Example sentences of "lost in [art] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mountain behind the farmhouse was lost in a mist of snow and sleet and we had to smash the ice on the horse trough in the mornings . |
| 2 | In the distance detail was lost in a scrim of rain . |
| 3 | Samuel had his own thoughts , lost in a dream of vengeance . |
| 4 | Or is dance going to be overloaded and the choreographic design lost in a mass of stage materials , such as too-heavy costumes , an overdose of stage effects and machinery or over-powerful sets which dwarf the dancers . |
| 5 | Often a lot of necessary information about characters or plot has been established in previous episodes or the language items you 're interested in are lost in a flow of language your students could n't cope with . |
| 6 | He sat on alone until all unease was lost in a luxury of self-absorption . |
| 7 | Lost in a trance of pain , toward whom you yearned . |
| 8 | Perhaps hindered by the unflattering acoustic of the concert hall , the result was all too often lost in a welter of sound and over-stressed consonants with all the control of a recalcitrant Sunday school outing . |
| 9 | The precise origins of the Mage Wars have been lost in the fogs of Time , but disc philosophers agree that the First Men , shortly after their creation , understandably lost their temper . |
| 10 | Although some DNA adducts are lost in the course of DNA extraction during the enhancement procedures and in the chromatography stage of this assay , and this means that true adduct levels tend to be underestimated , valuable information on relative adduct levels is emerging . |
| 11 | Those they select are passed up to Waugh 's desk whether they are lost in the plethora of paper that almost obscures the wood . |
| 12 | We have all inherited personal preferences in one shape or form by a variety of different roots ; some of those origins are clear , others of them are lost in the entanglements of time and circumstance . |
| 13 | For all other primary tasks performed by the system no more than the results of one working day of processing will be lost in the event of processing error or power failure . |
| 14 | No more than the current proof-print will be lost in the event of failure occurring during the proof-printing of single entries . |
| 15 | Leeds won the championship , Leicester , agonisingly , lost in the play off final . |
| 16 | She clung to him , like a weak , mad thing lost in the catacombs of hell and finding a soul to clutch at . |
| 17 | Set incongruously among the mess was a jam jar with a bunch of freesias still bound with a rubber band , whose delicate sweetness was lost in the stink of sex , scent and whisky . |
| 18 | Lost in the world of imagination , I forgot my sad , lonely existence for a while , and was happy . |
| 19 | Part Two — Lost in the Caverns of Plenty |
| 20 | The grandees never recovered the influence lost in the War of Succession , when they proved themselves politically unreliable , incompetent , and excessively tetchy . |
| 21 | One is left wondering whether it was a dream or one really had been listening to a man whose clothes and surroundings were obviously of little importance but who knew more Latin and Greek than one ever had , could quote the classics and poetry , would have one lost in the depths of philosophy , someone who was probably in a Gaelic world of his own and was translating into English for the benefit of his listener although the learning had largely been gathered in that language . |
| 22 | With the number of trees lost in the gales of autumn 1987 and again in 1990 , surely we can devise some material other than timber products , to end up burnt or rotting in the earth ? |
| 23 | The electricity generated , however , due to the amount of heat lost in the process of generation ( mainly at the stage of converting heat energy of steam into the mechanical energy of the turbine ) only represents about 30% of the energy used in the power station . |
| 24 | Oranges and other citrus fruits and fresh vegetables are a ready source of vitamin C , although it is easily lost in the process of preparation and cooking . |
| 25 | But the details of the incident have been lost in the mists of history and for most people all that remains is a fleeting memory of the dejected player arriving at Heathrow Airport to face a miserable future as one half of a very well worn footballing joke . |
| 26 | Deborah Dean had been nicknamed Dimity so long ago that the reason for the diminutive had been lost in the mists of time . |
| 27 | Edmund Bogg , writing at the beginning of this century when the feast lasted several days , learnt from the vicar that the origins of ‘ burning owd Bartle ’ were lost in the mists of time , but the figure represented St Bartholomew . |
| 28 | What actually transpired upon the outbreak of the Civil War is lost in the mists of time it would seem . |
| 29 | ‘ The origins of Morris dancing are lost in the mists of time . |
| 30 | Even memories are lost in the mists of time . ’ |