Example sentences of "[noun pl] of the air " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such grace : they soar and wheel , the lions of the air . |
| 2 | liability arising whilst the motor cycle is being used airside including the manoeuvring areas , aprons as defined by the Rules of the Air and directly associated service roads . |
| 3 | She could have told her guest that the midges were like little piranhas of the air ; but she had n't , and now Betty had found out for herself . |
| 4 | Look at the birds of the air ; they do not sow and reap and store in barns , yet your heavenly Father feeds them . |
| 5 | At last he said to himself , " Even the birds of the air and the fish of the sea have a better life than I , for at least they have companions . |
| 6 | ‘ No one owns the sea or the fish of the sea , ’ said her gran , ‘ and no one owns the air or the birds of the air . ’ |
| 7 | And the birds of the air sang in its branches and made nests ; and the insects of the earth swarmed upon it or tunnelled into its leaves , or stems , or fruit , as is their wont . |
| 8 | All of them sheep and cattle yes , even the savage beasts birds of the air and fish that make their way through the water . |
| 9 | After a successful rescue the small party is relentlessly pursued by the Viet Cong , but they are airlifted to safety by helicopters of the Air Cavalry . |
| 10 | Reportedly involved in the coup attempt were elements of the air force , navy , National Guard and , to a small extent , the army . |
| 11 | Little is known publicly about the effects of the air raids on supply lines and ground troops , except that Iraq 's anti-aircraft guns and missiles have continued to fire . |
| 12 | According to the medieval Rosicrucian system , and to Paracelsus ' work before that , gnomes are one of the four ELEMENTAL spirits of earth ; namely the SYLPHS of the air , the SALAMANDERS of the fire , the NYMPHS or NEREIDS of the water , and the pygmies or gnomes of the earth . |
| 13 | These great leviathans of the air eventually met their demise with the development of British high flying aircraft armed with guns firing incendiary bullets . |
| 14 | And people say they noticed how tightly O was holding Boy , pulling him closer and closer to him , as if he was clutching at him ; and how he smelt Boy too , taking in big draughts of the air around him , as if he was a man just escaped from drowning holding onto something and pulling the sweet night air down into his lungs in great grateful gulps . |
| 15 | In Roffey it was held that a procession was an ‘ assembly ’ for the purposes of the Air Navigation Order 1954 , and the commentary on that case points out that a procession was regarded as an assembly for the purposes of the old offence of unlawful assembly . |
| 16 | The woods and fields , now somewhat solitary , being deserted by their more tender summer residents , are now frequented by these rich but delicately tinted and hardy northern immigrants of the air . |
| 17 | But now those magnificent fins and rudders are the victim of the wind , corrosion is rife , windows crazed or broken , the fairy lights of the air conditioning work no more . |
| 18 | [ Iraqi target , citing map references ] … was bombed by several fighter bombers of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran . |
| 19 | The procurement subcommittee spurned the intensive lobbying efforts of the air force and the Northrop Corp. in deciding to limit production of the $864 million bomber to the 15 already under assembly . |
| 20 | Well after the , the aircraft had actually er left the airport to go , be handed back to the RAF they said sometimes had to be serviced or final adjustments made and that 's what they used to go out there for but erm Helliwells was ver it was still , all through the war it was Helliwells aircraft they used to have their own lorries and everything and they used to erm , be under the auspices of the Air Ministry but it was very much a private company . |
| 21 | Later in the month objectives of the air raids were shifted to attacks on troop concentrations — particularly Iraq 's elite Republican Guard divisions being held in reserve behind the front line — and on supply lines in both Iraq and Kuwait . |
| 22 | Your contract will be with Falcon Sailing , a subsidiary of Owners Abroad plc , holders of the Air Travel Organiser 's Licence ( ATOL ) number 230 ; protects you financially . |
| 23 | Now I see the spider as a fisherman waiting near his nets at the side of the streams of the air . |
| 24 | Although some of these sites were reported destroyed in the early stages of the air campaign , the mobile facilities in particular proved difficult to detect . |
| 25 | Her ‘ death squad ’ style murder was attributed by witnesses and human rights groups to members of the Air Force . |
| 26 | The three who died were members of the Air Training Corps from Bury . |
| 27 | All flying animals need such control , including those masters of the air , the birds . |
| 28 | The eagles are the masters of the air , lord over kite and falcon , proud of their rights . |
| 29 | Connie Bethwaite and Corinna Cochrane joined departments of the Air Ministry and Janet Hartley worked in the Ministry of Aircraft Production . |
| 30 | He sent examples of the air thermometer to friends at home and abroad , and soon after his death it was adopted by the Royal Society and Kew Observatory . |