Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.

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1 They must be seen as inventing new rules for the future in accordance with their convictions about what is best for society as a whole , freed from any supposed rights flowing from consistency , but presenting these for unknown reasons in the false uniform of rules dug out of the past .
2 Now they were talking about perhaps four tons of bombs toppling out of the sky one morning when Dornhausen thought the war had passed it by .
3 Each of these in turn subdivided into separate , smaller fibrils which are themselves composed of a highly organized array of myofilaments made up of the proteins actin and myosin ( Fig. 53 ) .
4 The torrent of words tumbled out of the phone pell-mell , a flood that the chief inspector was unable to stem .
5 Since under national legal systems it is usually stipulated that the place in which the association is established is to be the place of performance of obligations arising out of the act of becoming a member , the application of article 5(1) of the Convention also has practical advantages : the court for the place in which the association has its seat is in fact usually the best fitted to understand the documents of constitution , rules and decisions of the association , and also the circumstances out of which the dispute arose .
6 The upshot of this was that a number of companies pulled out of the timber-frame house-building market and the proportion of houses built by this method had dropped from 24 to 17 per cent by the beginning of 1984 , and is even less now .
7 PC Cooper was later convicted of offences arising out of the accident .
8 Many women are unable to qualify for a full pension because of periods spent out of the labour force or in part-time work while caring for children or disabled relatives .
9 The one dear to the heart of the popular press is the possibility of individuals opting out of the labour market altogether to ‘ sponge ’ off the state .
10 A pack of dogs swarms out of the entrance hall of some flats .
11 One says the main problems are rival groups of casuals coming out of the discos and restaurants at about 4.30 , and the crowds that gather round the kebab shops .
12 Notes of questions arising out of the application form should be attached to it and used as a memory aid during the interview .
13 He had not noticed her daughter , either in the stream of girls pouring out of the school gates , or leaving after them .
14 I was nearly run over in New Palace Yard after the vote by the surge of Jaguars roaring out of the carpark and off to the country for the weekend .
15 Below her , in the orchard , apple and pear and plum frothed pink and white with blossom , and over in Tingle 's Wood a sea of bluebells rose out of the morning mist .
16 H. P. Some people would get a bottle of beer — we 'd had a lot of fellows come out of the army and they were fond of their drink and there 's no doubt that they could get it .
17 Then she sighed and squeezed in by the side of the chest of drawers to look out of the window , scratching away with her finger nail at the film of grease on the pane .
18 Their running was impeded by the mass of men coming out of the main doors and scattering in all directions , and heads down , they made their way between them to the back of the Naafi and into the rest room , which was empty ; and they were just in the process of taking off their wet top coats when the supervisor came in , saying , ‘ Oh , I 'm in luck ; I was about to send to the hut for help .
19 Leading cases considering the circumstances in which such awards can be made are McLoughlin v O'Brian [ 1983 ] AC 411 and Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [ 1992 ] 1 AC 310 ( another series of claims arising out of the Hillsborough disaster ) .
20 A number of prosecutions of constables arising out of the disorders at Wapping at January 1987 collapsed on account of delay .
21 Volleys of stones blew out of the earth .
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