Example sentences of "[be] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning and seeing her , he affirms her deed as an act of faith : ‘ Daughter , your faith has made you well ; go in peace and be healed of your disease . ’ |
| 2 | It was an affliction rather than a gift , and I was to be healed of it two years later by what I believe was the power of Christ . |
| 3 | Similarly , for Boyle , there was a sense in which matter had to be divested of spirits and other inherent powers in order to be seen in proper spiritual light . |
| 4 | Men are unlikely to be divested of power and advantage without a struggle . |
| 5 | In some cases it is , if one is to retain the historical character of the religion , impossible : for example the fact can not be altered of Jesus having been a male human being . |
| 6 | The attitudinist calls statements which express attitudes rather than beliefs value statements and be thinks of ethical statements as a more or less vaguely delimited subclass of these . |
| 7 | Miller considered that the cultivation of madder in England would employ labourers , usually idle from the end of harvest until spring , and thus parishes would be eased of the Poor 's Rate , ‘ a consideration worthy of public attention ’ . |
| 8 | In addition to , I shall arrange for a review to be undertaken of all discretionary life sentence cases with a first formal review date of January 1988 or later . |
| 9 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that a review is to be undertaken of the use by the security and intelligence agencies of informants and other sources ? |
| 10 | Following the previous detailed studies of economic trends in 1925-33 , a preliminary investigation will be undertaken of 1934-6 , the years before the ‘ great purges ’ when Soviet industrial development was most rapid . |
| 11 | Representative questionnaire surveys will be undertaken of attitudes and patterns of language-use in relationships to social roles and identities , geographical and demographic locations of Gaelic speakers in the principal Gaelic communities , areas where Gaelic has recently weakened , and amongst Gaelic speakers who have moved elsewhere for economic reasons . |
| 12 | A case study will be undertaken of one primary and one secondary school in the same LEA , focusing mainly on the work of the headteacher , senior staff and other teachers in planning , preparing for and introducing the changes . |
| 13 | How long must we go on , how many more jobs are to be lost and how many more families are to be dispossessed of their homes ? |
| 14 | Few , if any , Members of Parliament who voted , as I did more than once , for the abolition of the death penalty , can have failed to revolve in their minds many times since then both the reasons for their vote and what cause there might be to repent of it or to vote otherwise on a future occasion . |
| 15 | In this respect , there were many at the meeting ( including me ) who felt the least we should be demanding of the industry and the regulators ( the DTI ) was that only the very highest environmental standards currently practised internationally ( the Norwegian oil field was given as a good example ) would be acceptable for operations in Cardigan Bay . |
| 16 | In this respect , there were many ( including me ) who felt the least we should be demanding of the industry and the regulators ( the DTI ) was that only the very highest environmental standards currently practised internationally ( the Norwegian oil field was given as a good example ) would be acceptable for operations in Cardigan Bay . |
| 17 | The maid would have to be dismissed of course … the girl had brazenly admitted allowing Patrick back into the house , and Katherine was n't sure which annoyed her more — the fact that the boy had managed to creep back into the house or the fact that he had been alone in the girl 's bedroom . |
| 18 | Secondly , some description should be given of the characters , their moods , emotions and particular role in each part of the action . |
| 19 | The greatest advantage , however , was that 8–10 weeks ' notice could be given of precise dates , venues and course programme . |
| 20 | A description will now be given of the aetiological theories and relationships that lipids and lipoprotein levels may have with atherosclerosis . |
| 21 | Many examples can be given of the pitfalls of question designing . |
| 22 | As much notice as possible will be given of such changes . |
| 23 | Notice has to be given of the motion to introduce the Bill . |
| 24 | An analysis should be given of the total amount of non-equity interests in shareholders ' funds relating to each class of non-equity shares and series of warrants for non-equity shares . |
| 25 | Where there are non-equity minority interests a description should be given of any rights of holders of the shares against other group companies , for example in respect of guarantees . |
| 26 | Immediate notice must be given of a likely claim against Overdrive . |
| 27 | Can some account be given of how it does so which does not commit us to the theory that there are two distinct elements in visual perception , something two-dimensional , picture-like , on the one hand , and a judgement , on the other ? |
| 28 | The exact unexpired terms of long leases are not so critical , but details must be given of time remaining on shorter leases . |
| 29 | This theory requires an account to be given of this central distinction . |
| 30 | Where possible an indication should be given of the sub-system(s) and program(s) that are likely to be affected by the change . |