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

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1 Many defendants have been fined of more than a thousand pounds , simnplky because they earned reasonable salries .
2 But I , I do feel the Trade Descriptions Act is a is a very important er piece of consumer protection designed of course to protect not only you and me as consumer but also designed to protect traders against unfair trading practices .
3 That would mean perhaps engines might be designed of ceramic materials so you could , conceivably see engine development along new lines , and in fact there are some designs already which do incorporate ceramic materials which will withstand the higher temperatures .
4 Certainly it is not to be supposed of all situations : for a start , we do not have a single conception of truth but rather at least two conceptions , those of analytic and synthetic truth .
5 Then , when Warners sued her for breach of contract , she reluctantly agreed to return to the studio corral while making certain that the trade press was fully apprised of her frustration .
6 Accordingly , he has drawn up a document outlining his position on negotiations which he means to make public , so the people are fully apprised of the proposals that would be on the table .
7 However , as members of the Cambridge Board Committee , both the District Chairman and Secretary were fully apprised of the details of the new arrangements and , presumably , acquiesced in the explicit transfer of providing powers under Chapter III for One-Year and Terminal courses in rural areas so that the complete scheme in Bedfordshire could be maintained as it had developed from 1927 .
8 Through these committees the RAC would be fully apprised of the demand for , and existing and planned provision of , adult education classes and courses in the eight counties .
9 ( 27 November 1777 ) Among his complaints were that Mozart and his mother had stayed too long in Munich and Augsburg using up their money on lodging expenses without having any means of earning money , that Mozart was not keeping him fully apprised of exactly where his plans lay , how he was proposing to get from one place to another and by which route and when , that he was not keeping up with his composition , nor arranging to have existing works copied so that he could present them to an influential Prince or noble , and that he had not taken the right sorts of composition with him — too many symphonies and not enough church music .
10 Leopold continued to keep Mozart and his mother apprised of all that was going on in Salzburg , including accounts of performances of Mozart 's compositions .
11 The mind though it be apprised of all the doctrines of the sects , knows nothing and is bewildered by the doctrine of love .
12 The adjudicator , C. Jordan , had not been a member of the Academy when the problem was originally posed , and it seems from his official report that he was not apprised of Smith 's priority .
13 Additionally , it is wise to keep our partner apprised of decisions being made , if for no other reason than avoiding them feeling left out .
14 Probably few of the most stout defenders of direct state welfare provision , once they were apprised of the costs and failings of the asylums in question , would have argued against strategies for their rationalization .
15 In a footnote to an observation made in Mull , Boswell writes , ‘ It is no small satisfaction to me to reflect , that Dr Johnson read this , and , after being apprised of my intention , communicated to me , at subsequent periods , many particulars of his life , which probably could not otherwise have been preserved . ’
16 Investigation may well be done by a sub-committee but the deciding authority must then be apprised of that material .
17 My first question to the Minister , who is apprised of the case , is whether he is satisfied that Mrs. X and her husband were treated with compassion .
18 In other words , an understanding is presupposed of the distinction between the concept actual lion and the concept imagined lion ( a cartoon-film lion , say ) .
19 The point , is that the existence is presupposed of an objective order that enables us to distinguish meaningfully between " x is greater than y and " A judges ( thinks , believes , surmises , etc. ) that is greater than y " .
20 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 .
21 I thought it would be expected of me .
22 By this time every gentleman knew what was expected of him : Cameron never dismounted , he leaned from the saddle and passed the paper down to the angry , helpless proprietor and took it back signed .
23 He introduced me to the Branch Secretary , Forbes , who I found less congenial , more prone to rhetoric , though at his level I daresay it was expected of him .
24 Make sure staff know what is expected of them — a responsible attitude towards drinking , standards of work performance and so on .
25 I 've seen so many clients train dogs in classes too large and too loud , where the pup becomes confused and unsure of what is expected of him .
26 Much was expected of this Anglo-Italian four-place convertible , high on creature comforts as well as style , when it was introduced almost 20 years ago .
27 ‘ But we can not do anything until we know what will be expected of football clubs in the future in terms of all-seater grounds or any other issues .
28 In terms of doing what is expected of them I find they performed equally . ’
29 Had they managed this comfortably , without laying claim to the truth , more could be expected of them .
30 But some ‘ mouths ’ can have their ‘ deviance amplified ’ ( Young 1971 ) in order for it to come within the conduct expected of gougers .
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