Example sentences of "part of [art] [noun sg] [Wh adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Louisa had been skidding unsteadily about the ice for the best part of an hour when a carriage came round the rear drive of the Hall and , after a moment 's debate , Edwin Frere sprang down to give a helping hand to his well-muffled wife . |
| 2 | One is led to the conclusion therefore that the husband should convey as beneficial owner ; he is very often conveying the former matrimonial home as part of an agreement whereby the wife releases her rights to further claims for capital , and as such he could be said to be receiving valuable consideration from her and it is established that a vendor selling under compulsion should stand in the same position as a contractual purchaser under an open contract ( see Re King [ 1962 ] 1 WLR 632 and Emmet on Title above ) . |
| 3 | How , to start with , do they know that they have reached part of the sea where the water below them has suddenly become very much deeper ? |
| 4 | I know that there have been improvements , but as I represent part of the country where the climate is meteorologically colder , I know that there is a great deal of scope of increases in the support that we provide for heating allowances for our elderly population . |
| 5 | As I read the judgment of the assistant recorder this was his true ratio on that part of the case wherein the absence of consideration was raised in argument . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm fully prepared to accept that radio forms part of the conversation whenever the two of you get together , as you 're both so devoted to it . |
| 7 | The tower is the least altered part of the church where the interior , especially , has been much restored , but it is still interesting and retains its ancient atmosphere . |
| 8 | These mathematical counterparts of physical acts of measurement are found in that part of the jungle where the map is marked " here are operators " . |
| 9 | It is accomplished in that part of the jungle where the map is marked " here are eigen-values and eigenvectors " . |
| 10 | Mr Moorhead kept the two remaining pupils in the part of the school where the air was least affected . |
| 11 | He was asked by the Production Manager , J D Pearson , to redesign any part of the engine where the unskilled and semi-skilled staff were producing a high proportion of scrap . |
| 12 | Every year the birds are taken from the part of the river where the races take place both for their own and the rowers ' safety . |
| 13 | Use a small plastic spreader and apply a thin coat to the underside of the bridge and the part of the table where the bridge sits . |
| 14 | I moved to one side with Jamie helping me and went down on my hands and knees on a comparatively clean part of the concrete where the oil stains looked old . |
| 15 | If you are a dedicated sun-worshipper , you need to mark out the part of the garden where the sun lingers longest . |
| 16 | He recognized that the manyattas were ‘ an indigenous school ’ , an integral part of the process whereby a Masai became distinctively a Masai , and recommended that their character-building qualities be respected and adapted . |
| 17 | There was two feet of sand over the highest part of the island where the wind had carried it and all the heavy bridge-building machines were on their sides . |
| 18 | She came to a wealthier part of the town where the streets were quieter , and before long she had reached her destination . |
| 19 | Part of the reason why the shareholders had to wait so long for a return was that the original capital had been only 10,000 guineas , and the Company financed itself by fairly short-term loans from the merchants with which it did business , so the shareholders stood at the end of a long line of creditors but could expect substantial returns on their money in the end if the Company survived . |
| 20 | Hughes argues that part of the reason why the former communist bloc is portrayed as highly polluted is the unrealistic safety standards set by the governments of the states themselves , which are far more stringent than those of the EC and USA . |