Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] of [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to lift my gaze from the old dashboard that I had sat in front of for more than sixty years to a new one , and the only new one I knew of displayed the dials and instruments of what is called holistic medicine and which at that time I took to be something I knew virtually nothing about . |
| 2 | If offers are received in respect of at least the number of shares which the company wishes to purchase , the company will calculate the lowest price ( striking price ) acceptable to sufficient shareholders to ensure that all the shares required are sold . |
| 3 | The bis(azide) was isolated and then reduced by passage of through a boiling ethanol solution . |
| 4 | Adequate compliance was defined as ingestion of at least 70% of the tablets prescribed . |
| 5 | A further important European issue concerns the adoption by the European Council of a Directive on a general system for the recognition of higher education diplomas awarded on completion of at least three years ' professional education and training . |
| 6 | The fresh accident will hamper attempts by Ministers to persuade parliament to lift a freeze slapped on completion of at least three nearly-completed reactors . |
| 7 | The fact that the film was hailed by critics as a triumphant piece of realism , even though the woman 's choice between a passionate affair and married contentment is as melodramatic as that offered by any Gainsborough melodrama , reflects the kudos Lean had acquired as director of In Which We Serve , the critic 's touchstone for quality . |