Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Down in the basement , what is effectively a small warehouse holds and dispatches all RSGB publications and other radio books purchased by mail order , with the income earned providing a useful supplement to the Society 's funds . |
| 2 | Goremykin , the premier had become a mere figurehead in charge of no major department , and individual ministers reverted to reporting independently and in haphazard fashion to the Tsar . |
| 3 | We are not opening in Paris solely to take advantage of the end of trading restrictions within the EC in 1993 , but because the opportunity arose to obtain a suitable area of the Hotel Bristol with our own street window and entrance . |
| 4 | Yesterday Buckingham Palace confirmed that the Prince had accepted a long-standing invitation to address the annual conference of the Scottish Crofters Union which has almost 2,000 members in the Western Isles . |
| 5 | Russian illwill grew when the Prince wanted to marry a Prussian princess , a granddaughter of the kaiser . |
| 6 | As well as having undertaken the nominated activity within 1990 and being members of the BAPC , entrants for the award had to assemble a small report giving the ‘ whys ’ and the ‘ hows ’ of their particular project . |
| 7 | In November 1558 , she was succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth , who within a few months of coming to the throne had authorized a new religious settlement which once again left the country officially Protestant . |
| 8 | One of the first attempts to treat the effluent involved building a small lagoon , the idea for which Dai discovered in a book . |
| 9 | Yeast from the beer beer in the brewery had caused a scaly rash to grow on her forearms and across the backs of her hands . |
| 10 | A magistrate , Ian Baker , said the case had aroused a great deal of interest because of the film . |
| 11 | Judge Geoffrey Rivlin QC , sitting at Southwark Crown Court , said the case had disclosed a disturbing picture of the use of ‘ a wide range of dangerous drugs ’ by customers at Darby 's parties . |
| 12 | If the case did concern a public function , the court would have to decide whether the applicant had sufficient standing , whether the case was brought in time , and whether the case was a hopeless , frivolous , or vexatious one . |
| 13 | If the damage occurred following a specific storm , the Policyholder should be asked : |
| 14 | The LTTE had launched a major assault on July 10 on the Sri Lankan government 's army base at Elephant Pass . |
| 15 | As the sun went down over the trees , everyone in the squadron had enjoyed a hard day 's military training and , after a good dinner and some well-deserved beers , they were very happy and were looking forward to the challenges of the next day . |
| 16 | The decision had seemed a natural one at the time . |
| 17 | Simon the tiler had done a good job . |
| 18 | By the time Pie had played both the children to sleep , and rose to come and join his guest at the table , the liquor had brought a pleasant buzz to Estabrook 's head . |
| 19 | The Archdeacon liked to get a sequential narrative . |
| 20 | The camp had acquired a new ‘ amenity ’ since Seb 's last visit : ale and spirits were being dispensed from a wooden-sided enclosed wagon by a leather-aproned vendor . |
| 21 | The hook had ripped a great tuft of flesh from his throat . |
| 22 | An expert told the court that the Spitfire appeared to suffer a high-speed stall and did n't gain enough height to complete the loop . |
| 23 | In 1989 , the University decided to establish a combined honours course in the History of Art , which will admit its first intake this October . |
| 24 | Even the Guardian had advocated a Conservative victory , albeit with a ‘ small majority ’ , in 1983 ( Roberts , 1989 , p. 37 ) . |
| 25 | I was therefore instructed to discontinue the action on the basis that each side paid their own costs , although the Guardian had suffered a continuous reverse in their attempts to maintain the right to press freedom and to maintain secrecy about their informant . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , the story did have a happy ending and it does emphasize an important point . |
| 27 | The sepoy was a large and powerful man , Fleury had been weakened by the siege ; the sepoy had led a hard life of physical combat , Fleury had led the life of a poet , cultivating his sensibilities rather than his muscles and grappling only with sonnets and suchlike … |
| 28 | The United States representative , as I recall , had a background in a state university , the Russian had run a vast collective farm and the qualifications of the French representative did not emerge during my short acquaintance with this example of Allied teamwork . |
| 29 | For another it may be frustration at the discovery that his body lacks the co-ordination needed to perform a precise movement correctly . |
| 30 | Most important was that the Association had lost a high proportion of the key members by death or removal from the area , and failed to attract the younger men coming home from war service who found an outlet in more direct political activity . |