Example sentences of "[adj] of the [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had stayed clear of the subject of religion since Christmas . |
| 2 | If my agent can pick up their traces clear of the garrison at Castell Coch I 'll have my friends from Gwynedd running for Aber within a week . |
| 3 | As he made his way back to the van , the thought did occur to him that it might be prudent to stay clear of the likes of Terry Littlejohn . |
| 4 | Each man would wear an individual set of breathing apparatus and as each group got clear of the gas in Bank mine the equipment would be taken back into Knockshinnoch by rescuers and used by another group of three men . |
| 5 | I have seen carp humping the surface over the top of this ledge and even leaping clear of the water on occasions , and at one point along the bottom of the shelf a dense mudcloud was invariably evident . |
| 6 | The undeniable need to establish a personality clear of the shadow of Mrs Thatcher was confounded with the mistaken urge to repudiate what she stood for . |
| 7 | Individual pots can be sealed in a plastic bag held clear of the foliage by wire hoops . |
| 8 | Marian stood away clear of the spatter of water that came off the stone steps . |
| 9 | I stayed well clear of the sort of people who thought I had a dead-end job in the Civil Service , and those who knew what the job was stayed clear of me . |
| 10 | Even the soldiers , when they are drunk , keep clear of the area in case they stumble and start the bell tolling . ’ |
| 11 | This value is simply the reciprocal of the proportion of income taken in leakages , i.e. . |
| 12 | Leave the dim of the bucket about 1–2in above soil level . |
| 13 | I think that we must wait and see what his detailed policies will be , but everything that I have seen and heard suggests that he is certainly very understanding of the situation in Northern Ireland . |
| 14 | As pointed out by the report of the Law Commissions , this requirement causes problems whenever property either does not pass at all , or passes independently of the transfer of the bill of lading , or where the transfer of the bill is not causative of the passing of property . |
| 15 | Moreover , both the War Ministry and a growing number of officers were increasingly conscious and resentful of the damage to morale and efficiency caused by use of the army for internal ‘ policing ’ duties . |
| 16 | Senior officers were generally resentful of the attempts of politicians to interfere in military affairs and in the organization of the Empire , which was almost a military fiefdom . |
| 17 | It was an unfortunate choice of phrase when memories are still fresh of the summer of discontent when workers staged sit-downs on some platforms in an attempt to secure better conditions . |
| 18 | ’ Gabriel , having both hands round the playmaster 's wrist , managed to pull his face free of the spread of fingers . |
| 19 | Although the Prophet Muhammad forbade castration , eunuchs were always common in Muslim society and because of their sterility were considered free of the taint of sexuality . |
| 20 | You get the feeling you 've just walked into an alternative universe where L7 , free of the Women In Rock tag , reign supreme . |
| 21 | Thus the Inner Kingdoms are unspoilt wildernesses for the most part , covered by huge , ancient forests or grassy , rolling plains , utterly free of the stamp of habitation . |
| 22 | Remember that unless you are fitting within a window reveal , your track should , where possible , extend beyond the sides of the window to enable the curtain to stand free of the window during daylight . |
| 23 | Telling speeches in support of abolition were made from the Conservative benches by Sir Edward Boyle and Henry Brooke , the former Home Secretary who had become persuaded by the arguments against capital punishment once free of the cares of office . |
| 24 | The moment of the break is not transcendent but it is a breaking free of the determinations of ideology — a moment in which the presuppositions that determine ideology are transformed by a critical response to them . |
| 25 | In the dark office the human awoke , mooed for a while , and tried to jerk free of the cobweb of wires that held it down . |
| 26 | Pubs will be placed on 21 year leases and they will be free of the tie on amusement machines and non-beer drinks . |
| 27 | Although free of the horrors of Bosnia it 's difficult to imagine what nightmares the refugees endure in the security of their makeshift British accommodation . |
| 28 | She must get out of the house and breathe in some air that was free of the scent of leather . |
| 29 | And had his voice been able to cut through metal as it cut through the early morning air , then they would all of them have been free of the Cages in moments . |
| 30 | She would do business with her fellow ministers free of the curse of committees . |