Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the [noun sg] of events " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 1980s the fortunes of the dollar hovered ominously on the fringe of events . |
| 2 | Loretta felt more cheerful after her chat with Bridget , slightly less at the mercy of events . |
| 3 | Neat and logical as a four-times table , M. Frontenac had stuck doggedly to the sequence of events in Alain-Fournier 's story . |
| 4 | At Easter 1939 , with Europe once more in the grip of events leading remorselessly up to the Second World War , Leeds Deaf F.C . |
| 5 | Throughout his life Picasso always reacted very directly to the stimulus of events in his day-to-day life , and the acquisition of two fragments of antiquity from his native land must undoubtedly have fired his imagination . |
| 6 | Apart from encroachments on Western-held territories , the trend in Japanese strategic thinking made it inevitable that the crisis in East Asia , resulting from the China War , would become closely tied up with the course of events in Europe . |
| 7 | It was all Julie could do to concentrate on driving , as she listened incredulously to the chain of events her sister recounted . |
| 8 | This action is commonly attributed to the fear of the working class stirred up by the course of events in France . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , she was never able really to influence developments in the way that Britain should , by being right in the middle of events , and being seen as a joint , willing partner in Europe — not a country that is always ducking and diving and looking for ways of putting party and even narrow national interests before those of the wider European concept . |
| 10 | That demanded constant attention , and yet the Prime Minister must also be able to stand back from the pressure of events and think about the future . |
| 11 | Part of the presenter 's role is to watch for good photo opportunities as they arise spontaneously in the course of events . |
| 12 | A fairly long , extremely active and relatively well-documented royal life like that of Charles the Bald can serve modern students as a thread through the maze of complex power-relations , and at the same time it leads back to the heart of events . |
| 13 | It was assumed by most American policy-makers that the Soviet Union possessed the forces to fulfil a rapid occupation of Manchuria and Korea but this was not borne out by the course of events . |
| 14 | There was support for coalition in the North and in Scotland , where local cooperation was pushing back municipal socialism in 1920–21 , and also in Birmingham , where Austen Chamberlain traded on the family name and Neville brooded uneasily on the course of events . |
| 15 | That would effectively require another audit to establish the position , because the Vendor would effectively be warranting that even in the light of events which have occurred prior to the Balance Sheet Data but which have come to light up to completion the Accounts still give a true and fair view of the Business 's financial position . |
| 16 | In National Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd. v. Jones ( 1988 H.L. ) the issue was whether the sections could operate to defeat the title of someone much earlier in the chain of events than C. Thieves had stolen a car and sold it to A who sold it to C ( a car dealer ) who sold it to D ( another car dealer ) who sold it to Jones . |
| 17 | The people who probably will be most interested in my explanation are those in Scotland and perhaps those in the North West , because those two Divisions had the distinction of ‘ advertising ’ their Annual Dinners in the Autumn edition of ‘ The Embalmer ’ , either in the Calendar of Events or as a separate notice , and saw the magazine arrive after the event ! |
| 18 | A second hypothesis ( which corresponds closely to the timing of events ) is that the decision was taken in the wake of the first major attempt to restructure Cuban society : an Agrarian Reform Law , introduced on 17 May 1959 . |
| 19 | We only possess one piece of information with which to lend precision to the general statement that Richard went through the rebels ' lands with fire and sword , capturing and demolishing their fortresses , and this suggests that Geoffrey de Rancon 's castle of Taillebourg was once again at the centre of events . |
| 20 | In these circumstances , Gregory 's decree against lay investiture could be left to make its way forward by the momentum of events . |