Example sentences of "[adj] [vb -s] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marriage is a loving , caring relationship where each thinks of the other 's good and this is especially important in relation to sex . |
| 2 | Erm , that concludes of course , the correspondence . |
| 3 | This has of course been much fostered by composers and arrangers of jazz , in the idioms of which these instruments have found their most fertile development . |
| 4 | This has of course been a gradual process but has achieved results ( see figure 2 ) . |
| 5 | The only evidence Shorter has of changing sexual attitudes is the rise in illegitimacy itself and this can be in large part explained , as we shall see , as the product of a persistent traditional sexual attitude in the changing economic context of proletarianisation . |
| 6 | This smacks of something akin to censorship , as one impeccably non-racist European festival director sadly pointed out to me . |
| 7 | I really do n't care how great Madness were , this smacks of Batley Variety . |
| 8 | All this smacks of disillusionment , though not exactly of regret . |
| 9 | But surely this smacks of charity ; well-meaning but in many cases misguided . |
| 10 | This smacks of an orchestrated campaign by those who are opposed to his policies and would like to do him dirt . ’ |
| 11 | The order is normally deposited very near to the last day , the reason being that this allows of last-minute alterations . |
| 12 | It was never , as we have seen , the Labour government 's intention that the independence of India should be the prelude to a general nunc dimittis , and this disposes of the plausible notion that once India was gone the pointlessness of holding on to the rest of the dependent empire , supposedly acquired to protect the sea routes to Bombay , was immediately perceived . |
| 13 | The church mentioned above , which is sited on top of a steep hill , was built in 1735 and has beautiful inlaid wooden alters of that era . |
| 14 | This amounts of money charged per hour is information which is currently missing from the spreadsheet . |
| 15 | This sounds of course like rampant centralization . |
| 16 | Two people can hear the same news report , yet one ‘ hears ’ that the world is full of conflict and hatred , and another hears of the many global efforts towards love , peace and harmony . |
| 17 | Hope this peels of without chaffing the sleeve , because I 'm up for the record itself . |
| 18 | The Register proper consists of 12 parts , as follows : Part 1 General financial charges Part 2 Specific financial charges Part 3 Planning charges Part 4 Miscellaneous charges Part 5 Fenland ways maintenance Part 6 Land compensation charges Part 7 New towns charges Part 8 Civil aviation charges Part 9 Opencast coal charges Part 10 Listed buildings charges Part 11 Light obstruction charges Part 12 Drainage scheme charges The form containing additional enquiries is in two parts : Part I contains questions of universal application , and replies are sought and paid for by one comprehensive fee ; Part II entries are relevant only to particular properties and will not be answered unless indicated by the searcher , a separate fee being paid for each entry searched . |
| 19 | Yet this appears of no practical importance here , for there is no reason to suppose that the applicant has the least objection to the Director asking him questions so long as ( in line with the cautions already administered ) he does not have to answer . |
| 20 | As for England , although the lute was played at the beginning of the century , the only music for it in any source earlier than c. 1540 consists of a few pieces in the British Library manuscript , Royal App. 58 ( see p. 186 ) , two of which bear titles showing that they were settings of songs by Sir Thomas Wyatt ( ‘ Hevyn and erth ’ ) and Henry Howard , Earl of Surrey ( ‘ In winter 's just return ’ ) . |
| 21 | This consists of a fitted and lined coffin , conveyance for the dead person , or delivery of a coffin ( at least ten running miles allowed ) , laying out of the person , which normally includes embalming , use of the chapel of rest , provision of a hearse , and one following car to the nearest local cemetery or crematorium , and necessary conductors and bearers . |
| 22 | This consists of a return to traditional principles of town planning , of conventional streets , markets and shops . |
| 23 | As the name suggests , this consists of two slices and a filling — or , in engineering terminology , two skins and a core . |
| 24 | In western music , he believes this consists of the piece 's sequence of pitches . |
| 25 | This consists of a clear , chemical-resistant tube with a hand-operated plunger inside that draws chemical from their containers . |
| 26 | This consists of analysing the coins into groups or categories of similar coins , since it is always easier to situate a large group in place and time and then bring greater precision to an individual object forming part of that group . |
| 27 | This consists of a fascinating collection of rural bygones , as well as a complete cobbler 's shop and wheelwright 's . |
| 28 | This consists of a married couple living together with their dependent child(ren) . |
| 29 | This consists of a compact portable reader , a wallet of microfiches and the paper version of the index . |
| 30 | This consists of breaking down the task into its constituent parts and compiling a list of the skills and knowledge involved , thus composing a recipe for the successful performance of the task . |