Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] of [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | To Nikon 's opponents , however , the changes not only smacked of foreign heresy but seemed to threaten the whole meaning of the liturgy , to break the link between the service and the faith . |
| 2 | He only learnt of Chalky 's disappearance in February 1989 five days after a meeting at his house between James , Gardiner , himself and a fourth man . |
| 3 | I could no longer talk or laugh freely , as I knew he only approved of serious moods and studies . |
| 4 | The minds of the other literate villagers were dissipated on what they could pick up in a random manner : most of it naturally consisted of religious tracts , the traditional fodder left over from the past . |
| 5 | We only spoke of happy things … ’ |
| 6 | But it only remained of crucial importance to that small minority of bigoted constables who classify all Catholics as equally evil and nefarious . |
| 7 | In this case , what started out as a sideline soon became of major importance . |
| 8 | ‘ Or else it just died of old age and the owners dumped it . |
| 9 | Nietzsche 's varied contributions included poems , essays oil historiography and discussions of the medieval Nibelungen saga , but mostly consisted of musical compositions , an indication of his predominant artistic interest at the time . |
| 10 | In one room , there are three wooden painted phalluses , from a collection they once made of Indian tribal art . |
| 11 | HOWEVER MUCH THE hotel maid sprinkled her lemon scouring powder , the salle de bains ( so designated by a chipped blue-and-white oval enamel plaque ) still smelled of stagnant drains , as if it functioned as an extension of the narrow street outside , where a section of the gutter exuded a steady reek of staleness , sweetish-sour , and not entirely unpleasant to Miranda . |
| 12 | The periodic convulsions that resulted under ‘ système D ’ usually came of good intentions . |
| 13 | With great glee Odd-Knut told us that the fat Germans showered ten times every day for a week and still reeked of rotten whale . |
| 14 | As she cycled up to the ornate porch she always thought of chivalrous knights attending maidens dressed in high , pointed hats and long sweeping gowns . |
| 15 | Six patients still complained of loose motions . |
| 16 | They are more concerned with the lost and how best to win them than with maintaining traditions : who ever dreamt of Anglican ethos in a church meeting in a pub anyway ? |
| 17 | This is a 170g ( 6oz ) unit , also made of flat strip aluminium , and arranged for two axis presetting . |
| 18 | One was the detestation by the liberally oriented of religious paternalism , a mild form of anti-clericalism . |
| 19 | I also learnt of untoward knock on effects and serious concerns about fragmentation and dis-enfranchisement . |
| 20 | She also talked of naked greed , although it takes a curious kind of logic to see the deprived as greedy while company directors were awarding themselves large pay increases and the ‘ yuppies ’ in the city were making a great deal of money and spending it as conspicuously as possible . |
| 21 | This was very much the implication which was drawn from Darwin 's work by those anthropologists who published immediately after The Origin of Species , so that they enthusiastically talked of natural selection and the survival of the fittest in their outlines of human history . |
| 22 | Yablokov also warned of potential long term disasters caused by ruptures of oil and water pipelines . |
| 23 | He also warned of dire consequences such as hyper-inflation if the country failed to maintain a unified budget and a co-ordinated fiscal policy . |
| 24 | When we saw Liz 's auburn colouring we instantly thought of pre-Raphaelite curls , and prepared to get out the tongs . |
| 25 | The PRI had also won the July 7 gubernatorial election in Nuevo León , where the opposition parties also complained of blatant electoral malpractice . |
| 26 | They also complained of alleged interference by the country 's Revolutionary Command Council in issues relating to the appointment and replacement of deans of faculties and the university 's vice-chancellor . |
| 27 | Sons of Harras were also imported to the USA and they also proved of great importance . |
| 28 | Both admitted that they had much in common with the Liberals , but both dreamt of political careers with the Conservatives . |
| 29 | Charles and James , who both dreamt of political futures , were both graduates . |
| 30 | The strike reportedly took place in mid-April and involved an eight-hour walk-out by up to 2,000 textile factory workers in Berat , some 70 km south of Tirana , protesting against low wages , although one report also spoke of anti-Hoxha slogans being daubed on the factory walls . |