Example sentences of "[prep] [art] minor [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At sea the ship can appear enormous , and even minor landing craft travelling at a brisk trot were a hazard to canoes , for the minor LC 's blunt bow pushed out a small wall of water . |
| 2 | And Madam , I 'd also ask you to say that to him to pay compensation for the minor injuries she 's suf she 's suffered and of course you have to consider that 's a point in a case involving assault , would be to add insult to injury , and would not assist the parties in coming to terms with their relationship and hopefully attempting a reconciliation . |
| 3 | It contains everything you 're likely to need for the minor emergency . |
| 4 | Outlets for the lottery — which could include post offices as well as small shops and newsagents — will sell scratch-off cards for the minor games at the same time as they take the money for the lottery . |
| 5 | His first-class debut was for the Minor Counties against Oxford University in 1939 , but it was not until 1947 that he first played for Surrey , as an aggressive fast-medium bowler , who also liked to give the ball a good whack when batting . |
| 6 | But Bootle were preparing to spring a surprise of their own by including Jimmy Lewis , from Norfolk , who opens the bowling for the Minor Counties side . |
| 7 | They are decorated in a miniature style , and the name ‘ Little Master ’ derives from the German use of Kleinmeister for the minor artists around Dürer in the sixteenth century . |
| 8 | Jaq tore the cockade loose and pocketed it , for the minor satisfaction of having at least a scrap of the Harlequin man in his grasp . |
| 9 | The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings . |
| 10 | The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings . |
| 11 | Through the centuries about twenty-five houses had been built in Ploughman 's Lane , first of all for the minor gentry , the widows and kinsmen , for instance , of the lord of the manor ; in more recent times , equally large and widely spaced dwellings had been put up for the professional class . |
| 12 | But it was left to Oxford Hawks in the gold shirts and Gloucester City in the red to battle it out for the minor places in a Central South derby . |
| 13 | In her formal county role , she also oversees and directs the performance of the DCSLs in the project , a significant duty since the responsibility for the Minor Project is largely delegated to them . |
| 14 | Indeed , the new economy , the concomitant increase.in the standard of living and the purchasing power which it gave to the individual sounded the death-knell for the minor guilds . |
| 15 | For the minor channels , and here we may include BBC2 and Channel Four , and may in the future add local cable stations , considerable opportunities exist to report on developments in the field of mental handicap . |
| 16 | Former Somerset captain Peter Roebuck broke his left ankle during the Minor Counties championship match between Berkshire and Devon at Reading . |
| 17 | All students take French as the major language and choose either Spanish or German as the minor language . |
| 18 | It is unlikely that there is a transition between the minor forms and the major ones : indeed , there seem to be fundamental differences between the two ( Mabbutt , 1977 ) , including the fact that the minor forms , being due mainly to surface creep , have the coarser grains in the ridges , while the larger forms , due mostly to saltation , tend to have the finer material near the crests . |
| 19 | Felix thought of Czechoslovakia and then careered into a fantasy of Ho Chi Minh gossiping about the minor members of the English Royal Family . |
| 20 | Maggie had dealt with that as best she could , taking it quietly and never complaining about the minor injustices which a teacher can inflict — work returned because of untidiness , petty sarcasms , rigorous enforcement of minor school rules . |
| 21 | Rather a lot has been said in this chapter about the minor details of lava flows . |
| 22 | If rabbits do become cornered and then located there are no difficulties digging down through the minor roots from the thicket . |
| 23 | After the minor unpleasantness with the redhead , he 'd felt able to shake the place down without much fear of interruption . |
| 24 | A YOUNG model told last night how she was brutally beaten after a minor row in a nightclub . |
| 25 | THE Queen Mother was today ‘ comfortable ’ after a minor operation to remove an obstruction from her throat . |
| 26 | She did not see Gedge until six weeks later when he arrived at their door after a minor road accident . |
| 27 | The Venue , as it was called , opened on Halloween night , 1978 , after a minor crisis involving fire-officers refusing to grant the appropriate permits . |
| 28 | Proctor was in light training yesterday after a minor knee operation on Saturday . |
| 29 | Mustoe could be out for six weeks with a groin injury , while Proctor will miss two or three weeks after a minor knee operation . |
| 30 | After a minor accident in Oxfordshire , a man in his 50 's attempted to leave his damaged car . |