Example sentences of "[adv] of the " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Oh , come , Wilson — think better of the man than that . |
| 32 | Should the man concerned think better of the relationship ( probably being more prey to the office gossips ) , not only is the woman left feeling she 's suffered a loss of face , as well as emotional hurt , but also bad feeling at the office may impair her work . |
| 33 | The rescript is of great utility in ensuring that the honour of a happily concluded marriage and indeed the faith of common children should not deceive a father who had thought better of the mother : therefore the emperor , most provident and most devoted to the cause of law , when he observed that the words of a trust were lacking , ruled by rescript that this expression should be treated as a trust . |
| 34 | Camille accused herself of lack of foresight and rapidly made up a yarn whereby they had thought better of the dinner-party and had spent the evening playing Monopoly at Tim 's place in a blameless fashion . |
| 35 | A glance at Luke obviously caused Florian to think better of the quip she could see hovering on his lips . |
| 36 | ‘ You 've a right to expect better of the Church than that , ’ said Mrs Yaxlee self-righteously . |
| 37 | Oh , Vincent 's one , eh Roger 's probably about the next best man , better of the two of us that 's why . |
| 38 | The old ‘ pussy-cats ’ as we called them were put together , and talked endlessly of the hardship of their lot . |
| 39 | Participate in a presentation , eg of the outcome of a group activity , a poem , a story or a scene . |
| 40 | Plan and participate in a presentation , eg of the outcome of a group activity , a poem , story , dramatic scene or play . |
| 41 | Pain , or the fear of pain , can restrict mobility especially after surgery , when patients tend to lie still , keeping their whole body stiff regard-less of the site of . |
| 42 | ( H ) Scorpion CVR(T) , apparently of the Recce Troop of The Queen 's Royal Irish Hussars soon after initial deployment and before issue of the desert combat suit : note tropical DPM No.9 Dress . |
| 43 | Vincent spoke almost enviously of the miners ' darkness , and the chance it gave them to reclaim the light . |
| 44 | The church is basically of the 12C with 14C additions . |
| 45 | Some Orfe are also available which are basically of the golden variety , but which have varying amounts of black on them . |
| 46 | The methods and processes differ but the equipment used consists basically of the original to be photocopied being exposed to light or heat , together with a special light or heat-sensitive paper , and a processing unit in which the copy paper is developed . |
| 47 | Such a programme is under way and consists basically of the establishment of a memorial air museum at Air Force er a procurement of a B-Seventeen G , which has already been done , a flyable B-Seventeen G and the establishment of a foundation . |
| 48 | There were no trials where there was a steady boyfriend/girlfriend relationship , but an example of a more casual relationship indicates the extremely of the way that a girl could be held to blame for her own murder . |
| 49 | These last jetés would be completely out of place in Lander 's Etudes where a strong ‘ flick ’ outwards of the leading foot propels the dancer straight forwards through the air with little or no time to pause in arabesque on landing because the continuous repetition of this strong movement is intended to cover as much ground in as little time as possible . |
| 50 | At least some animal viruses are released by a budding outwards of the cell membrane ( reversing the process of endocytosis ) to produce a free virus surrounded by a piece of membrane taken from the infected cell ( G in Figure 2 ) . |
| 51 | Later it would become apparent that the decentralization of jobs was , in fact , following the drift outwards of the population and labour force . |
| 52 | It was Saturday evening as we neared the low-lying reaches of sandy shore and the outlying rocks of Tiree , and the sun was setting peacefully as our steamer came alongside of the stone pier at Scaranish Harbour , and we saw a sand-environed bay with some veteran sloops fixed in the sand — no more to mount o'er the waves of ocean , and spread ample sails to the breeze of heaven — left there , I am told , because it would not be deemed lucky to break them up . |
| 53 | As we receded from the mainland we ever sighted new mountain ranges : we saw them growing fainter and dipping out of our sight ; to the southward the Skye hills lent a charm , and the Isle of Lewis loomed bigger and broader , till we steamed alongside of the pier and were landed ‘ mid the curing of a fine catch of herring taken during the night . |
| 54 | Again , it has been suggested that the Muftilik was " a survival of the ancient mystical religious tradition in the Ottoman state , a tradition which demanded alongside of the secular power , a religious authority having no judicial powers but representing , so to speak , the religious conscience of the people " . |
| 55 | It seems possible to suggest , then , that in Fahreddin Acemi one finds the full realization of a conscious policy ( perhaps partly realized in Molla Fenari and Molla Yegan ) on the part of Murad II to create within the state " … alongside of the secular power , a religious authority … representing , so to speak , the religious conscience of the people " . |
| 56 | Noverre called his fourth group character dancers , that is those whose physique and movements were not necessarily of the finest but whose abilities when playing some comic or dramatic role such as a Cyclops or Fury were most valuable . |
| 57 | Sometimes portraits of mature adults were used for children and adolescents , not necessarily of the same sex as the intended subject . |
| 58 | Prefabricated units are not necessarily of the shape or length desired and , when something special is needed , the waterfall can be made with concrete , although some suppliers suggest that a presentable feature can be constructed using a pool liner . |
| 59 | It is necessarily of the same quality as the data used to support managerial control , because it is that data , used for a different purpose ; and because the data is of a type already in currency , its use needs no special explanation or defence . |
| 60 | He did not make it obvious , but he led the conversation , changed topics when he thought it needed it , enquired robustly of the lawyer certain things , and more gently of the females , as if to bring out gems of information they had stored in their pretty little heads . |