Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the beautiful " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were lights in some of the beautiful houses on either side but all of them were upstairs . |
| 2 | Also Mr and Mrs Nicholas Saint , Mr and Mrs John Lelliott , Lady Henrietta St George , another Vice president of the NCH ; and Mr and Mrs John Taylor , and Miss Elizabeth Gage , wearing some of the beautiful jewellery she designs . |
| 3 | The Doctor had offered her a journey to see some of the beautiful sights of the universe . |
| 4 | It was designed in 1731 by William Adam , and much of the beautiful interior is ‘ Adam Revival ’ carried out about 1880 . |
| 5 | As I drove along the edge of the lake eastwards , I was hardly conscious of the beautiful and placid scenery . |
| 6 | Sheen engineer Mr Doug Blackhurst designed , built , fires and helps to drive two twin-cylinder ten and a quarter inch gauge loco 's , ‘ Dove ’ and ‘ Manifold ’ , which run double-headed up the beautiful Manifold Valley which divides the Peak District counties of Staffordshire and Derbyshire . |
| 7 | Plainly Henry Ward Beecher , the great New York preacher of puritanism , should either have avoided having tumultuous extra-marital love-affairs or chosen a career which did not require him to be quite such a prominent advocate of sexual restraint ; though one can not entirely fail to sympathise with the bad luck which linked him in the mid-1870s with the beautiful feminist and advocate of free love , Victoria Woodhull , a lady whose convictions made privacy difficult . |
| 8 | Easily Accessible : Southwell is dominated by the impressive Norman Minster ( incidentally the most rural minster in Great Britain ) and is a quiet , pretty town , famous for the beautiful foliage carvings in the Chapter House . |
| 9 | Although Delft is most famous for the beautiful blue and white , hand-painted ceramics , which are still made by several studios and workshops which are open to visitors , there are many other things to see and enjoy in the town . |
| 10 | On the death of the Duke in 1761 , many of the beautiful trees at Whitton were bought for Princess Augusta 's garden at Kew by her botanical adviser , Lord Bute . |
| 11 | He produced many of the beautiful hybrid varieties that are still sought after by tropical waterlily enthusiasts — although now devoted tropical water-lily growers are developing new strains every year . |
| 12 | We wonder whether there are n't perhaps rather too many of the beautiful people running the Trust , perhaps sustained by the arcane procedures for electing them . |
| 13 | The Chalk Pits Museum , 6 miles away , is a fascinating industrial heritage centre with demonstrations by craftsmen — blacksmiths , potters , boat builders , and an exhibition of tools , all within the beautiful setting of the Arun Valley . |
| 14 | The son of APHRODITE and ARES , this mischievous god was married to the beautiful mortal maid psyche , and liked nothing better than to meddle in human affairs . |
| 15 | ‘ The prince was impressed by the beautiful Czech capital but he was also struck by the problems faced by Mr Havel 's newly elected democratic government in restoring the buildings after years of neglect , ’ a British Embassy spokesman in Prague says . |
| 16 | Five of this summer 's events will take place as usual in the beautiful eighteenth-century Holywell Music Room , the first room in Europe designed specifically for concerts and the scene of performances by Handel . |
| 17 | Her popularity is surely due to the beautiful , serene world that she creates , a profusion of colourful animals and flowers . |
| 18 | Our hotel in Paris was the Golden Tulip St. Honore just off the Champs Elysees on one of the beautiful wide streets of this great City what a superb location . |
| 19 | The daughter of ATLAS the Titan , Maia was one of the beautiful Pleiades who appear now as stars in the northern hemisphere . |
| 20 | Apart from bridal fabrics and laces , you can also use one of the beautiful and unusual papers that resemble lace or have a shimmery self-pattern . |
| 21 | Give me a links course in Scotland or Lancashire , or one of the beautiful Surrey courses any day , where the natural terrain has been used to its best advantage ; such courses have the great benefit of maturity . |
| 22 | One of the beautiful and cruel truths of politics is that our compromises return with almost grim inevitability to haunt us . |
| 23 | Combine your visit to Los Angeles or San Francisco with a stay on one of the beautiful Hawaiian Islands . |
| 24 | It was an instant when the Dwarf found out what it was like to be one of the beautiful people . |
| 25 | Slowly I became calmer among the beautiful mountains . |
| 26 | I first ran across the new range of Eggle guitars at this year 's Northern Music Show and was stunned by the beautiful , figured tops and obvious quality of workmanship . |
| 27 | You think wealth automatically transforms the ugly into the beautiful ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Walked on the race course before breakfast the air balmy and very delightful , great numbers of the blue mountain parrots were making their morning meal on a large kind of the Eucalypti — two of the beautiful Nankeen night herons passed over our heads and we heard the curious note of the coul [ cowl ] bird or bald-headed friar — returned with an excellent appetite — drew all day — in the evening John called me to look at the skin of a snake more than six feet long which James shot in the act of ascending a tree — also brought me some beautiful specimens of a climbing plant bearing thick clusters of cream colour blossoms . ’ |
| 29 | Set in an orchard and meadowland adjacent to the beautiful Bridgwater — Taunton Canal , St Quintin has good facilities and is an excellent touring centre for Somerset , Devon and Dorset . |
| 30 | It is true in the beautiful karst country of Moravia in central Czechoslovakia . |