Example sentences of "of the [adj] state of affair " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told the delegates that he was " tired of the impossible state of affairs in which I suffer bitter attacks from the outside … while I am also attacked by colleagues at home who sing the daily chorus of slander and besmirching " . |
| 2 | But , however this may be , the pope proceeded to the practical consequences of the new state of affairs : those who had already received lay investiture , or done homage , or consecrated others who had received lay investiture , were absolved ; for the future , those who received ecclesiastical preferment and did homage to the king could be consecrated , provided that they had not received investiture at the king 's hands ; and this was to continue until the heart of the king was softened by the rain of Anselm 's preaching . |
| 3 | In this way Engels shows , through this complex history of human marriage , the historical basis of the present state of affairs . |
| 4 | The difference between Figures 2 and 3 is probably not important , each being just a different representation of what can only be a pale reflection of the true state of affairs , just as any illustration of the body 's organs is but a poor reflection of its true inner workings . |
| 5 | A certain Lieutenant-Colonel Driant , the Deputy ( parliamentary representative ) for Nancy , who in 1916 was serving in the Verdun sector , took the opportunity , when on leave in Paris , to inform the Army Commission and his brothel deputies of the true state of affairs . |