Example sentences of "of [Wh det] [noun] [conj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ On the contrary , ’ he smiled thinly , ‘ Petula 's the only one of whose love and fidelity I have no doubts . ’ |
2 | It will come as no surprise to the Minister to hear that we have always taken the view that safety representatives are at their best when backed by a trade union , of whose resources and training they are able to take advantage . |
3 | Even John Stuart Mill who , as one would expect , greatly admired Socrates , describing him in On Liberty , rather extravagantly , as " the head and prototype of all subsequent teachers of virtue " and " the acknowledged master of all the eminent thinkers who have since lived , " was moved to protest at this probably misplaced generosity : " The Athenian Many , of whose irritability and suspicion we hear so much , are rather to be accused of too easy and good-natured a confidence , when we reflect that they had living in the midst of them the very men who , on the first show of an opportunity , were ready to compass the subversion of the democracy . " |
4 | I have chosen to give details only of those of whose standards and courses I have personal knowledge , but I would emphasize that there may also be other places which are also of a very high standard . |
5 | Since the war began , Soviet military commentators , including senior serving officers , have been expressing dismay at seeing Iraq 's army , most of whose tanks and aircraft they supplied , pounded so relentlessly and effectively . |
6 | Also , that the churches at home , of whatever church or denomination we are to be they also can own , not just in the World Council of Churches . |
7 | Defendants are permitted to prove their innocence to the extent of whatever accounts and receipts they may have , but case law has shown that it is impossible to prove that savings from wages are not the fruit of crime , being just money in the bank . |
8 | He held out his ID ; it showed nothing of what unit or corps he belonged to . |
9 | They think , perhaps , more in terms of what knowledge and skills they would hope to find in a secondary school entrant rather than of those one might expect from a child who had successfully completed a primary school course . |
10 | Maxim woke slowly , sweaty and dry-mouthed and with no idea of what day or time it was . |
11 | What we want to do now , can we stand on these ideas and put down on paper some more ideas of what circumstances and situations you could use for children 's role play . |
12 | She considered it very remiss of the Social Work Department not to inform the Social Work Committee of what guidelines or policy it intended to use as a stop gap measure . |