Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a previous BBC serial about the moral bankruptcy and satanic drabness of a fictional new town , the polite credits ' acknowledgment to the real modern conurbation which had admitted the cameras had an inadvertent satirical ring . |
| 2 | The Anglo Saxons ' solution to chapping and peeling was a poultice of beet , lettuce , coriander , herbs and crumbs mixed with water . |
| 3 | Councillor Anne James , spokeswoman for the Torfaen Environmental Health Committee , criticised the private caterers ' approach to food preparation with limited resources . |
| 4 | And in Asturias 's Men of Maize , which deals with the expropriation of Indian communal lands for the commercial exploitation of maize , the Guatemalan Indians ' resistance to the destruction of their way of life is waged not only with arms , but also through the myths by which they preserve their concept of the world . |
| 5 | But there was a joker in the pack , too , a fool at this court of kings , a jester , a clown , pure showman and extrovert , the big-wave riders ' answer to Evel Knievel . |
| 6 | If the result of an indemnity basis taxation is , as we were told , the invariable loss of some percentage of actual costs , that may be a criticism of the taxing masters ' approach to taxation ( although it may also be a criticism of the excessive level of the fees and disbursements that are submitted for taxation ) ; but it is not a valid criticism of the indemnity basis criterion set out in Ord. 62 , r. 12(2) . |
| 7 | At that time the Japanese foreign ministry distanced itself from the Liberal Democrats ' mission to Pyongyang organised by the party 's strongman , Shin Kanemaru . |
| 8 | For London readers , Shoreditch offers the following gatecrashers ' guide to election night ( assuming that some sort of celebration is in order ) . |
| 9 | the traditional blacksmiths ' chorus to their patron saint , St Clement . |
| 10 | I happen to have transcripts of the abovementioned spirits ' comments to Howard believe it or not . |
| 11 | There was the Trojan war , in which thousands perished over the indiscretions of Helen and Paris , who — give or take a sun-lounger — could have passed for the ancient Greeks ' answer to Fergie and John Bryan . |
| 12 | A 1 million b/d ‘ strategic ’ pipeline had been installed so as to enable the southern fields ' production to be sent out via the northern pipeline system through Syria , or the reverse ; as it later proved , a sensible precaution . |
| 13 | Professor Sean Freyne of Trinity College , a former Roman catholic priest , published an article in the Irish Times favouring the constitutional amendment , and suggesting that the Irish bishops ' attitude to marriage , despite some signs to the contrary , was eminently legal and contractual in orientation ( Irish Times , 5 June 1986 ) . |
| 14 | One of the rare similarities between Highland and Lowland customs was the resemblance between the northern clans ' loyalty to a chieftain who in return owed his family and retainers an equal commitment , and the mutually supportive ‘ surnames ’ of Border groups — usually known on the Northumbrian side of the Border , especially in Tynedale , as ‘ graynes ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ You were demonstrating in support of the other lecturers ' right to a job for life ? ’ |
| 16 | Claims of secret assignment should be rejected as incompatible with the other parties ' right to performance . |
| 17 | The Western powers ' recourse to warships yielded mixed results . |
| 18 | The modern performers ' impulse to ‘ orchestrate ’ medieval and Renaissance music is also revealed in the various instrumentations used to perform the lines of medieval secular chansons . |
| 19 | In the context of schooling one significant issue that is paradoxically neglected is the ‘ rationality ’ of the working-class students ' resistance to antiracist curricula and classroom discussions in so far as this resistance is bound up with a more generalized opposition to the degrees of surveillance , discipline , authoritarianism and class domination involved in conventional forms of schooling . |
| 20 | The continuance of our training programme depends on attracting new students so please do all you can to publicise the Potential Teachers ' Day to be held on Saturday 8th March 1986 at Warwick Park School , Peckham High Street , London SE 15 . |
| 21 | He affixed a small jewellers ' eyeglass to his eye , and peered in at the device 's workings more closely . |
| 22 | When I wanted publicity for a young persons ' trip to London , arranged to allow them to talk to MPs of all parties , your paper did not publish the Press release . |
| 23 | A key ingredient in his rise from a minor counties ' also-ran to England strike bowler was a brief coaching session with the Dennis Lillee . |