Example sentences of "[adj] of [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over 1,600 of 2,205 samples of cows ' milk had pesticide residues , including " widespread and excessive " quantities of DDT and HCH ( also known as BHC ) . |
| 2 | And I 'd also like to come back on this of closed schools in that if we look only at chronological age , which puts a limit on ‘ O ’ levels , we are shutting doors , because many students — and I see this in the sixth form — are not ready for these examinations at the prescribed age . |
| 3 | But when you start to think about it in terms of erm sort of psychological explanation as you 're becoming used to , then it becomes perhaps not such a good way of thinking about perception Matlin 's got some very examples in it of this of those sorts of things By and large were concerned with people 's experience , self-reported experience quite often , of the phenomena saying well tell me what you see when you look at it rather than being based on the sort of lovely stuff that we love , good solid empirical data , yeah ? |
| 4 | Okay you , I mean is any of this of any use to you ? |
| 5 | I esteem the devoted service given by our royal family because they provide high standards clear of petty politics in an age when voluntary respect for authority — which is the foundation for democratic peace and social discipline — has been seriously undermined . |
| 6 | Notes are so often hard to understand , even for the person who wrote them , and yet they should be the most transparently clear of all means of communication . |
| 7 | He and Mallachy , between themselves , called her the Wee Green Patriot , but steered clear of all argument on the subject . |
| 8 | The landlord hereby demises unto the Tenant ALL THAT messuage or dwelling-house with the outbuildings and garden attached thereto and forming part thereof known as Number 10 Downing Lane Old Fableland in the County of Humberside which premises are outlined in red on the Plan annexed to these presents EXCEPT AND RESERVING AND SUBJECT to the exceptions and reservations set out in the Schedule hereto TO HOLD the same unto the Tenant from the 25th day of December 1986 for the term of seven years PAYING therefore the net yearly rent of £2500 clear of all deductions by equal quarterly instalments commencing on the 25th day of December 1986 next and thereafter on the usual quarter days . |
| 9 | Presumably they were thrown clear of these planets by the impact of yet bigger meteorites . |
| 10 | Three mounted officers rode into the field after the volley , but Sharpe had spurred well clear of any threat from the three men . |
| 11 | He should insist that the correct wing is held , and direct the car or tractor driver so that they take a safe route which is clear of any hazard from dropping winch cables . |
| 12 | ITV and BBC have always steered clear of US-made dramas about the Royal Family to avoid embarrassing the Queen . |
| 13 | Large tanks permitted the Sprinters to run longer ( up to 1,000 miles ) between the need to refuel , and maintenance visits to home depots were reduced from the two or three times weekly of older DMUs to fortnightly . |
| 14 | The Bourdillon figure relates closely to other standards for public libraries , such as the IFLA recommendation for 1972 of 250 volumes per thousand population . |
| 15 | It means that any office development or commercial of this kind in this I twelve policy that was to occur in Harrogate would not be counted off the sixty hectares of em erm of I five allocation , it would be in addition to it , and that may be a very important breakthrough for us . |
| 16 | Price 5d. , it is ‘ brimful of practical advice for home lovers , ’ according to advertisements . |
| 17 | Although she showed little interest in my academic life — her energies were spent in the pursuit of foxes and Guards officers — she was always brimful of common sense on every subject under the sun , not to mention having constant contact with a string of eligible young men who seemed to arrive in a never-ending convoy at the front door of 97 Chelsea Terrace . |
| 18 | In addition , we became experts in a new and complex world where everything from the intricacies of a changing semantic of underground language to the knowledge that tetrahydrocannabinol ( THE ) was the active ingredient of cannabis separated us from our previous associations and took us into a world where few in the organization could begin to operate with comfort . |
| 19 | Nearly half of black teenagers in the city of Chicago fail to graduate from high school . |
| 20 | More than half of working men with degree qualifications work in professional and managerial jobs compared to 35 per cent of women . |
| 21 | Almost half of 750 farmers in a survey were unaware that ADAs provided free public good advice . |
| 22 | And there 's half of baked potato in the fridge if you can scoop it out of the skin and heat it up . |
| 23 | Any legislation " submitted by individual legislative council members " ( effectively private members ' bills ) would require the endorsement of " more than half of two groups of members , one selected by the functioning organizations and the other by various constituencies and by the election committee " . |
| 24 | Seeing how low she was , Anthony decided that she needed to get out of the house and gave her reluctant permission to spend half of each day in court . |
| 25 | Reflecting this , something approaching half of personal loans from banks or finance companies were used to buy things costing more than £500 , and only six per cent to buy things costing under £100 . |
| 26 | Porsche 's engineers reckon that although the car can corner safely at about 85% of gravitational acceleration , most owners will only need about half of that ability for normal , but still very fast motoring . |
| 27 | Research also shows that many youngsters in residential care have experienced difficulties with schooling ; for example , over half of all boys in residential care have stayed down a class at least once . |
| 28 | About half of all firms of solicitors fell within this profile , while about one in six firms have five or more partners ( Benson Commission , 1979 , vol. 2 , Section 16 ) . |
| 29 | Furthermore , half of all mothers on welfare come off it within two years ( Daly , 1989 ) . |
| 30 | Those aged 65 + account for approximately half of all expenditure on the NHS . |