Example sentences of "to be [verb] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are two different versions to be discerned of the intensional pattern behind the surface structure adjective + noun , depending on what exactly the adjectival property qualifies . |
| 2 | Farrell did as he was told and retched violently , falling away from Dashwood , feeling his stomach churn , eager to be rid of the disgusting matter inside it . |
| 3 | We all must work together to find Transport alternatives to be rid of the present traffic-hells of Oxford and other cities , and this is urgent . |
| 4 | In the sixteenth century , Roman Catholicism was ripe for reform , but Luther 's success depended less on religious conviction than on the determination of the north German princes to be rid of the political influence of Rome . |
| 5 | For Mr Clinton , longing to be rid of the Bosnian distraction , this approach is tempting : take the lead , do something , keep niftily out of the swamp . |
| 6 | ‘ You intend to be rid of the main part of it ? ’ |
| 7 | I had to be rid of the English boy . |
| 8 | While supporting the general thrust of the strategy and its emphasis on the importance of transport to the regeneration of the regions , the CIT 's response also comments on the absence to date of an effective structure that could apply any available EC funding and carry a regional strategy forward , as well as on the need both for considerable investment in public transport and for the best use to be made of the existing transport infrastructure in serving proposed strategic development sites . |
| 9 | The magnetic field generated in the Moon by the action of the solar wind enables the electrical currents flowing in the Moon to be deduced , and this enables rough estimates to be made of the internal temperatures , the higher the temperatures the greater the currents for a given solar wind field . |
| 10 | Before the new holes were commissioned the best had to be made of the shortened course , such as the 2nd also playing as the 17th . |
| 11 | This allowed an evaluation to be made of the possible effect pre-entry study on performance . |
| 12 | Further promoter deletions have not been analysed for the murine NF-L gene to permit a functional comparison to be made of the minimal regulatory sequences that are needed for neuronal-specific expression in human and mouse genes . |
| 13 | In fastening the strips together to construct any model , choice has to be made of the correct size of nut and bolt involving both sorting , matching and then screwing . |
| 14 | Keeping your head above water is half the secret in sport and young Karen Rake seems to be made of the right stuff . |
| 15 | It enables accurate determinations to be made of the elastic constants of anisotropic materials and in principle all the elastic constants can be found . |
| 16 | The ability to break down the analysis by location and function enabled assessments to be made of the likely organisational consequences of a given set of boundaries as well as the effect on the overall and grade specific grading changes . |
| 17 | Is the more optimistic forecast to be made of the dutiful immature girl who has some mildly appreciative responses , knows her books and has paid careful attention to what she has been told to think , but who has few independent ideas and writes with neither firmness nor joy ; or of the mature and independent boy , who may not have studied his notes or perhaps his texts so thoroughly , but who has a sense of relevance , whose judgements are valid , who writes with assurance and betrays in his style … that he has made a genuine engagement with the literature he has encountered ? |
| 18 | It should permit an appraisal to be made of the relative impact of aggregate demand and the supply side on output and employment in the British economy . |
| 19 | Here landscape regions were identified which permitted an investigation to be made of the social and economic effects of land ) use patterns , and which allowed the territorial organisation of the period to be set within its geographical framework . |
| 20 | He was angry because of the circumstances ; I was angry because I thought we were going to be robbed of the Open . |
| 21 | I 've nothing against these two teams , but to be deprived of the euphoric English faces after only a few minutes of joy and achievement was an insult . |
| 22 | He frowned at this suspected future injustice , but the next moment he remembered the siege and the fact that there was every chance that he would not live to suffer the humiliations of old age , and his thoughts promptly took a different line : " After so many hardships , how sad to be deprived of the tranquil evening of one 's life ! " |
| 23 | This relates to a more basic question concerning the sorts of explanations that are to be given of the cross-national variations that are discovered . |
| 24 | On this point , however , he did not follow her , for he clearly took her to be complaining of the endemic tediousness of all lectures , rather than of the inadequacy of this particular lot : he equally clearly did not wholly concede the point , for he said , faintly , falsely , without enthusiasm , " Oh yes , I suppose they were . |
| 25 | Partly because if we explicate the concept of requesting , it will be found to be constituted of the very speaker beliefs and wishes listed in part in ( a ) - ( g ) ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 26 | To all whom this epistle shall come , Greetings — Whereas we have been credibly informed by our well-beloved subject the right honourable Lord Clovelly , of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk , and on behalf of our well-beloved subject Christopher Everard , Gentleman , that the said Christopher Everard hath lately discovered several Islands in the Hesperidean seas towards the continent of America , the one called Saint Thomas 's , alias Everhope ( though this be error ) , or in the native tongue Liamuiga , and another , as the savages of those parts name it , Oualie ; that we are further informed that these said Islands are possessed and inhabited only by the aforementioned savages and heathen people , and are not , nor at the time of the discovery were , in the possession or under the government of any Christian Prince , state or potentate , and thereupon the said Christopher Everard , being set forth and supplied on our shores for that purpose , made entry into the said Islands for and on behalf of our dear Father in heaven , and hath since with the consent and good liking of the natives made some beginning of a plantation and colony and likewise of an hopeful trade there , and hath caused divers of our subjects of this realm to remove themselves to the said Islands with purpose to proceed in so hopeful a work : KNOW THEREFORE that the said Lord Clovelly and Christopher Everard may be encouraged and the better enabled with the more ample maintenance and authority to effect the same , We do command the said Christopher Everard to be possessed of the said Islands and all our other loving subjects under him : And of our especial great and certain knowledge have given and granted unto the said Christopher Everard during our pleasure custody of the aforesaid Islands and of every creature , man , woman and child upon them together with full power and authority for us and in our name and as our Lieutenant to govern rule and order all . |
| 27 | We even arrived at the ground nice and early to be assured of the prestigious place leaning against the fence at the front . |
| 28 | To be reminded of the distant object of her affections . |
| 29 | Hunched over or not , it was impossible not to be reminded of the sheer impact of his physical presence — the very same that had once reduced two drunken gentlemen to sobriety in the back of a car . |
| 30 | On the dawn of another new season ( England A play county champions Essex in a four-day match beginning at Lord 's on Monday , both sides apparently being restricted to eleven players ) it was uplifting yesterday to be reminded of the Grand Match . |