Example sentences of "[adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And maybe have a word or two with the more bothersome of our lords , ’ Murtach said darkly . |
| 2 | They want to be slim of course , yet after months or years of dieting failure you would think that it was time to stop trying . |
| 3 | You know , if not , you know , if you 're very , very poor in a , in a rural area , you may think , well look , there 's , there 's this chance , no matter how , how slim of me getting a , sort of proper job in the urban area , thus you may well take that chance . |
| 4 | I admit the chances are quite slim of finding the burglars |
| 5 | " This sure is mighty civilized of you , m'sieur , to look after us like this , " he drawled , letting a gracious smile play across his face . |
| 6 | I suppose the most damaging and erroneous of the myths is the belief , and disdain , held in Australia and New Zealand that the Mother Country sent weedy wrecks to fight alongside hefty , bronzed , open-air Gods of Nature , or , even worse , sat about ‘ drinking tea ’ . |
| 7 | By following the functionalist approach pioneered by Durkheim and Radcliffe-Brown , we can appreciate that the most erroneous of assumptions may yet serve as a perfectly sound basis for a coherent and logically satisfying system of beliefs . |
| 8 | It is starkly simple and exactly states its purpose demonstrating that even the most primitive of beliefs and traditional practices are valid materials on which to build not only the style but the dramatic content of a ballet . |
| 9 | It shows Christianity beside the most primitive of humanity and slashes a raw strength into the London lounge . |
| 10 | The most primitive of the armoured mammals are the five species of echidnas , or spiny anteaters , from Australasia . |
| 11 | The most primitive of these first threads is the umbilical cord which binds mother to child . |
| 12 | Polypterus are one of the most primitive of all fish . |
| 13 | The discovery of this conodont-bearing animal suggests that at least some conodonts may be among the most primitive of vertebrates . |
| 14 | Another theory concerning the relationships of the Recent taxa suggests that lampreys are more closely related to gnathostomes than either is to hagfishes , implying that hagfishes are the most primitive of craniate animals ( Fig. 2B , a ) . |
| 15 | Dentine is universal in vertebrates and is thought to be the most primitive of vertebrate hard tissues . |
| 16 | Legal systems may vary enormously in the types of civil claim they will entertain and in the conduct of the proceedings by which claims are adjudicated , but all but the most primitive of legal systems will know the idea of giving notice to the other party of the making of a claim or of the initiation of a significant step in the resulting proceedings . |
| 17 | Larval termites look like those most primitive of insects , the bristletails ; larval horseshoe crabs are visibly segmented and so reveal a similarity with the trilobites difficult to perceive in the adult ; the free-swimming molluscan larva looks very like that of the segmented worms and thus suggests a link between the two groups . |
| 18 | Although Port-au-Prince was under fire from the oldest and most primitive of artillery pieces , which were so ill-preserved as to be as dangerous to their operators as to their targets , the effect was still terrifying to the populace , who were unused to the banshee wail that echoed overhead and preceded bone-crushing explosive impacts . |
| 19 | In Europe and in North America automatic coal hoists were introduced and became yet another stark element in the silhouette of many stations , but where labour was cheap , loading was done by the most primitive of methods , by men running up ramps with baskets on their heads . |
| 20 | Poulantzas goes on to say that it is ignorance of these writers , and the provincialism of the French intellectual arena , ‘ which allows these most hackneyed of ideas to be presented as something new . ’ |
| 21 | Lionfish are the most gregarious of the large aquarium fish and respond well when kept in a small group , again providing an impressive display in a tank devoted to them exclusively |
| 22 | Even adding the eight writs , his reign is the least well-represented of any between those of Æthelstan and Edward the Confessor , and seven of the documents we have are fairly definitely later forgeries , while nearly half the rest are suspect . |
| 23 | The porch was only a tiny little thing but at least it had a roof and the floor was clear of rubbish . |
| 24 | He should insist that the correct wing is held , and direct the car or tractor driver so that they take a safe route which is clear of any hazard from dropping winch cables . |
| 25 | Cables are dangerous , and where there is more than one cable it is important to keep the glider straight and well clear of any other cable . |
| 26 | The other essential is to land well clear of any obstructions , because a wing can so easily go down and cause a bad swing as you slow down after landing . |
| 27 | Once clear of the ground , most gliders are very similar to each other and you should have no problems . |
| 28 | This restraint expected in police hair was clearly illustrated in a large poster exhibited in the Northumbria police training department in the early 1980s , which ordered : ‘ male hair will be clear of the collar … [ and ] sideburns will not extend below the centre of the ear … ’ . |
| 29 | Aim to curl up with your head and shoulders lifting clear of the mat . |
| 30 | Ahead , a low cairn of granite boulders rose clear of the moor . |