Example sentences of "[adj] of the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Article 67 of the Treaty of Rome provided for the abolition of restrictions on the movement of capital within the Community during the first twelve years of the Community 's existence . |
| 2 | There could be no clearer indication than this of the blending of the concentric circular geometric and the geometric diagonal or rotated linear designs . |
| 3 | On the contrary , it draws attention to the dangers of introducing western technology outside , and even in the west it 's a good illustration this of the extent to which or work in countries overseas has relevance for Britain , because we have done a great deal of work on the implications for the unemployment problem of having technology which requires too much capital , which has a very ratio of capital to labour . |
| 4 | He had stayed clear of the subject of religion since Christmas . |
| 5 | A dune had encroached onto the road and he was slicing away its tip , tossing it clear of the tarmac behind him . |
| 6 | When clear of the top of the T , finish off by passing the last but one wrap over your finger tip to form a loop , pass round again and slip the end through the loop and pull tight , and the elasticity will hold everything tight . |
| 7 | For the rest of the first circuit Run And Skip and Dawn Run , both regular frontrunners , vied for the lead on the fast ground , and their duel took them well clear of the rest of the field . |
| 8 | He had 71 points from the 36 hole competition , seven points clear of the rest of the field . |
| 9 | Boivin/Hoyer were leading Andriev/Haralambie , clear of the rest of the field , the Trains being 7th at the head of the third group at this stage . |
| 10 | Wilkinson also had problems at the 17th with a six , but then birded the 18th for a level par 72 to finish three shots clear of the rest of the field . |
| 11 | Durand , only the third Frenchman to win the event , came home alone after he and three others had broken clear of the field with 134 miles to go . |
| 12 | Then in the US Open , Norman was three strokes clear of the field by twelve holes of the third round , but slipped away to finish no higher than 12th . |
| 13 | Strett soon afterwards worked a scissors with Hunter who raced clear of the cover for a try . |
| 14 | The allegations of corruption , too , have not so far touched the other three services , which have kept quietly clear of the row between the army and the government . |
| 15 | Christie was away smoothly out of his blocks and never looked like being caught , though the bustling Rosswess pulled clear of the remainder of the field , including the two Scottish Commonwealth Games representatives , Jamie Henderson , who was third , and Elliot Bunney . |
| 16 | The pump should sit on a firm support to keep it clear of the bottom of the pool , and a good idea is to use one of those ornamental concrete blocks that has a recess in its base . |
| 17 | If my agent can pick up their traces clear of the garrison at Castell Coch I 'll have my friends from Gwynedd running for Aber within a week . |
| 18 | For them there was nothing tame about not living in the fast lane ; nothing sanctimonious about unconsciously keeping clear of the edge of the cliff . |
| 19 | It lay clear of the edge of the forest , closely grouped round the manor and its walled courtyard . |
| 20 | But tonight she does n't , she soaps Xanthe , urges Miranda to rub and rinse , then helps Xanthe up and lifts her clear of the edge of the tub , on to the mat , and wraps her in a pale green towel and sits her on her lap , spreading her knees to fit her on , as Xanthe is getting big for this babying , but still enjoys it , as does Serafine . |
| 21 | The £2.2-million signing from Spurs took a Dean Saunders pass and strode clear of the defence before burying a shot from just inside the area . |
| 22 | As he made his way back to the van , the thought did occur to him that it might be prudent to stay clear of the likes of Terry Littlejohn . |
| 23 | Setting a blistering pace of 91pts on day one , on day two it was 92pts easing off slightly on Sunday it was for them a modest 89pts to give them a grand total of 272pts , 16pts clear of the teams in second and third places on 256pts they were Karl O'Donnell ( Newlands ) , C Burke , V Burke , C McKeone . |
| 24 | Each man would wear an individual set of breathing apparatus and as each group got clear of the gas in Bank mine the equipment would be taken back into Knockshinnoch by rescuers and used by another group of three men . |
| 25 | She allowed herself ten minutes for Nigel and Adrian to get clear of the hotel before slipping her arms into a grey mohair jacket , collecting her shoulder-bag and slipping quietly out of the hotel . |
| 26 | Once clear of the shock of seeing the penis photographed at such close range , these images do more to suggest intimacy and collaboration between model and artist than exploitation . |
| 27 | The body lay diagonally across the path , as he had said , not quite flat on its face and breast , rather on the right shoulder , but with the right arm flung clear behind , and the left groping wide beside him , clear of the folds of the coarse hooded cloak he wore . |
| 28 | I have seen carp humping the surface over the top of this ledge and even leaping clear of the water on occasions , and at one point along the bottom of the shelf a dense mudcloud was invariably evident . |
| 29 | He thought that if he shot the barracuda behind the head , it would leap clear of the water with its jaws snapping . |
| 30 | Well I have to admit , with our group , the first ten minutes or was a little bit disorganised because I felt we , I came in , we set down the objects , I felt we did that well , and we were clear of the timescale from the very beginning . |