Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As for the directors of early-music ensembles , it is well known that David Munrow and Christopher Hogwood first met in Cambridge .
2 She trailed a hand along an imaginary banister , sweeping the other behind where the skirts of a ball-gown would have trailed and was so tangibly created that when she sat down on the sofa Delia Sutherland moved to make room for the folds of that gown .
3 I explained this ( J. Milroy , 1982b : 43 ) in relation to the simplification pattern in short /a/ ( see chapter 4.5 for the findings of this study ) , which we measured by using a three-way analysis of variance .
4 white and light green oxide were used for the dabs of pale green on the lining fabric , and a scumble of pure white was used to highlight the grey around the backs of the shoes .
5 It did n't do anything for the tenants of this city or did n't put any new proposals forward .
6 In the price range £100-£1,000 , no less than twenty-one of the twenty-two highest prices were paid for the products of six presses — Kelmscott ( 5 ) , Doves ( 6 ) , Ashendene ( 3 ) , Golden Cockerel ( 2 ) , Shakespeare Head ( 2 ) and Gregynog ( 3 ) .
7 a fully informed and supportive user community for the products of all information technology systems .
8 The project , which is to create an unprecedented space for the products of Scottish artists up to the present day , needs all the friends it can get , as it has still to be sold to government and any private benefactors .
9 The research , by evaluating the experience of the UK in the 1930's , aims to test the hypothesis that the discouragement of imports through duties or licensing systems , increased the demand for the products of British industry and stimulated the expansion of manufacturing output .
10 Thirdly , they had a fearful respect for the dangers of such drugs as morphine and worried that they might kill children who were already desperately sick .
11 and on page seventy eight there is one of those tables , it follows from your previous answer , that you would be responsible for the figures of six pounds , thirty five at the top , nine pounds , fifty five and twelve pounds , seventy
12 The research examines the impact of the recent boom in the provision of sheltered housing for sale in broadening the housing opportunities and choice available to the elderly ; assesses the consequences of such developments for the activities of local authorities , housing associations and private housebuilders ; and evaluates the impact of such initiatives on existing local housing markets .
13 It does so by providing scapegoats — ‘ the disruptive pupil ’ and ‘ the parsimonious LEA ’ which have sufficient reality and credibility to bear a disproportionate blame for the ills of present-day schools .
14 An article in the Nursing Times of 23 August 1957 , for example , stressed the importance of work as a cure for the ills of old age ( pp. 945–6 ) , followed four months later by one in the Nursing Mirror : ‘ Occupation is unquestionably one of the most important factors in preserving mental alertness and bodily health . ’
15 The academic disciplines within the Faculty can be divided into three general areas , i.e. Physical Sciences and Mathematics , containing the Departments of Astronomy , Chemistry , Geology & Geophysics , Mathematics and Statistics , Meteorology , and Physics ; Engineering and Information Technology , for the Departments of Artificial Intelligence , Chemical Engineering , Civil Engineering , Cognitive Science , Computer Science , Electrical Engineering , and Mechanical Engineering ; and Biological Sciences , which includes the Institutes of Ecology and Resource Management , of Cell Animal and Population Biology , and of Cell and Molecular Biology .
16 Although well acquainted with rejection notices , we were unprepared for the criticisms of this paper .
17 Unfortunately Dutch law did not provide equality of treatment in every respect for the subsidiaries of foreign parent companies — certain social security rules were not applicable to them .
18 And if you are a parent yourself , please spare a thought for the mothers of these children so far away .
19 Transport 2000 wanted to see a radical shake-up of the funding system for the railways in this country to provide a better service .
20 There tends to be one fixed view — that of the author — with little scope for the preferences of individual readers .
21 More generally , we may conclude that the Bain-Elsheikh study provides support from several countries for the effects of economic conditions and the influence of public policy upon union growth .
22 For those who prefer scientific evidence for the effects of essential oils on the mind , let me draw your attention to some experiments carried out in the last ten years by John Steele ( an American research worker ) and Maxwell Cade , a British biophysicist .
23 To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received from farmers about compensation for the effects of low flying on livestock .
24 The Ministry of Defence continues to receiv representations from farmers about compensation for the effects of low flying on livestock .
25 We were told that although up to this point no account had been made for the effects of new policies , the counties were at liberty to estimate the effects of new policies — either theirs or the Government 's via planning policy guidance and the work of development agencies , TECs etc .
26 A contrasting perspective , however , which makes little allowance for the effects of collective bargaining arrangements , is the study of democracy in British and US unions by Edelstein and Warner ( 1975 ) , and that for Mexico by Thompson and Roxborough ( 1982 ) .
27 The extreme complexity of the enteric nervous system with its non adrenergic non-cholinergic neurones and its connections with the autonomic nervous system and higher neural centres precludes a simple explanation for the effects of autonomic neuropathy on constipation .
28 However , there is data available for the effects of high dose radiation on the human body , and data on radiation hazards is regularly reviewed by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of the Atomic Radiation ( UNSCEAR ) .
29 If the lunar curves in Figure 6.9 can roughly be applied to Mercury then crater erasure took place before about 4000 Ma ago , and most of the present craters , which may also have given rise to the smooth plains , were in place by about 3000 Ma ago , and little has happened on the Mercurian surface since except for the effects of tidal slow-down and interior shrinkage .
30 This can be done by direct measurements of the maximum dimension of a hundred grains through a calibrated eye piece graticule , or on a screen , followed by calculation of the standard deviation of these dimensions and application of a conversion equation which adjusts this value for the effects of random sectioning ( e.g. Harrell & eriksson , 1979 ) .
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