Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] of [art] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ROS : ( Nervy , loud ) Well , I 'm not really the type of man who — no , but do n't hurry off — sit down an tell us about some of the things people ask you to do — ( The PLAYER turns away . )
2 Interestingly the resolution is below that of the Hi-Res screen displays on several of the computers that the Touchmaster is available for so it will be impossible to resolve to a single on , for example , the BBC Micro in Mode 0 .
3 And delighted Liverpool manager Graeme Souness said : ‘ John Barnes is a determined man , and he 's keen to prove that he can keep his international career very much alive , despite some of the things people said last week .
4 In spite of it , Jaq easily read raw talent , hope , muted dread ; and on the part of some of the officers boredom mixed with disgust , on the part of others fierce dedication , occasionally mixed with regret .
5 Because yes , we did say we were n't going to use tropical markets , erm perhaps in the view of some of the things Bob Plumtree 's been saying , perhaps that was a little bit premature , perhaps we would want for some countries tropical woods , might want to reconsider , but erm I think that 's something for the future , that 's not for this afternoon .
6 Ellie also thrilled to hear it , for it sounded so glamorous , and put her in mind of some of the stories Madame had told her of her early days on the stage .
7 As a result of that incident there were a number of complaints by members of the public about the conduct of some of the police officers who had attended the incident .
8 I was most impressed with the quality , variety and complexity of some of the items prisoners were making and the apparent pride they had in the quality of workmanship .
9 ParcPlace will distribute a CD-ROM with evaluation copies of some of the partners products with each shipment of ObjectWorks C/C++ .
10 ( a ) a general introduction to the topic or concept that the teaching unit is concerned with and a brief description of its potential ( b ) very clear instructions on how to drive the program , usually including a key-by-key sequence to introduce the user to it and a clear description of the full range of possibilities that it offers ( c ) a description of some of the ways teachers have used the unit ( d ) discussion of its educational objectives and suggestions for further use ( e ) references to educational material that would provide support for this topic or concept ( f ) a full annotated program listing with specifications of the different computer systems that would support the software .
11 Suzanne , I could call myself Suzanne : it was the name of one of the actresses Dad had brought to stay at our house for a week because there were bedbugs at her lodgings .
12 In Derby itself a decision had also been taken in 1975 to look at the use of APL for providing management information via on-line access of any of the personnel files available .
13 The RHA 's use of two of the criteria service indicators and financial indicators — to arrive at a choice of hospitals is shown in Tables 4 and 5 .
14 Raffles was equipped with a Watson figure , Bunny Manders , the narrator of most of the Raffles stories .
15 I , I , actually heard that the R S two thousand were , were quite reliable out of most of the sports car , but they did , did have to buy a they were quite expensive , same as top of the range car and their , their top of the range of car was parts of them , especially if they , they , they stopped making them in
16 So , while the oil crisis caused major difficulties for the system as a whole , its impact — like that of the commodities boom and the dollar crisis — was uneven .
17 The result was a consent provision like that of the Theatres Act 1968 , whereby no proceedings could be instituted except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions ( the DPP ) .
18 Following the breakdown of talks with the 43-year-old Foreman , Bowe 's handlers are also considering a first defence against either of the ex-champions Michael Spinks or Michael Dokes at Madison Square Garden , probably in March .
19 from a distance it looks more black than brown and it has a most interesting tail which , when closed , looks like one of the flippers scuba divers wear .
20 Like most of the clothes Malcolm sold they were beautifully made , of pale coloured gaberdine .
21 They had regenerated with incredible speed , comparable with that of a bacteria colony increasing in a lab dish — doubling itself within hours .
22 There were six steps up to the tiny stage , Gary would be playing the intro , and with each of the steps Madame would say a woman 's name , fingering one of the rings .
23 Hayling is a man of considerable and obvious intelligence , with dishy looks and great charm which made him a favourite with some of the women comrades .
24 But the Teredo woodworm has eaten into 69 of the viaducts pillars .
25 The notion had not been popular with many of the arts people in the Council , and he recalls one lady saying in a meeting that she would ‘ not give up one page of Beowulf for all the science in the world ’ .
26 From about 1760 he was increasingly occupied in surveying and reporting on river and canal works , including those of the rivers Lea , Chelmer , Thames , Medway , and the Stour in Kent ; the drainage of the Ancholme level and the north level of the Fens ; the Forth and Clyde canal , and the Stroudwater canal .
27 ‘ Brigitte Krone : she was living with one of the families Gustav hid up with that winter .
28 On the one hand are employers ' most important workers , possessing most of the central skills on which the organization depends ; on the other are auxiliary workers with fewer specific skills and less security of tenure in their jobs , the latter including most of the women workers .
29 Carbon is important and deserves to have its own private branch of chemistry , partly because life chemistry is all carbon-chemistry , and partly because those same properties that make carbon-chemistry suitable for life also make it suitable for industrial processes , such as those of the plastics industry .
30 The final chapter in the story of imprisonment for debt came eight years later with the simultaneous passing in 1869 of the Debtors Act ( 32 & 33 Victoria cap 62 ) and the Bankruptcy Act ( 32 & 33 Victoria cap 71 ) .
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