Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [be] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The accounts were his coded report for Rakovsky . |
2 | BEFORE I realised the birds were my occasional allies , I used to do unkind things to them : fish for them , shoot them , tie them to stakes at low tide , put electrically detonated bombs under their nests , and so on . |
3 | His Uncle Walter declared that The Times was his only link with civilisation . |
4 | They played together co-operatively with a set of cars but once Tom decided that one of the cars was his favourite Sue quietly took it when he was n't looking . |
5 | It 's such a shame , as the Olympics were his main aim , ’ said Degnan . |
6 | Should it become necessary , to meet EEC requirements on medicines legislation , to run tests with homoeopathic remedies using double-blind models , the great advantage of research with the remedies is their gentle action and lack of the harmful side-effects which unfortunately result from many orthodox drugs . |
7 | The soaps are our modern myths , hyped up versions of morality tales subtly conveying their own standards ’ — Dr John Habgood , Archbishop of York . |
8 | He was tearing Germany apart and already preparing for war , the Jews being his first victims . |
9 | Perhaps his greatest contribution to the arts was his key role as a pioneer photographer and photographic instructor , establishing himself as the most accomplished artist turned photographer of his generation . |
10 | The brands were something all Ixmaritians received before being sent out into the world , but only Por Tanssie conducted the procedure without anaesthetic and proper medical care . |
11 | ‘ Quite clearly the motive and source of the offences is his excessive alcohol consumption . ’ |
12 | Now under the lowest layer of the sheaves were there any stones or branches or briars ever laid underneath ? |
13 | Sale of the eggs is their only source of income , and they are confident they can prove there is no risk to public health . |
14 | it were that nice well I tale it all the veggies were your own produce ? |
15 | Another proof of her social status among the hawkers is her working spot : it is so well located that she if she decides to move she could ‘ sell ’ the right to use it to another vendor . |
16 | He said the championships were his last event ; he was quitting swimming to concentrate on bodybuilding and his studies at Houghall Agricultural College , Durham , where he is training to be a shepherd . |
17 | In all probability this is my earliest memory , and the infants are my younger brother and sister . |
18 | Er the other point I would make about the the figures under H One , really is that erm the twelve thirty figures that you 've seen in the tables is our best estimate at the present time , based on the site survey we 've carried out . |
19 | They would include , for example , small charities and pension funds , unless the trustees are themselves ordinary business investors . |
20 | The stairs were my usual route to the ‘ hell-hole ’ in which I lived and walking up them I had to dodge numerous heaps of ‘ gunk ’ . |
21 | Because Ballantyne is one of the characters it somewhat restricts his actions and makes the character more adult whereas in ‘ Lord of the Flies ’ the characters are their own people with their own personalities . |
22 | ‘ The men are his ex-Security Policemen . |
23 | The weathermen are your best ally in making a good decision and probably the best coastal forecasts are those provided by ‘ Marineline ’ . |
24 | The children are your constant care , and their education is something to you . |
25 | Working with with the with the cow man , but I very soon got tired , I 'd be begging to be allowed back into the stable because the horses were my first love . |
26 | There , the hosts are our Tuscan expert Mario Baiocchi and the Anichini family whose ancestors have lived here for the past 300 years . |
27 | The lyrics were what glum people call sick , their sleeves were often Savage Pencil drawings of people 's brains moving rapidly away from their skulls , and Albini 's onstage aggression and general tenseness made many people see Big Black as bad evil frightening men . |
28 | Police investigating the crimes are themselves primary targets . |
29 | This , in effect , meant that the Sunnis were their principal antagonists and they thus proceeded to capitalise on the good will of the Christians , their oldest friends , by creating a new state which stripped Tyre , Sidon , Tripoli , the Bekaa Valley and Beirut itself district ) of Mount Lebanon , the very backbone of Maronite Christianity . |
30 | There are African masks and Polynesian sculptures bought at Sotheby 's ; goats ' skulls slung over doors ; and hanging from the walls are his own canvases — massive primitive paintings that he says are fertility symbols of women . |