Example sentences of "[adj -est] [noun pl] [be] of " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ One of my strongest memories is of my last match at Lord 's . |
| 2 | The brightest objects are of course the lights themselves , but wide shots also include the darker areas which reduce the average brightness of the scene . |
| 3 | Some of the earliest images are of leaping and swimming dolphins that feature on painted frescoes in the Minoan temple of Knossos on Crete , dating back over 3000 years to when the Minoan civilisation ruled much of the Mediterranean . |
| 4 | One of the earliest descriptions is of the ‘ life energy ’ known as ‘ prana ’ given in the ancient Hindu and yoga teachings . |
| 5 | At both seasons flocks totalling 500 or more are commonplace , and the highest counts were of totals of 1,210 on 12 October 1969 , and 1,430 out of 2,000 in the whole Pagham Harbour to Portsmouth Harbour complex on 19 October 1974 ; and , in spring , 950 on 15 April 1972 , and 1,370 on 29 March 1975 . |
| 6 | His earliest memories are of stacks of colourful imported tins , boxes , bottles and packets of the family grocery business , and of the paraphernalia of popular Catholicism , which would have included reliquaries and tabernacles , retables combining paintings and sculpture , altars decorated with damask cloth , candles , flowers and ex votos of an often intensely personal nature . |
| 7 | My earliest memories are of Low Birk Hatt , which Daddy bought at auction when I was three , at what turned out to be an inflated price . |
| 8 | Susceptible as Hardy was to intense emotional experience — one of his earliest memories was of being moved to tears by his father playing the violin — and to pretty girls , Emma 's attraction for him must also have rested in the circumstances of their meeting in a wild and beautiful setting , and in their mutual loneliness . |
| 9 | One of Ginny 's earliest memories was of the contrast between the white of his shirt and shorts and the brown of his skin ; his legs and arms had been heavily muscled and covered with a sprinkling of dark hairs , and beads of sweat on his upper lip drained into his thin moustache . |
| 10 | My earliest memories were of the fruit trees . |
| 11 | I was born in Wapping in the year nineteen hundred and six , my father was a docker , one of my earliest recollections is of the dock strike of nineteen hundred and eleven , in which I played a part lining up at the soup kitchens to get soup for the family . |
| 12 | [ 11 ] My earliest recollections are of my father and my mother bending over my cot and of the difference in personal odour that subsisted between my two parents . |
| 13 | In the UK , the commonest deficiencies are of iron and vitamin B. A mild deficiency detected by blood test may not matter if the diet is essentially well-balanced and the person is well . |
| 14 | But for him too , as for most working-class children ; the closest memories were of grandparents who lived nearby and could be seen frequently . |
| 15 | Some of his best shots were of unridden waves . |
| 16 | West country brewer Devenish should top up last year 's profits — best estimates are of profits of £14m against £11.5m . |
| 17 | Some of the happiest memories are of small hostels that provided more of a family atmosphere than did foster homes . |
| 18 | On his last visit to Swindon , he was keeping goal for Oxford United , though his happiest memories are of playing for Hereford . |
| 19 | But when they did they were wonderful , and some of Charles 's happiest memories were of Italian or Chinese or Indian restaurants after hours in quiet provincial towns . |
| 20 | Some of her happiest memories were of campfire ceilidhs at Alford , Banchory and Strathdon , with glorious piping not only from her father Donald but also from ‘ Seely ’ ( her Uncle Isaac , also an outstanding piper ) , and folk music on melodeon and whistle from the other campers . |