Example sentences of "of they [prep] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Six Hampdens were lost , three of them through running out of fuel on the return .
2 The Government is currently reviewing all the laboratories to identify how best to build on the progress made by each of them towards becoming more commercial and cost-conscious organisations .
3 When 5 Corps had first been informed by Gen Schmidt-Richberg of the approach of 600,000 Germans and Croats to the southern edge of the Corps area on the evening of 13 May , it had been assumed that this huge mass of fugitives was on the verge of entering Austria and that it would be difficult to prevent all of them from doing so .
4 Indeed he had a strong feeling that only his six foot four inches prevented one of them from saying so .
5 Up to the autumn of 1960 the underlying divergences between himself and Debré had not prevented the two of them from working together closely ; after de Gaulle 's speech in November 1960 , the policy became less collaborative and more than ever the exclusive domain of the presidency .
6 The process by which colleagues are kept informed may differ from what is expected of them in building up either a school development plan or a scheme of quality assurance .
7 Zhukov had posed the photograph with two of his ‘ models ’ , then meticulously superimposed the face of Mikhail Vologsky upon one of them before touching up and re-photographing the composite .
8 It is not possible here to attempt to unravel the many strands of thought and practice that have historically influenced the contemporary curriculum in this way , but it may be useful to refer briefly to some of them before going on to consider the current pattern .
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