Example sentences of "of [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had a son who died in infancy and two daughters , both of whom married Italian princes . |
| 2 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the very people of whom Labour Members complain , saying that they do not give a service in Government Departments , almost always belong to unions who support the Labour party ? |
| 3 | The Chinese population , for many of whom existing poverty was compounded by the effects of war , were treated with the utmost contempt and ruthlessness . |
| 4 | Since then , the ‘ Willowgate ’ scandal over the illegal sale of cars has brought down five cabinet ministers , one of whom committed suicide . |
| 5 | Some 1,200 Italians — most of whom committed atrocities in Yugoslavia — were listed by the United Nations War Crimes Commission , but none was handed over . |
| 6 | The father of these children are one or other of the mother 's first two husbands , the first of whom ( from whom she was divorced in 1976 ) has played no part in their lives at least since 1980 , and the second of whom committed suicide in 1984 . |
| 7 | If that had been the case , then he could at least have received finance in the eighties when rich and influential independent figures such as Steven Spielberg , Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty — all of whom professed admiration for Welles — had the chance to help him get a film financed and passed . |
| 8 | That his confidence was not misplaced was reflected in the enthusiasm of everyone present . |
| 9 | Jackie Stewart also announced , to the sadness of everyone present , that this would be the last Jackie Stewart Celebrity Challenge . |
| 10 | By the time I had finished my Kachin fieldwork I had only to attend an animal sacrifice as a passive observer and then notice how the meat of the sacrifice was shared out among " the congregation and I could know , even down to quite line detail , the precise hierarchy and mutual relationship of everyone present , which might be thirty or more individuals altogether . |
| 11 | The union , and that means the general committee elected by the club as well as the professional staff appointed by the committee , are working for the benefit of everyone involved in the game in Wales . |
| 12 | It is not meant to be the Curriculum Vitae of everyone involved in writing the thing ! |
| 13 | Health professionals need to move beyond the traditional view of adoption as the province of social workers and recognise their responsibility to promote the wellbeing of everyone involved in the adoption process . |
| 14 | ‘ We look forward to the commitment and co-operation of everyone involved in the system . ’ |
| 15 | My only complaint is that room could have easily been found for , say , the Pulcinella Suite , which , given the tremendous form of everyone concerned here , is quite a tantalising thought . |
| 16 | This plan was an impossibility from the outset , and after several months of confused meetings of everyone concerned at County Hall , I went with two or three others to see the Secretary of State to recommend strongly that one single statutory authority should be appointed to deal with the area . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could spare time for a fitting , and I did think it would be a good idea if I could hold a rehearsal of everyone concerned in my part of the show before the official one . |
| 18 | The upper and working classes , being less verbal , less given to talk of shoulds and oughts between the sheets , have less trouble , if you 'll forgive me , simply getting it up and putting it in , to the relief and satisfaction of everyone concerned . |
| 19 | the name and address of everyone resident in the property who will be 18 or over on or before 1st April 1990 . |
| 20 | ‘ I come up with some of me 'ome-made sausage and onion pie fresh out of me oven . |
| 21 | Another approach would be to say that it is I , not some part of me called ‘ reason ’ , which sees that this is how the system of my impulses should be organized . |
| 22 | It might be that there really is nothing else of importance , or it might be that I just do n't want to make the whole of me available . |
| 23 | She died soon afterwards , keeping her hatred of me alive in her heart , and no one at Gateshead cried for her . |
| 24 | You made assumptions which made those parts of me invisible , that shamed it into retreat , that said , ‘ You 're really like us . |
| 25 | I found that part of me disgusting . |
| 26 | I mean , some of me favourite TV programmes start at 8 p.m . |
| 27 | I got thrown out of me previous room this morning , on account of owings . ’ |
| 28 | Clarissa could think of nothing constructive to say except that she was so sorry . |
| 29 | There was no hint of warmth in her tone , and Alexei could think of nothing appropriate to say . |
| 30 | She felt the shudder within him , felt a pride and an elation that she had caused it , then could think of nothing other than the exquisite sensations shooting through her body , radiating to every part of it and suffusing her with an unstoppable arousal . |