Example sentences of "[art] [noun] of [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She longed to wake him so that they could make love again but did not dare to because , for all the intimacy of the previous hours , Constance knew that she was lying next to a virtual stranger . |
| 2 | It is , similarly , often argued that the racism manifested by the central institutions of British society is actually due to the activities of a few individuals — the rotten apples . |
| 3 | It is difficult to assess the real impact of these activities on actual policy formulation , but it seems clear that the activities of the preparatory committees at least were thorough and significant , and to some extent taken seriously by the party and government ( Lane , 1985 , pp. 188–90 ) . |
| 4 | The paucity of available evidence concerning the foundation of the institution and the activities of the early Muftis means that one can hope to do no more than to draw reasonable inferences from the little evidence that does exist ; and some of what can be said about these problems involves a projection backward from the activities of later Muftis and will therefore be considered in greater detail in later sections . |
| 5 | The association with Fahreddin Acemi of the only information in the Turkish sources about the activities of the early Muftis may well not be entirely coincidental , for in one very important respect he seems to have differed from his two predecessors in the traditional list , Molla Fenari and Molla Yegan , in that he appears not to have held a kadilik simultaneously with the Muftilik , whereas Molla Fenari and Molla Yegan apparently both held the kadilik of Bursa at the same time as the Muftilik . |
| 6 | If it is the case that the grand caliph in de la Broquière 's account is indeed Fahreddin Acemi , it would mean that all the admittedly meagre information relative to the nature of the early Muftilik and the activities of the early Muftis is connected with Fahreddin Acemi . |
| 7 | The Minister said that all of the activities of the civil rights movement had indicated that it was predominantly a Republican body , and activities in Derry did not disprove that . |
| 8 | It might be the case that the activities of the Young Conservatives make the young people involved feel better : to use the curious language of modern psychologists , participation might improve the young members ' ’ sense of self-esteem' or ‘ actualize their inner identities ’ . |
| 9 | Although most of the activities of the Young Conservatives may be ostensibly apolitical , nevertheless a tacit deal has been struck , which is of great political value to the main Party . |
| 10 | From a physicochemical point of view such a conversion seems inappropriate because the activities of the participating ions determine the solubility product for a given salt and hence the possibility for precipitation . |
| 11 | In the main , however , policing continues to be publicly concerned to prevent and detect individual attempts to steal the property of the citizen and it suits the police 's purpose for their community role to be well broadcast , for on those rare occasions when they have expanded their controls to include the activities of the middle classes , they have found themselves on less certain ground . |
| 12 | However , this usually leads to a proliferation of costs as well as inefficient working , as time and money are spent in linking the activities of the various sites . |
| 13 | Ministerial contacts of this kind are supplemented by the activities of the junior Ministers , the Parliamentary Private Secretaries , and the Government Whips . |
| 14 | Indeed , the activities of the Cistercian monasteries in the twelfth century demonstrate how full the landscape was by that date , when they had to create artificially the wild , inhospitable landscape they preferred . |
| 15 | If this is indeed the case , then the amount of sulphated glycoprotein produced by the host , its degree of sulphation , and the activities of the hydrolytic bacteria involved in releasing free sulphate from these polymers , would all influence sulphate reducing bacteria growth . |
| 16 | It is a view I believe which is held by everyone connected with policing at local level and additionally , the continuation of the tripartite system with its essential checks and balances on the activities of the three parties involved and My Lords that is the real importance and value of the tripartite system that depends on the local authorities being seen to be in the driving seat . |
| 17 | The result is to increase the attractiveness of non-offensive ( or non-provocative ) defence strategies , based on the principle that all the activities of the military forces — ranging from their size , structure , weapons and logistics to their training , manoeuvres and war games — can be designed to provide an effective defence , but with virtually no offensive capability . |
| 18 | The decline in dolphin numbers in the Punjab is probably largely due to the activities of the local dagori , or dolphin catchers . |
| 19 | During 1907 Le Queux travelled throughout West Africa , the Balkans , and Turkey , and acquired an intimate knowledge of the activities of the secret services in the countries through which he passed in Europe . |
| 20 | This limits the activities of the educational institutions in the region and makes it difficult for the administrative centres to do their job , which includes developing technical training projects and teacher training . |
| 21 | Due , to a large extent , to the activities of the voluntary organisations , who have always been in the forefront in guiding policy on this issue , much has been achieved . |
| 22 | The Lords of Trade did not have to take such a close interest in the activities of the chartered companies , but the three large companies trading outside Europe were clearly providing London with trade that could not come in any other way . |
| 23 | Three new Deputy Prime Ministers were appointed : Ilko Eskenazi , a UDF Assembly member , would co-ordinate the economic ministries ; Svetoslav Luchnikov , Minister of Justice , would co-ordinate the activities of the law-enforcement agencies ; and Nikola Vasilev , Health Minister , would take charge of the government 's relations with the trade unions . |
| 24 | Much better to assure the people that there was a widespread and healthy revulsion for the activities of the English-speaking traitors in Berlin . |
| 25 | The activities of MIR and others associated with clandestine operations were to take a separate , but not unrelated , course mainly from the activities of the Special Operations Executive ( SOE ) . |
| 26 | In London Whigs and Dissenters not only organised counter-demonstrations , where they burnt effigies of the Pope , the Pretender and Tory defectors , but they also engaged in vigilante activity , as they sought to suppress the activities of the Jacobite crowds . |
| 27 | When the Masai resident in Sanya Chini , stimulated by the activities of the Arusha-Moshi Lands Commission , formed a branch of the Tanganyika African Association in 1946 , their DO expressed extreme scepticism about their being really interested : ' … |
| 28 | To begin with , there were the ‘ Novices ’ , young boys of around 9 , 10 and 11 , who stood at the front of the ‘ end ’ and whose major occupation consisted of watching the activities of the older youths behind them . |
| 29 | COLIN KEITH , a hero of last year 's victory , has been forced to pull out of Scotland 's team for the defence of the European Championships in Aix-en-Provence from 28 April-1 May . |
| 30 | He has shown courage in coming to the defence of the Baltic republics . |