Example sentences of "[art] [noun] pick [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JUNE 16 : Today I visited the Department of Trade and Industry , where I had the opportunity to pick up a copy of The Personal Protective Equipment Directive ( Directive 89/686/EEC ) , which as a every single-market fan will know , cam into force on July 1 , 1992 . |
| 2 | Free tea , coffee and biscuits were on offer and , as well the opportunity to pick up useful leaflets and booklets , visitors could consult stallholders . |
| 3 | Some are more easy for the genealogist to pick out than the rest . |
| 4 | The entire garden is organic ; and any new idea that the Prince picks up in his travels , he immediately tries out at home . |
| 5 | The spoil above the hole usually caves in and you must then use the hook end of the long-spade to pick up and retrieve the ferret 's line . |
| 6 | The board picks up the signal , and translates it into digital data , which is then stored as a data file on the computer 's hard disk . |
| 7 | The phototransistor picks up the light emitted by the l.e.d. in the transmitter section and converts it into an analogue electrical signal . |
| 8 | He made little attempt at conversation and showed no surprise that he should be asked to drive to Boulogne in the middle of the afternoon to pick up a well-dressed but grubby Englishman . |
| 9 | The chairman picked up a small Graeco-Roman bronze from his desk and turned it between his fingers , while a faint flush crept up the flesh above his stiff collar . |
| 10 | He is also facing an inquiry over the taxpayer picking up part of his £24,000 bill to evict a self-styled sex therapist from his home and was embarrassed by revelations about his Access card . |
| 11 | ‘ I assumed he was going to the apartment to pick up some papers , ’ she said vaguely . |
| 12 | The headlamp picked out a cat streaking towards a wall , and a child without shoes between the shafts of a wooden cart , straining to pull it into an alleyway , and both images were gone in an instant , drowned in darkness as the bike sped past , the road a triangle of bright water as they rode the glittering breakers of the tramlines and swerved to the kerb of the Commercial Hotel . |
| 13 | In the school on whose work the Curriculum Development Project 's notebook was based , not all the sub-topics picked out by Mrs Ball were taken up , and of course it is the joy of a topic of this kind that this does not matter ; one is not concerned with " covering the syllabus " and " getting everything in " , but providing the stimulus for valuable enquiry , the development of interest and of concepts , and the practice of a variety of skills . |
| 14 | Back at the cottage she found Rodney and Veronica in the kitchen picking over a pile of fungi . |
| 15 | He watched her go , his smile crooked , heard her say goodnight to Matey — her manners were always impeccable — then followed her into the kitchen to pick up her candlestick and light the candle for her ; it had grown dark while they had drunk their cocoa and eaten their biscuits . |
| 16 | This cleared and the submarine picked up their infra-red signals , taking them back aboard before continuing her patrol . |
| 17 | We 'll cover the purchase by looking to coming out of your present holdings towards the end of the account , maybe today if the Index picks up … " |
| 18 | Early results have already proved some theories ; for example that plutonium tend to settle in the liver and the bones ; the peaks picked out here . |
| 19 | Early results have already proved some theories ; for example that plutonium tend to settle in the liver and the bones ; the peaks picked out here . |
| 20 | In this multi-channelled world , Mr Myhrvold argues , the challenge will be not just to supply information but to make it easy for the user to pick out the specific bits he wants . |
| 21 | The driver picked up the wallet and flicked it open , his gaze going between its contents and the road . |
| 22 | The Scot picked up a double on the sixth end despite failing with a great chance to add a third with his last bowl , drew a match-saving shot on the next end and then produced the shot of the match . |
| 23 | The Scot picked up a double on the sixth end despite failing with a great chance to add a third with his last bowl , drew a match-saving shot on the next end and then produced the shot of the match . |
| 24 | It was approaching 3.15 when the headlamps picked out a sign that proclaimed : |
| 25 | The monitor picks up the amount of ultraviolet or UV rays coming from the sun . |
| 26 | However , vibration of sounds at 800 cycles per second and below is the limit of information , the vibrator picks up unwanted sounds which may drown the signals which you want to receive . |
| 27 | the mind picks up its old conventions . |
| 28 | The sensors pick up the change which is then fed back directly to alter the temperature or some other variable . |
| 29 | The Rock picks up several points made in earlier Criterion commentaries . |
| 30 | In order to show the relations between power and the ‘ ordinariness ’ of ordinary living , the chapter picks out a particular ideological moment . |