Example sentences of "[vb pp] of they [prep] " in BNC.

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1 As described earlier , Brown and his colleagues ( 1986a ) have argued that they now have good evidence that the prior existence of a close supportive relationship is protective against depression if that person provides the support expected of them at the time of a crisis .
2 We had next to none when I was at drama school and young actors need to know more about what will be expected of them on film sets and television studios .
3 Often this is because they fail to understand what is expected of them under the broad , general duties of the Health and Safety at Work Act .
4 I asked my friends who have had au pairs what they 'd expected of them in the kitchen .
5 Most media professionals appear to know what is expected of them in their various organisations , each of which has different political backers , and the media product tends to be created accordingly .
6 Theoretically one can have the best materials taught by the best teachers , but although a number of films have been made , and probably will continue to be made , they have not had the success that was expected of them in the fifties .
7 The process by which colleagues are kept informed may differ from what is expected of them in building up either a school development plan or a scheme of quality assurance .
8 Justices who exercise this delicate jurisdiction are under a statutory duty to carry out the inquiry expected of them by the Children Act 1989 .
9 Both managers said they would assess managerial competence by a person 's ability to achieve the goals expected of them by the organisation .
10 But the dreariness , the frightful struggle of life , the indifference of people , the troublesomeness of children — he did not want to be reminded of them at that moment .
11 Kenrick Wynne-Jones set up one of the first and best organised of them in Newcastle Wynne-Jones 's work for the Labour Party , added to his success as a chemist , made him a clear choice as a working member of the House of Lords .
12 Nothing was heard of them for fifteen years .
13 The proceedings against Stratford were referred to a committee of two bishops and four earls , including Arundel and Salisbury , and nothing more was heard of them until 1343 , when the king ordered the charges to be annulled .
14 In the discussion which followed , it was agreed that while the statistics formed a useful starting point , insufficient use was being made of them for publicity purposes , and the Secretary was instructed to ascertain the form in which figures would be most useful to property correspondents .
15 The crucial distinction drawn by Mr Hibbert and others is between the figures themselves , simon pure as they are , and the possibly misleading use made of them by politicians and others .
16 In the West we tend to trust our official government statistics and then to distrust the use made of them by politicians .
17 Has it been a distinctive political culture , citizens being prepared to acquiesce in and , when called on , to support the demands made of them by government ?
18 They 've had er enormous difficulties and er the honourable gentleman will er know that the South Wales police authority committee , its officers and its Chief Constable have er visited parliament er to put their case to members representing the South Wales police authority area and indeed to er Earl Ferrers the minister er responsible for the police and they certainly have n't had any er criticism made of them by his own government and if er he believes that there is a criticism I would suggest that he takes a leaf out of the book of his er , his right honourable friend the Secretary of State and refers the matter so that it can be properly audited and er I think the honourable gentleman knows that when that is done he will see that there is no blame attached whatsoever to the members or the officers of the police authority .
19 Though ‘ the diagram I have in view ’ includes particular details , ‘ there is not the least mention made of them in the proof of the proposition . ’
20 One area of special interest is helping companies to predict what environmental demands will be made of them in the future .
21 The grooms on the train were all younger , thinner and from what I 'd seen of them in their uniform T-shirts less positive .
22 It had been obvious , really ; their ghostly slenderness , their voices like wild birds — she had not , she realized , ever thought of them as men .
23 I had not done so before merely because I had not thought of them in this context ; I had supposed that you might prefer to be at some slight remove from the nefarious influences of the department …
24 The Labour Party talked of them as if they were filled with caramels . ’
25 The lead fisherman wore shades ( ever see fish wearing glasses ? ) for the bluesy number and got rid of them for a rappy tune ( thank God ! ) .
26 because landlords were seen as progressive and they might want , they di the erm communists did n't want to get rid of them as a class but in their feudal capacity .
27 Using his logical mind , Dustin/Sumner takes them all on , getting rid of them in various ways — with a knife , burning oil , a gun and an animal trap .
28 Bingeing can be seen as a way of ‘ stuffing away ’ feelings and then getting rid of them by vomiting .
29 that it 's barely worth their while to erm to employ try and get rid of them by doing that er which er which means that there should n't be redistribution of land that much and therefore
30 Nothing is known of them outside the Bible , but they were evidently a race of Goliaths .
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