Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the plant 's best known activity as a manufacturer of water-cooled mainframes will stay firmly in the IBM fold and notionally expanded as the construction of air-cooled ES/9000s moves from Valencia in Spain , although the rate at which mainframe sales are falling suggests that this will be only a short-term boost . |
| 2 | The more esoteric or higher understanding of the reality of one universal , wholistic creative principle ( monism ) is embraced only by those who are able to transcend the confines of theistic involvement as it is in any country or civilization . ’ |
| 3 | Out of a crop of precocious back division talent to whom Scotland will looking in the not-too-distant future , Gregor Peter John Townsend , who will not be 19 until April 26 , presents an amalgam of skill , pace and learning capacity that mark him as one of specially exciting potential . |
| 4 | For the first time she saw through his mask of precocious intelligence and saw how vulnerable he was , how frail in spite of all . |
| 5 | There is bred in them ( factory women ) a spirit of precocious independence which weakens family ties and is highly unfavourable to the growth of domestic virtues . ’ |
| 6 | But it 's the undertow of precocious sexuality , the child-woman come-on , that 's more worrying . |
| 7 | John Hayward , for example , was by now a close friend : he was a bibliophile and editor of precocious talent , who in 1926 , at the age of twenty-one , had published an edition of Rochester 's poems . |
| 8 | The patient complained of spontaneous pain diffusely in the right knee two months after the first bowel symptoms , 28 days after the start of prednisolone treatment , and after a cumulative dose of 2.3 g . |
| 9 | This , together with the interim dividend of 2.3 pence per share paid on 5 October 1992 , would make a total for the year of 3.3 pence per share [ 1991 8.5 pence ] . |
| 10 | They did n't believe in the magic spell literally , of course , but they had had their experience of telepathic closeness at that time of the month . |
| 11 | Against all this the ESP addicts will retort that there is one feat performed by some cats that requires an acceptance of telepathic communication between human owner and lost feline . |
| 12 | Before such people can act together , a kind of telepathic feeling has to flow through them and ripen to the point when they all know that they are ready to begin . |
| 13 | Teale damaged knee ligaments against Spurs on Saturday which will bring an end to an unbroken run of 70 matches in the first team . |
| 14 | Since then , they estimate that he has seen something in the region of 70 doctors . |
| 15 | The Law Society acts through its Council which is composed of 70 solicitors , 56 of whom are elected by members of the Society with the remaining 14 being elected by the Council itself . |
| 16 | In 1821 Neill MacEachern & Co. made 6798 gallons of 70 proof at Daill . |
| 17 | She is in a wheelchair and must weigh 18–20 stones , have at least a 54-inch chest and upwards of 70 inches around a massive stomach hernia . |
| 18 | An organisation known as EAST , the Environment of Advanced Software Technology , has a team of 70 engineers ready to provide tools and support for software engineering and development projects : EAST operates out of the offices of SFGL , Boulogne , France , a subsidiary set up by Bull SA , CAP Sesa , Cisi , Sema Group and Steria back in 1985 to develop software engineering solutions for the whole software life-cycle . |
| 19 | A target figure of 70 machine sets of components was set for delivery by 31 July 1942 , out of a total order of 225 sets , later reduced to 160 . |
| 20 | Here it proved a network of veins including the powerful Belman 's Hole Vein , the result being a rich and continuous course of ore — The Californian Bunch — all the way down from surface to 10 fathoms below its random … not much short of 70 fathoms in all . |
| 21 | Up to speeds of 70 mph ( 100 mph on N-registered ones ! ) the canopy can be slid back on hot sunny days ; earlier ‘ Coupes with the slide-down windows can also fly in ‘ convertible ’ mode . |
| 22 | The vans have a range of 125 miles between charges , and a top speed of 70 mph . |
| 23 | By 1970 a professional full-track mono tape recorder could just about achieve a signal-to-noise ratio of 70 decibels , while the full frequency range could just about be squeezed onto a tape cassette running at 1.875 inches per second . |
| 24 | All the milk used is taken from the Brynllys herd of 70 Guernsey cows , who also provide milk for Welsh Organic Foods for cheesemaking . |
| 25 | The manufacturers ' list describes 46 out of 70 models as ‘ satisfactory ’ . |
| 26 | There were several species , most were about the size of those living today but with the dragonflies as with millipedes and other groups that have pioneered a new environment , the absence of competition allowed some early forms to develop to an enormous size , and dragonflies eventually appeared with a wingspan of 70 centimetres , the largest insects ever to exist . |
| 27 | This is a massive selection of 70 DOS games on no less than 14 disks complete with an install program . |
| 28 | Our current estimate of 70 cases per million population per year is certainly the minimum for the reasons described . |
| 29 | The animals were part of a flock of 70 sheep which were driven into the brook , apparently by a stray dog . |
| 30 | Its intention to increase ‘ Melinar ’ capacity at Rozenburg by 6000 tonnes in 1988 , to give overall capacity of 70 kta , has recently been announced , and plans for further expansion are well advanced . |