Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb base] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In general many beeches , particularly those on the western edge of the Park show a general lack of vitality …
2 Half of the total expenditure on social security is on retirement pensions and , apart from 5 per cent of the retired men , the remainder receive a full pension .
3 Accordingly , the board recommend a final dividend of 0.75p which , together with the interim dividend already paid , gives a total dividend payable for the year of 1.50p .
4 The annual presentation of awards ceremony during the afternoon say a good turnout of supporters and distinguished guests in the Festival Hall .
5 Here I must emphasize that , although social anthropologists in the field concentrate a great deal of their attention on day-to-day domestic relationships , it is not really the set of domestic relationships as such which is their ultimate focus of interest .
6 Amplitude histograms ( b ) taken from epochs before ( dashed line ; 200 trials ) and after ( solid line ; 700 trials ) the tetanus show a small increase in peak separation , but a major change in the relative heights of the peaks , with right-hand peaks relatively higher after the tetanus .
7 Wide side decks and a long run of substantial grabrail on each side of the coachroof allow a secure passage to and from the foredeck .
8 In addition , the School of Geography and the University offer a wide range of seminars and visiting lectures which students are encouraged to attend .
9 For tidying the hair use a wide-toothed comb . ’
10 The glands on the skin contain a powerful irritant which will make any would-be predator think before attempting to eat the salamander .
11 The Council has to try and ensure that the subject ‘ bits ’ of the curriculum form a coherent whole and somehow deliver the broad and balanced curriculum enshrined in the noble opening passages of the Act .
12 This change in the law and in the locus of power will not end the debate , which has prevailed for a number of years , about control of the curriculum of schools ; such a debate emerged once the content of the curriculum become a controversial subject in the 1960s and has continued since .
13 In general , graduates of the course possess a valuable flexibility of mind acquired through interdisciplinary study which , combined with the analytical skill of humanities graduates , makes them ideally suited for careers in a wide variety of public and private sector employment .
14 The first and third years of the course provide a basic understanding of the industry .
15 Officials of the Association hope a new deal can be introduced to stop a trickle of officials leaving the game becoming a flood .
16 Members of the Association offer a basic funeral which can be requested .
17 Camping on the floor of the Ngorongoro crater is much more exciting : there are all sorts of beasties roaming within its walls and the noises of the bush around the campfire give a true sense of the wild .
18 Before we can settle down , the enemy launch a heavy mortar attack on their former positions , now occupied by the French , using the now familiar multibarrelled mortar , ‘ Moaning Minnie' ’ , or Nebelwerfer .
19 In the case of the ‘ ordinary ’ person it may just be pleasant to record what has happened each day so that one can at some time in the future spend a nostalgic hour looking back on times past .
20 In mid-May some 250 civil servants and intellectuals issued a petition which demanded that the President organize a national conference to discuss the establishment of a pluralist system , complaining that the RDC leadership was unrepresentative and alleging that the country 's administration was corrupted by tribal discrimination , nepotism , fraud and injustice .
21 The degrees offered by the department provide a good basis for entering a number of professions , such as teaching in universities , art schools ( especially for those with a combined practical and academic degree ) , colleges and schools , working in museums and galleries , in publishing and in the book trade in general , in auction houses , in arts administration at local or national level , and in the conservation and display of ancient monuments .
22 The Staff in the Department play a full part in the extra-curricular life of the School , as it is important that the children do not see Learning Support as in any way different or apart from the mainstream of school life .
23 The MBA do a superlative job maintaining these simple buildings , and set out a clear set of guidelines for their useage .
24 I would say you could defend the British position because what it seems to me to be based on is first of all the idea that the institution itself should make the decision , and that surely is a democratic start , that you do n't lay down a rule from Newcastle to John O'Groats , or wherever , and that the people in the institution have a certain chemistry together .
25 We have a single-minded policy for British industrial success , but the Opposition have a feeble-minded policy which would achieve nothing for British industry .
26 But what the Opposition call a modernised valuation system has more components than a car manufactured in the constituency of the hon. Member for Dagenham , and on top of that we are promised a revaluation every year .
27 Rumour has it The Orb play a different set every night .
28 NoGGIN events later in the Spring include a special invitation to the Brahms concert on 1 March , a Gilbert and Sullivan Society production on 12 March and a quiz night on 10 April .
29 It is an important week for the club and an expensive one for fans , who are certain to pick and choose unless the club make a cut-price gesture .
30 Other projects currently being undertaken by the Practice include a Unesco-commissioned survey of Angkor Wat , Cambodia .
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