Example sentences of "[adv] of [art] [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vincent spoke almost enviously of the miners ' darkness , and the chance it gave them to reclaim the light . |
| 2 | It was unusual because specialist nurses did much of the doctors ' work . |
| 3 | He enhances our sense not only of the poets ' universe — me cosmology of Dante and Milton , for example — but also of the symbolism used by painters and architects . |
| 4 | They form the basis if not of the Federalists ' philosophy , then at least of much of the present movement towards a Federalist structure for Europe . |
| 5 | But I think it 's fair to say that the changes in the n nine , early nineteen eighties particularly those which gave the unions a predominant position in choosing the leader , were not of the unions ' making , certainly not of the G M B's making , as I know from personal experience at the time . |
| 6 | The 90 recommendations of the inquiry included the phasing out of seclusion , better staff training and the setting up of a patients ' advocacy service . |
| 7 | Subsection ( 7 ) deals with cases where a deposit has been made out of a clients ' account or the like . |
| 8 | The point is nicely illustrated by an important case arising out of the miners ' strike of 1984–85 . |
| 9 | The injustice of life stung her bitterly — Sylvester getting them Bones and co as if they were straight out of the champions ' parade at the Horse of the Year Show and not even knowing that some horses jumped and some did n't , and thinking that all weedy little Hoomey needed was motivation to become Seb Coe the second … |
| 10 | One Tory MP was seen coming out of the Whips ' office in tears before last night 's vote . |
| 11 | Clearly the phasing out of the serf-owners ' authority and of traditional dues did provide an immediate improvement in peasant conditions , and the opportunity to buy land increased peasant security . |
| 12 | Begonia leaf cuttings Take a leaf out of the experts ' book with our guide to increasing your stocks of foliage begonias . |
| 13 | It 's just a race , after all — if you 're any good , you can wave your arms about while pulling a horse 's back teeth out and keep yourself out of the stewards ' room . |
| 14 | This made nonsense out of the geologists ' expectation of a world-wide sequence of characteristic fossils , and was never taken up . |
| 15 | ‘ When we played MCC at Lord 's they had 10 county captains , if I remember rightly , and one player , J.W. Hearne , came out of the players ' gate , and the rest came out through the main entrance . |
| 16 | After Allitt moved out of the Jobsons ' home , his dizzy spells , craving for chocolate and sudden collapses had stopped . |
| 17 | Such value-judgments surely arise out of the critics ' disappointment at finding negative aspects in an otherwise positive projection , an all-too-human aspiration for avoiding reality which Leonard refuses to do , to his great cost . |
| 18 | But apparently it was all out of the scientists ' control . |
| 19 | The transfer of sums out of the creditors ' total in the balance sheet does not , of itself , imply dishonesty and would not be an offence under the Theft Act 1968 , since any creditor able to prove the sum owing within the six year limitation period would be paid , regardless of the accounting treatment adopted . |
| 20 | The workers in gold spilled out of the Goldsmiths ' Bazaar and into the surrounding streets and alleyways . |
| 21 | The pension of £150 was to be paid out of the Goldsmiths ' endowment of £290 . |
| 22 | It must be added that they were the better team , had the outstanding individual in Gordon Strachan and deserved the victory procured by a touch of finesse which could have Vinny Jones drummed out of the cloggers ' union . |
| 23 | The growth in demand for rapid response in the U.S.A. continues to have the effect of transferring stock out of the retailers ' balance sheets and into those of the manufacturers , a situation aggravated this year by relatively weak fourth quarter sales . |
| 24 | On 13 October 1988 an order was made by Master Munrow directing the trial as a preliminary issue of certain questions arising out of the plaintiffs ' notice of objection . |
| 25 | I would spend a miserable hour hopping from one foot to the other just out of the babies ' end with my eyes scrunched shut and my mouth in a knot . |
| 26 | THE catalogue of horror stories coming out of the banks ' treatment of their customers seems to have no effect on the high-handed , arrogant way they behave . |
| 27 | He said when Mr Jones was taken to hospital to have his injuries looked at and photographed , he did not take the opportunity to be taken straight out of the Roberts ' home . |
| 28 | The system should allow for some unexpected failures , which are out of the drivers ' control , to occur . ’ |
| 29 | Mark Twain was so impressed he included a description in his work The Innocents Abroad : ‘ I watched the Silver Swan which had a living grace about his movements and a living intelligence in his eyes — watched him swimming about as comfortably and unconcernedly as if he had been born in a morass instead of a jewellers ' shop — watched him seize a silver fish from under the water and hold up his head and go through all the customary and elaborate motions of swallowing it ’ . |
| 30 | This means that instead of a Lions ' debut being guaranteed for the 10-times-capped Garryowen player against Canterbury in Christchurch on Wednesday week , he might miss the match . |