplines and their boundaries being ‘ natural ’ or ‘ artificial ’ , but rather that ( inevitably perhaps ) our conceptions of knowledge become overly reified in their institutional and professional structures and we need to be reminded of their fluidity within the whole epistemological space . |
| 21 | I was asked to be discreet as the lady in question , a possible grand-daughter living on the island , was of affluent mien and might not like to be reminded of her origins . |
| 22 | She sat at the window , looking out on the gardens , not wanting to be reminded of her ordeal as her two companions searched for any clues that might have been left . |
| 23 | And I suspect also she did not want to be reminded of my father . |
| 24 | In many ways we Christians also need to be reminded of our position before God . |
| 25 | The times were few and far between when she could look at him and not be reminded of his many faults and shortcomings . |
| 26 | Leaning forward to slip the sweet between his lips , he would be reminded of his rider when all my other aids had failed to engage his attention . |
| 27 | The spectator has come for blood , but did not buy his ticket to be reminded of his own mortality . |
| 28 | In a multitude of subtle ways the farm worker may be reminded of his inferiority . |
| 29 | ‘ I do not think that you will find the Prince overjoyed to be reminded of his presence here , ’ said Auguste . |
| 30 | The circumstances surrounding Adele Duncan 's personal tragedy were so similar , how could Niall fail to be reminded of his own marriage break-up ? |