Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] of the " in BNC.

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1 Artists are deprived of the international connections and the possibilities to follow and participate in current art events .
2 This girl had not of course been told of the scandal of the boss 's daughter , and she willingly went to the tall cabinet , found the card , read it to Alice who memorised it and ran out .
3 From the serpentine turns of the road magnificent views are obtained of the long sierra ridge of the 2,199m ( 7,213ft ) high Hohgant , pride of the Emmental region .
4 Could it be that , like me , more and more readers are dreaming of the time when they can either afford to move home or , at the very least , redecorate their existing one ?
5 Fleeting glimpses are given of the Roulette team from Australia , Team 60 from Sweden and Esquadrilha da Fumaca from Brazil .
6 All embalmers are advised of the dangers of hypochlorite solutions mixing with formaldehyde solution .
7 Embalmers are advised of the protective clothing required both for handling the chemicals and the deceased persons themselves .
8 Motoring journalists were reminded of the values that GT used to stand for when reviewing the 164.0 Cloverleaf .
9 Since an injunction may be granted on an interlocutory basis pending trial ( which may not take place for many months ) and , in cases of great urgency , on an ex parte basis , it is clear that there is a possibility of the union side being robbed of the initiative in an industrial action .
10 Apologists for science also argued that doing science was valuable for building the character : accurate observing and truthful reporting were required of the scientist ; and so was open-mindedness and humility in abandoning preconceptions .
11 Several pictures were taken of the installation , some of which are being used for promotional purposes .
12 A Steamship Owners ' Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association had been formed as early as 1874 which later became part of a North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association , and as early as 1878 shipowners of the north-east were complaining of the " tyrannical " attempts of a " dictatorial body of unionists " ' to impose demands on the industry , establishing in 1885 a Central Association of Shipowners of Sunderland , Glasgow and Newcastle to put their views to the Royal Commission of 1886 on Chamberlain 's proposed Shipping Bill .
13 In January 1953 the universities and the WEA were told of the Minister 's intention to cut grant-aid towards their adult education work by 10% for the educational year beginning the following August .
14 When it came to 1972 , Reagan had no chance of wresting the nomination from a well-entrenched incumbent , but in 1976 Watergate and President Ford 's misplaced decision to pardon Nixon raised the possibility of an incumbent president being deprived of the nomination .
15 No mention is made of the lateral road on the ridge of Busaco which was so carefully restored by Wellington and which played such a vital role in the successful conduct of the battle .
16 The Repair Operation manual indicates that the carburettor jets should be changed but no mention is made of the ignition timing .
17 No mention is made of the grist mill , but it probably survived , as in 1735 , William Little , a baker , is recorded as tenant at ( in all probability ) the grist mill .
18 The buildings and arrangements were generally superior to those at Lyons , and special mention is made of the museum and the library — there was even a resident librarian .
19 The urgency and anxiety in Willa Cather 's rendering of black characters are liable to be missed entirely ; no mention is made of the problem that race causes in the technique and credibility of her last novel , Sapphira and the Slave Girl .
20 Mention is made of the Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination Acts but there is no attempt to question their ultimate effectiveness .
21 In all four Gospels , and in Acts , mention is made of the disciple known as Thomas .
22 Apart from the dubious nature of several of these claims , no mention is made of the possible ill effects of health services on economic growth .
23 No other mention is made of the fact that Molla Fenari 's son ( presumably Mehmed Sah ) was with him ; and , though the sentence is in the context of the visit of 823 , it presumably must refer to an earlier Ramadan .
24 The relevance of the factor of public acceptance is discussed , and mention is made of the attempt to address this through a ‘ willingness-to-pay ’ survey in the UK .
25 This may in certain cases require not only that the applicant be informed of the evidence , but that he should be given a sufficient opportunity to deal with it .
26 Sir David is assured of the support of Sir Claus Moser , newly-elected President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science , Warden of Wadham College , Oxford , and a former head of the Government Statistical Service from 1967 to 1978 .
27 We find Makarenko by the 1930s writing , ‘ How is it that the resistance of materials is studied in all higher technical institutes , while in the pedagogical institutes no study is made of the resistance of personalities to educational measures ? ’ .
28 A study is made of the social characteristics of medical men , their social origins , incomes , household structures , and place and type of residence .
29 Relatively little indication is given of the way that the school environment can be exploited for teaching .
30 In this extract , some indication is given of the ‘ limited ’ nature of the reform being proposed .
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