Example sentences of "[art] [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | The modern trend in medicine — like the ancient biblical view — is to see human beings as whole people , recognizing that it is bad practice to treat separate parts of a person without looking at the total man or woman . |
| 2 | Plus ça change : in the 1990s these words ( apart from their dated gender references ) remain as relevant and as enlightening as in the 1970s and at the beginning of the century : the problem of poverty is the condition of the normal man [ and woman ] in normal circumstances , neither better nor worse off than his [ or her ] neighbours , not of those whose failings qualify them to be the text for the moralist , and who are no more common in the manual working-classes than in other sections of the society . |
| 3 | ‘ a person who signs a document , and parts with it so that it may come into other hands , has a responsibility , that of the normal man of prudence , to take care what he signs , which , if neglected , prevents him from denying his liability under the document according to its tenor . |
| 4 | Adrian Jones of Laser … says its easy to sail … its not for the beginner but the club sailor will be able to handle it … he says it gives the opportunity for the normal man or girl in the street to sail together in a powerful boat … all the boats will be exactly the same … it means that the best sailor will win … |
| 5 | So the normal man in the street wo n't see a great deal until very much nearer the time when it opens next spring . |
| 6 | The modern historical novel has been particularly successful in giving convincing pictures of moments of history as experienced by young women as well as ‘ plucky boys ’ : Jill Paton Walsh 's A parcel of patterns , Hester Burton 's Time of trial , and K. M. Peyton 's Flambards novels are examples and , as experienced by ‘ the lower orders ’ , Barbara Willard 's Ned only and K. M. Peyton 's The right-hand man . |
| 7 | The new Council was appointed on 26th September , and from that date on General Aung San was the right-hand man of the Governor and the hope of the whole nation . |
| 8 | After returning to Soho , Murdock was put in charge of the mechanical department and was regarded as the right-hand man of Boulton & Watt . |
| 9 | The 27-year-old man , already serving a life sentence for one murder , has been charged with another and may hold the secret to other unsolved killings . |
| 10 | Recalling going into Kyle , while I was at Stromefirry-nofirry , and remembering that nightmare vision of the burned-black man after the blevey — Sir Rufus with his black bones , black nails , black wood and his black jaw hinged back and very much a dental-records job — and thinking , How did they identify Andy ? |
| 11 | When he did , the prim man who worked at the counter often inspected them and said , ‘ I doubt if this will come out , sir , but we 'll do our best . ’ |
| 12 | The lazy man 's guide to word-processing |
| 13 | Beginners would be well advised to keep off , but if you can not prevent yourself indulging ( and , of course , there is as much pleasure in the devising as in the unravelling ) read Chapter 17 of Dickson Carr 's The Hollow Man . |
| 14 | She went to the French General 's stirrup and held the pathetic bouquet up to the grim-faced man . |
| 15 | He summoned his courage and said so to the grim-faced man before he left the sick room . |
| 16 | Or , if they did , they knew better than to remonstrate with the grim-faced man behind her . |
| 17 | You should be able to separate the beast from the evolved man and treat each one differently . |
| 18 | Tarot is even more complex with 78 cards , 22 of which are decorated with highly-symbolic pictures with names like The Hanging Man , the Pope , the Devil , the Lovers , Judgement , and an untitled image of death . |
| 19 | ‘ And I am Lio ! rt Dragonlord , ’ said the hanging man , pronouncing the word with the harsh click in the back of the throat that Rincewind could only think of as a kind of integral punctuation . |
| 20 | Can I admit the divine man in friends , |
| 21 | The Court then decided that the Tribunal 's decision was perverse , because there was no material from which to conclude that the hypothetical man guilty of misconduct would not have been dismissed in the same way as was S. Her appeal was dismissed and leave to appeal to the House of Lords was refused . |
| 22 | He thought of the forsaken wedding preparations , of the thoughts running through the head of the betrothed man , whose name he did not even know , of the decorations which were now mockeries . |
| 23 | According to one ITV producer , a deal of the kind agreed by the BBC would mean that many past video releases like The World at War and The Botanic Man would never find their way onto video . |
| 24 | Now move yourselves , both of you , ’ snapped the uniformed man . |
| 25 | He shoved it at the uniformed man 's face , watching with pleasure as he recoiled from the stench . |
| 26 | The uniformed man noticed the movement and stepped close to Robinson . |
| 27 | Porter eyed the uniformed man malevolently , then exchanged puzzled glances with his cell-mate . |
| 28 | ‘ Then why was the door locked ? ’ the uniformed man wanted to know . |
| 29 | Ryker regarded her furiously as the uniformed man extended a hand to help her up . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've got one of these bloody things , though , if you want to borrow it , ’ the uniformed man said , pulling a portable phone from his pocket . |