Example sentences of "[adj] of the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some reliance was also placed on the fact that the 31 July bill did not comply with the requirements of section 67 of the Solicitors Act 1974 . |
| 2 | I suppose the most damaging and erroneous of the myths is the belief , and disdain , held in Australia and New Zealand that the Mother Country sent weedy wrecks to fight alongside hefty , bronzed , open-air Gods of Nature , or , even worse , sat about ‘ drinking tea ’ . |
| 3 | Not for Howard the prison tour which , avoiding the darker recesses , steered clear of the conditions endured by all those confined . |
| 4 | His feet hung clear of the stirrups , and he was arched over like a letter G in the saddle ; his reins had slipped down round his horse 's hoofs . |
| 5 | Very slowly and deliberately Isambard slipped his feet clear of the stirrups and leaned forward as if to swing himself out of the saddle , but in the act he jabbed home hard into the beast 's side with his right spur , and drove him not forward , but flinching sidelong into the bushes in a wild leap ; and leaning both hands on the pommel of his saddle he vaulted out of it and dropped crashing into the bushes almost on top of Owen . |
| 6 | The road wound gradually upwards towards the Downs — only the English could call uplands downs — until I was clear of the motorways which cut through Kent like the prongs of a carving fork stabbing at France . |
| 7 | They went for him then , Alexander and Donald McLaggan , the Duke 's two sons , dragged him from his father 's side so that his head bounced on the steps , lifted him bleeding , like foresters keeping a dying deer clear of the hounds , and started to carry him down to the river ‘ just to cool him off ’ but Cameron ran and gripped Donald 's shoulder and shouted , ‘ If you injure an officer it is treason on top of sedition , ’ so they carried him back and laid him carefully at his father 's feet . |
| 8 | As I waited , Pike started to fall , jumping clear of the stilts that had been holding him up . |
| 9 | as if to set the final scene , the moon now rode majestically clear of the clouds , forming a hard , bright discus in the star-pitted blackness of the night . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | After the restart it took Red Alligator longer to break clear of the freshmen . |
| 12 | Setting a blistering pace of 91pts on day one , on day two it was 92pts easing off slightly on Sunday it was for them a modest 89pts to give them a grand total of 272pts , 16pts clear of the teams in second and third places on 256pts they were Karl O'Donnell ( Newlands ) , C Burke , V Burke , C McKeone . |
| 13 | The body lay diagonally across the path , as he had said , not quite flat on its face and breast , rather on the right shoulder , but with the right arm flung clear behind , and the left groping wide beside him , clear of the folds of the coarse hooded cloak he wore . |
| 14 | Opposite : A spin-off kite ‘ at the ready ’ for launch with bridle lines clear of the spurs and pre-checked for symmetry . |
| 15 | His desk was clear of the papers that were memorized and locked in his personal safe . |
| 16 | And stay well clear of the women . ’ |
| 17 | Perhaps they reasoned that even if he managed to slip clear of the ropes he would have so far to fall it would n't matter . |
| 18 | Keeping clear of the wharves where machinery roared and clanked as cargoes were being discharged from or loaded on to rust-streaked ships with flaking paint , Nathan tied Seawitch to the rickety wooden pontoon reserved for yachts in transit . |
| 19 | If it is then we should be able to say okay , as we come clear of the systems , we should actually be , that should be just a one off , special cause for that period . |
| 20 | The air was constantly heavy with moisture , few days being clear of the mists , which veiled the moor-tops and drifted among the valley trees in swathes , cloaking the bare branches . |
| 21 | The survey follows last week 's publication by CLEAR of the results of a national survey of lead in the dust of school playgrounds and the pavement outside . |
| 22 | An illuminated indicator told them to stand clear of the doors and then they closed . |
| 23 | The men march with their warders and when they are clear of the confines of the fences for those few steps they are hemmed in by the soldiers and the dogs . |
| 24 | Down the clachan street he ducked and dodged through the retiring clansmen , half-hidden by the smoke , Lachlan yelling after him , till suddenly they were clear of the huts and into the fight round the ships . |
| 25 | I thought I told you to keep clear of the funnies , for Christ 's sake ! ’ |
| 26 | This guaranteed that the water fell to the ground just clear of the walls , so protecting them against damp , discoloration and decay . |
| 27 | The result , coupled with Sampdoria 's surprise 3–2 defeat at Anderlecht of Belgium , sent the wandering Serbs top of the group , one point clear of the Italians . |
| 28 | The improved colt quickened well to take it up over two furlongs out and went to the line clear of the dead-heaters Steinbeck and Wilde Rufo , with the latter subsequently disqualified when jockey Richard Quinn weighed in 6lb light . |
| 29 | The future is a plate of steel floor covering that creaks and whistles as it is dragged clear of the supports to which it was bolted down thirty years before . |
| 30 | The thunder of it drowned his voice as he yelled at the rodman up in the bows to hold the jib clear of the stays . |