Example sentences of "[prep] an [adj] [noun] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came about because , after an early night in the same bed as that slept in by the Prince , Dr Johnson , who had a cold and had been rendered a little deaf by it , ‘ spoke of Prince Charles being here , and asked Mrs Macdonald , ‘ Who was with him ? |
| 2 | After an unsuccessful week in the channel the ship put into Falmouth for stores . |
| 3 | A prospective , randomised , comparative study was performed to assess the need for a pure alcohol injection after an epinephrine injection in the arrest of active peptic ulcer bleeding . |
| 4 | Bosnian leaders , however , accused the FRY of attempting to deny responsibility for Serb attacks , such as the June 23 shelling which killed at least 14 people in Sarajevo city centre , which was crowded with people after an apparent lull in the fighting . |
| 5 | Charlie ignored me , as he was ignoring most of his friends since he 'd appeared on the front page of the Bromley and Kentish Times with his band , Must n't Grumble , after an open-air gig in a local sports ground . |
| 6 | In the final analysis , these more sober views were vindicated by events ; population continued to increase steadily , after an upward surge in the late 1940s , and some of the views expressed by the Royal Commission on Population were accepted . |
| 7 | USER FRIENDLY gained a 6–1 quote for the Arc at Longchamp on October 4 after an impressive victory in the St Leger at Doncaster yesterday . |
| 8 | It accepted Mr Yanaev as vice-president ( but only after an embarrassing failure in the first vote and some heavyweight intervention by Mr Gorbachev ) . |
| 9 | St John Hornby , owner of the private Ashenden Press , found his 1½ by 1&1/4 inch gift of Horace 's Carmina Sapphica reduced to pulp after an overnight stay in a full-sized binding press . |
| 10 | Most of my new friends were paras , and we used to sit around listening to our Sergeant-Major , who had been seconded to us from the 3rd Battalion after an exemplary performance in the Falklands . |
| 11 | After an hour-long meeting in the presidential palace , a hangdog Mr Cossiga announced that he and Mr Andreotti were in full agreement . |
| 12 | After an unsatisfactory performance in the Reading Head a month ago , Oxford brought in a relatively inexperienced stroke , Ian Gardiner , who learnt his rowing at Oxford , and the Dark Blues immediately became a force to be reckoned with . |
| 13 | The last beach along here before you come to the first of the rocky headlands that are so prettily characteristic of Biarritz 's coastline , is called the Chambre d'Amour or Chamber of Love , after an old depression in the sand where two lovers are said to have put themselves well and truly on the map by being surprised in their amours by the Atlantic tide . |
| 14 | In an emotional response to the 2–0 defeat in Boston which piled on the agony after an identical scoreline in the World Cup in Norway a week earlier , Taylor knows he has been left naked to the most virulent attacks by media and fans . |
| 15 | Moreover , their proportion has declined over the years despite an absolute rise in the number of people covered by retirement pensions , as Table 3.20 shows . |
| 16 | This proportionate increase is still continuing , despite an overall reduction in the number of university undergraduate places ( see table 4.3 below ) . |
| 17 | Arms imports into Asia and the Pacific region showed a marked increase despite an overall reduction in the developing world . |
| 18 | Despite an overall fall in the rate of unemployment from 7.4 per cent in 1989 to 6.5 per cent in 1990 , a number of major companies undertook fundamental restructuring . |
| 19 | In the first , the shape into which the social formation is predisposed to settle , though contested , is obvious and is a powerful influence on the culture ; the second — despite an underlying complexity in the cultural relationships — possesses brilliant if temporary clarity arising from its historical position at the beginning of a period of great situational adjustment . |
| 20 | What has attracted great attention recently are moves towards an internal market in the NHS , which would allow health authorities to buy and sell services to and from one another . |
| 21 | Over the past 15 years there have been great advances towards an ordinary life in the community for people with learning difficulties : the growth of ordinary housing ; the development of employment and education opportunities ; steps towards integration in the community and more flexible support services ; and the mushrooming of self-advocacy . |
| 22 | It overlooks the birthplace of the lovely River Eden and nurtures and shelters its flow down the long strath of Mallerstang towards an ultimate destination in the Solway Firth . |
| 23 | In February 1961 Parliament was asked to approve the grant of an extra £12,000 in the Supplementary Estimates . |
| 24 | A Mass of Figures , Jim Harold examines the quality of space of an abandoned hospital in a photographic and sculptural installation ( until 1 Mar ) . |
| 25 | A Mass of Figures , Jim Harold examines the quality of space of an abandoned hospital in a photographic and sculptural installation ( until 1 Mar ) . |
| 26 | They could change the life of an elderly person in a developing country where failing eyesight is a serious problem made acute by disease , poverty and limited healthcare . |
| 27 | The needs of an elderly person in a residential home . |
| 28 | Sgt John Grainger , community relations officer at Bishop Auckland police , said three builders using a blue van called at the home of an elderly person in the town , telling her she needed work on the roof and quoting £300 . |
| 29 | Having secured the tables and the glasses , he had peered at the dark discoloured oil of an elderly cleric in a shovel hat and opined that this was the work of ‘ our local genius ’ . |
| 30 | All research or therapy of an innovative nature in the health service , especially that involving foetuses or foetal material , requires the approval of a local research ethics committee . |