Example sentences of "of [adj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the Italian surrender in the summer of 1943 he privately reckoned the chances of a similar German collapse at six to four against ; and he recognised , partly under pressure from Attlee and others on the Labour side , that he ought to appoint a senior Minister to co-ordinate the planning of reconstruction . |
| 2 | They arrived at the restaurant , were shown to a table , handed menus and started a reasonably convivial conversation either about Ken 's rearend , the radio show or about Pieces of Eight which finally closed in the autumn of 1960 . |
| 3 | What is required is that the language which is pedagogically presented should be a projection of that which actually occurs as recorded by the computer analysis of text . |
| 4 | We do n't know the name of that one either do we ? |
| 5 | If you want an illustration of that you only have to look at the words of President Reagan . |
| 6 | Sensibly , from the point of view of the regime , Nicholas had taken the precaution of consigning the one prominent conspirator of 1825 who actually came from Siberia , Grigorii Baten'kov , to the Peter and Paul Fortress in St Petersburg . |
| 7 | Yet at the age of forty he still regarded himself a failure because his mother had projected on to him her anxieties to such an extent that he never felt he matched up to her expectation of him . |
| 8 | In fact , once drivers are made aware of this they normally take compensatory action in their driving . |
| 9 | The first example of this which probably springs to mind is that of the love/hate relationship between Pip and Estella which develops throughout the book as they grow older and their characters change and develop . |
| 10 | In support of this we also found that PGE 2 synthesis was increased in patients with dyspepsia compared with patients without symptoms although this did not reach statistical significance . |
| 11 | In the light of this we briefly consider rules and laissez-faire approaches to mergers as alternatives to that of pragmatic cost-benefit . |
| 12 | Because of this he often failed to bring about cures and eventually became disillusioned with hypnosis as a form of therapy . |
| 13 | Because of this she rarely enjoys anything in depth or sticks at anything for very long . |
| 14 | Because of this she never had any time for her own parents : my mother could n't think it was right that they 'd parted with two of their children . ’ |
| 15 | By some bureaucratic error I was never recalled , and because of this I never became a Giovane Fascista . |
| 16 | In spite of this I still have fond memories of them as they were such a soft , comfortable pair of boots from day one . |
| 17 | Before you get the idea that such a bias occurs only in national competitions , I would like to point out that the worse case of this I ever saw was in a world championship . |
| 18 | In the spring of 1660 he vainly produced his papers to George Monck , first Duke of Albemarle [ q.v. ] , and others to form the basis of a bill setting out terms for the restoration of Charles II . |
| 19 | Shop steward 's chairman who was one of a delegation of six who later had a meeting with Minister for Energy Tim Eggar , said : ‘ We were encouraged by the promises of support we got from the MPs and the Minister has said he will look at the pension scheme position . ’ |
| 20 | From the comparative opulence of 17-6 they then slipped into penury by conceding 18 unanswered points . |
| 21 | He was the nephew of King Idriss , who was deposed by the military coup of 1969 which eventually brought Kadhafi to power . |
| 22 | Confronted with a score of 350 we then had to contend with their venomous opening attack of Vaughan ‘ Hungry ’ Walsh ( very fast ) and John ‘ Dentist ’ Maynard ( quite fast ) , who were formidable by any standards . |
| 23 | Her hair , which is down to her bum , and a colour of gold one only gets with a little help from Miss Clairol , was an absolute mess from the wind . |
| 24 | Quite a number of these we already have . |
| 25 | One of these which originally led to the nonprofessional but nationally-recognized Certificate of Social Service ( CCETSW , 1975 ) , has now been incorporated into a new and alternative route to a full professional social work qualification for some of the kinds of social service personnel we have referred to as paraprofessionals ( CCETSW , 1989 ) . |
| 26 | and he 's a lovely person , he 's full of fun and everything but he , he 's one of these he always says he 's coming and never comes . |
| 27 | One of these I only wear once and everyone 's seen |
| 28 | For each of these I then evolved time-limited discussion structures applying to the subject of disruption a simple group interaction method ( for which I would make no claims of originality ) , a process intended to maximize the chances of ‘ on-task ’ participation leading to clear definition and appreciation of areas of agreement and divergence and needs for further analysis or action . |
| 29 | Domestically the Labour Party was improving its organization and developing its programme after 1934 , with its focus on the general election of 1940 which never took place . |
| 30 | " One of the most beautiful things done by the painters of this country has been the painting of black which nevertheless has light in it , " Vincent had written from Holland . |