Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [adj] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The staff available in teachers ' colleges consisted in the main of dignified old gentlemen , veritable repositories of folklore and tradition , ever eager to discuss finer points of language with other scholars , but totally unequipped to teach reading methods . |
| 2 | Given the progression of the companies legislation since that Act , does the foregoing clause comply with the requirement of s 80 of the CA 1985 concerning directors ' authority to issue share capital , and of s 91 concerning the disapplication of the pre-emption provisions of s 89 ? |
| 3 | The tax burden imposed on workers to pay for welfare services opened up a gap between the cost of labour to the employer ( the wage gross of employers ' and employees ' social security contributions and of income tax ) and what the worker received ( the wage net of all these deductions ) . |
| 4 | Larger but still portable equipment can be clipped to a wall area with the profile of the tool painted onto the background similar to mechanics ' tool boards . |
| 5 | It stood noticeably prominent amongst a room full of competitors ' display units in all shapes and sizes . |
| 6 | Whether because of Portuguese blood , or because of Portuguese influence , every visitor is aware of a Mediterranean douceur de vie — a quality apparent in Goans ' three-hour siestas , and in their exceptional courtesy and serenity . |
| 7 | When she 'd moved in , it had been no more than a yard full of builders ' rubbish . |
| 8 | Labour and the Liberal Democrats believe that spending a lot more of taxpayers ' money on education ( Labour £600 million , the Liberal Democrats £4.6 billion ) and denying parents a say over their children 's education , will somehow improve things . |
| 9 | A complicity indistinguishable from lovers ' happiness ran through the two of them , not localized but suffused through their frames , like alcohol after exercise . |