Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun pl] and [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But when the pair of youse has got enough sense you can fight them off for me and all the damn priests and nuns they 'll bring along with them . ’
2 However , these studies also recognized that the strong links and relationships they described ( e.g. increasing rates of participation with car ownership ) were permissive rather than causal .
3 Faces turned as he came out and sleepy people started to get up from the low walls and boulders it the side of the road .
4 We do not know enough to claim that they as consciously intend the means , the specific actions and speeches they produce to accomplish such a social act .
5 Should he have mentioned the strange symptoms and side-effects he had been observing in his own case ?
6 Most puzzling was that the worse it got , the more people bought it , and — horror of horrors — it was cheerfully read in large numbers by the very people who suffered from the hackneyed prejudices and stereotypes it dispensed — notably blacks , gays and women .
7 A structure as I 've said previously will give us the vital time and for the detailed discussions and consultations we need if we are to build the trust for the merger we all wish to see .
8 Ariel soon began to pick up some English , especially from Jack Elsey , a nineteen-year-old from Southwark , who 'd been the cook on the outward journey , and was prompt to learn from her the flavours of the island vegetables and herbs , the edible flowers and fruits he 'd never imagined could possibly exist when he was growing up one of the twelve offspring of a Thames waterman .
9 ‘ The Last Meal in the Old Home ’ , like a Pre-Raphaelite painting , the three orphans and the grieving servant seated in melancholy around the old table , using the old knives and forks they would never use again .
10 Stereotypes , however false , tend to persist for as long as the social differences and inequalities they reinforce .
11 Her suitcase was still sitting on the bed , with the few clothes and belongings she had brought with her piled into it .
12 Instead he pushed his way into the small lounge and rapidly began sorting through the few books and papers she had left lying on the table .
13 The main purpose of the discussion is to establish that parents understand behaviour good and bad is learned , that children can be ‘ untaught ’ the bad and taught the good , and that it is the parents who do the teaching using the simple methods and techniques you have demonstrated .
14 Although in terms of quantity more pottery has survived , it is the combination of the quantity of coins together with the official inscriptions and designs they bear that have made them more precisely datable than any other common class of artefact .
15 Their lower status is shown in the customary services and goods they had to supply to the main caput — services including building and maintaining the lord 's hall , bower , and possible defences , and goods rendered including lambs , wool , cattle and honey .
16 Their catalogue illustrates the many boxes and boards they have constructed , and they specialise in making boxes to clients ' own specifications .
17 Individuals must be able to understand and explore the multiple identities and experiences they , their families and friends will carry with them .
18 Note the key points and questions you wish to raise for discussion .
19 The major decisions and judgements he makes in regard to his life are so strongly influenced by his foreign language background , interests and values , that he is known as a linguist , a language teacher , or a diplomat .
20 For as the people became urbanised , the ancient ways and practices they brought with them from the countryside or the pre-industrial town became irrelevant or impracticable .
21 After you have had time to think over John 's words in relation to yourself , use this prayer to help you deal with any of the negative attitudes and prejudices you have discovered within yourself in this chapter .
22 But as with the sexist idioms and assumptions we looked at earlier , the patterns of language do not just reflect inequality .
23 Doctor Who 's success ensured no exercising of either of the BBC 's options , but for the regular actors and actresses it meant there was no escape until the end of Year One .
24 During the course of this session , I repeatedly reminded her of the fact that she was seeing something which had happened some time ago and that time had proved her recovery to be complete — something which had been born out by the numerous examinations and X-rays she had since undergone .
25 ‘ The knowledge of the works of God proportions our admiration of them , they participating and disclosing so much of the inexhausted perfections of their author , that the further we contemplate them , the more footsteps and impressions we discover of the perfections of their Creator . ’
26 Here at Practical PC , we 've had AUTOEXEC.BATs full of REMmed lines — alternative command lines that needed editing to make changes in the various programs and drivers we used from time to time .
27 I have no doubt that dedicated woodturners everywhere would scoff at the idea of engineers ' lathes being used for woodturners , but when I think of the various moulds and patterns I have made over the years with comparative ease but which due to their intricacies could only have been made with extreme difficulty on a wood lathe — if at all .
28 This emphasizes the intentional nature of the curriculum , and the various forms and settings it can have .
29 They usually incorporate internal steel members for extra strength , and because of the relatively large cross-section of the various stiles and rails they can make an appropriate replacement for many older-style houses with timber windows .
30 Having chosen the size of guttering , draw up a list of the various bits and pieces you need .
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