Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] in [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My respectful study of other religions has not abated my reverence for or my faith in the Hindu scriptures . |
| 2 | It is for these reasons that I felt then , as I do now , that in pursuing an industrial career I was performing a social service , of no less significance than my service in the armed forces . |
| 3 | That was how she met my father in the early years of the war . |
| 4 | For that reason I have related some of the more interesting highlights of my life in the Western Isles in the following chapters which can be regarded as an intermission to my Cutter Service . |
| 5 | Hick , speaking as the England squad completed its pre-Indian tour preparations at Lilleshall yesterday , added : ‘ I wanted to know why my form in the one-day internationals was good , while I could n't do it in the Tests . |
| 6 | An answer to these questions , if a satisfactory answer is to be possible at all , can not be given except as part of a theory of reality , and my purpose in the following pages will be to sketch out the fundamentals of just such a theory . |
| 7 | I do n't agree with the theory that my becoming emotionally charged up by the relay affair affected my running in the 100 metres . |
| 8 | From my earliest days , my interest in the Old Masters has frequently led me to consult Hofstede de Groot 's A Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century which includes the work of such household names as Rembrandt and Frans Hals , Johannes Vermeer and Jacob van Ruisdael among some 40 major Dutch artists . |
| 9 | Senior Tories are attempting to highlight the dangers posed by a hung Parliament to boost their support in the final days of the election campaign . |
| 10 | Successful new titles , draconian cost controls , inflation-busting , cover-price rises and a £1m windfall from the sale of a stake in newspaper group TR Beckett also played their part in the sparkling results , which sent the shares 8p better at 300p . |
| 11 | It was also announced on April 18 that some 108 persons arrested or imprisoned for their part in the 1990 demonstrations would be released from custody . |
| 12 | They still see Scotland as north Britain , an appendage that can be guaranteed to play its part in the Labour unionists ' drama of periodically legitimising long periods of Tory rule by brief interregnums of Labour control . |
| 13 | Although the British needed this route to support Egypt , many of them saw Pan American as opportunistic and poised to exploit its advantage in the postwar years . |
| 14 | But in reporting this highly selective history of Scotland 's footballing campaigns Hampden Babylon remains loyal to the great myths of the game , and to the undoubted disgust of the Scottish Football Association , places its faith in the anti-authoritarian players who have come to Scotland 's rescue in the past and brightened our mediocrity with a touch of madness . |
| 15 | They were tipped as a recovery stock after investors had lost much of their money in a few months . |
| 16 | Chrysler 's Concorde LH saloon ( below ) made its debut in the British Airways Concorde lounge at JFK airport , New York . |
| 17 | Expressed in this way , ‘ A Plan for Britain' was symptomatic of a mood of collectivist enthusiasm which seemed to find its opportunity in the shared perils and challenges of the early years of the war . |
| 18 | Gillray discovered the limits of his anti-royalism after the French Revolution and the Mass Observation respondents discovered the limits of their royalism in the early years of the Second World War . |
| 19 | A dispute also blew up over attempts by the mining companies to present their case in the local schools . |
| 20 | During the summer , Galleria Contini was showing the pictures at their branch in the rich Italians ' play-ground of Cortina d'Ampezzo . |
| 21 | In fact , there was another group who were not happy and who expressed their unhappiness in no uncertain terms to me on my return . |
| 22 | This made their defeat in the one-day internationals easier for them to bear . |
| 23 | Galway will obviously be keen to shake Kilkenny out of their stride in the early stages — just as they did to Tipperary , indeed . |
| 24 | Action by the Community shall be aimed at encouraging cooperation between Member States and , if necessary , supporting and implementing their action in the following areas : — improvement of the knowledge and dissemination of the culture and history of the European peoples ; — conservation and safeguarding of cultural heritage of European significance ; — non-commercial cultural exchanges , — artistic and literary creation , including in the audiovisual sector . |
| 25 | It was estimated that a third of the electorate had switched its vote in the 1991 elections , compared with only 20 per cent in 1988 . |
| 26 | England had probably lost in international importance during the fifteenth century , partly because of her defeat in the Hundred Years War , partly because of the success of the Habsburgs in building up their empire on the basis of dynastic marriages . |
| 27 | She too was taking her degree in the social sciences . |
| 28 | He had climbed through her window in the sweet nights , nights that would torment his memory for ever with the perfume of darkness and intrigue . |
| 29 | The award , worth £20,000 , is given to ‘ a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding June 1992 ’ and was granted by a jury consisting of Nicholas Serota , director of the Tate Gallery , Marie-Claude-Beaud , director of the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain , Robert Hopper , director of the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust , Sarah Kent , art critic of Time Out magazine and Howard Karshan , representative of the patrons of New Art . |
| 30 | She can manoeuvre her wheelchair in the confined spaces of her present home but not without the occasionally shunt and collision . |