Example sentences of "[adj] of the [noun sg] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lady Mary Deverill , now clear of the pack and alongside her husband , reined Capers back into a half-rear , blew her daughter an extravagant kiss , raised her hand in the air , and was gone forever . |
| 2 | Angling his rig onto the verge , Rocky dragged the mangled gates clear of the entrance and off the road surface . |
| 3 | Gazing straight ahead , only half-aware of a world outside the claustrophobic comfort of the car , of Massingham 's hands stroking the wheel , the almost soundless changing of the gears , the pattern of traffic lights , he deliberately let his mind slip free of the present and of all the conjecture about what lay ahead , and remembered , by an exercise of mental recall , as if something important depended on his getting it right , every moment of that last meeting with the dead man . |
| 4 | Eventually Corbett was free of the town and into the stretch of countryside which surrounded the abbey . |
| 5 | I entirely support my hon. and learned Friend 's view that people should be afraid of the law and of being caught , but does he agree that boredom has played an important role in prison riots ? |
| 6 | Its companions emerged and approached the small fire , but stayed warily at a distance , more afraid of the flame than of the humans who had kindled it , Tallis decided . |
| 7 | It was typical of the outfit that before the performance , the Company Manager , Wallas Ward , had come round the dressing rooms with a message from the management . |
| 8 | ‘ I am fully conscious of the fact that in so concluding I may be said not to be applying Reg. v. Morris . |
| 9 | The Party was very conscious of the fact that in spite of its large majority it had fared very badly in the inner urban areas , and it was without question this result which prompted Mrs Thatcher to state immediately after the election that policies for the inner city were to have top priority . |
| 10 | All Ministers in the Department of Social Security are conscious of the fact that in social security very little is for ever . |
| 11 | Erm I , I er much of the compliment that you paid t to me and the department in terms of the efficiency that we 've , which we 're dealing with the correspondence , I , I am conscious of the fact that in something of this nature those er members that you mentioned , some of them are , are here this morning erm are , are not er s receiving er a regular erm series of er erm letters or , or pieces of information from the department and it 's very much an ad hoc situation erm and at the moment as far as is concerned , we are waiting for the the completion of some of the reporting before we erm er submerge them with er a , a , a , a lot of paper , but if there are any particular issues that erm any of those members or indeed any other members erm particularly wants to pursue , er th th the position is as it is on , on any matter , please do get in touch . |
| 12 | It is easier to understand it as an attempt to move away from something already characteristic of the community than as an attempt to move towards some outside idealization ( compare my comments on avoidance of stigma in Chapter 2.6 , above ) . |
| 13 | There were many complaints by cyclists of harassment by the police and , in the midst of a social panic such as this , woe betide anyone who fell foul of the law while in charge of a bike . |
| 14 | A fair and accurate report of an event by a newspaper would also be the less likely to fall foul of the legislation because of the place in which it is published . |
| 15 | This is a speculative proposal , merely , and it may fall foul of the fact that in our image-ridden culture reading is difficult , and literary texts still demand to be read , rigorously and carefully . |
| 16 | Less burning of the skin than in Belladonna and worse ( < ) bending head backwards , worse ( < ) cold applications , better ( > ) uncovering and in the open air , better ( > ) pressure . |
| 17 | He must therefore be independent of the executive and as an officer of the House of Commons is strictly only answerable to the House . |
| 18 | I believe that he should be more independent of the Department and of the Government of the day . |
| 19 | He may be jealous of the baby or of the pregnant state itself . |
| 20 | So I think , from the trade union movement 's point of view , we can feel especially proud of the fact that on Monday we 'll be celebrating the forty fifth anniversary of the Health Service , and all the advantages that that 's brought to members of our communities and members of our , of our families . |
| 21 | He is proud of the fact that in November 1875 , shortly after the bridge was completed , there was a huge flood accompanied by ice , and the water rose 14in above the underside of the girders . |
| 22 | It is hard to under-estimate the influence of the Popular Church in the lives of Salvadorean women who have become involved in the opposition movement , For many it has been the crucial eye-opener , the starting-point for what many describe as the transformation of their lives and their commitment to revolutionary change , Particularly among the poor , in the shanty towns and in campesino communities , women have become actively critical of the government because of the influence of their church leaders , Many have been encouraged to join self-help organizations or trade unions through their church and from there have developed wider political commitments . |
| 23 | Whilst at the time , it it seemed an eternity , it was literally seconds , er very , very quickly because we were aware of the noise that at that time in the morning seemed to be er echoing everywhere . |
| 24 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I am well aware of the fact that for some years now you have cut yourself off from your past and not deigned to reply to the letters of your friends , or even to return their calls , taking refuge in your answering machine and pretending not to be in when they rang at the bell . |
| 25 | but I 'm trying to make you aware of the fact that at some stage we should be looking long and hard at closing , right we 'd ask the questions , you 're quite good at asking questions , some sale field do n't ask question , do n't ask questions , right see you want to have a |
| 26 | Everybody will be aware of the fact that in the course of the last two budgetary years we have made savings in excess of what we had anticipated . |
| 27 | I only became aware of the truth when in July Grace wrote from the front to let me know that Charlie was being sent home following the second battle of the Marne . |
| 28 | For a time we small cadets guarded railway bridges , with empty carbines , but were more frightened of the dark than of possible German invaders . |
| 29 | Out-of-school visits are expensive and can be disruptive of the curriculum and of school routines . |