Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the defence had demanded the release of extracts from Reagan 's diaries as a means of circumventing the memory lapses suffered by the former President , Reagan had cited executive privilege in order to resist the move [ see pp. 37240-41 ] . |
| 2 | ( b ) Increase in value of asset The receipt or accrual of the income operates to increase the value to the individual of any assets held by him or for his benefit . |
| 3 | It seemed certain that the dead man in the park had attacked the killer and had left his mark — many people mentioned a cut and a badly bloodstained face . |
| 4 | Although the company has now withdrawn , the trails it cut into the park have opened the area up to illegal mining , hunting and logging . |
| 5 | Given Futuroscope 's success , it is hardly surprising that the park has attracted the curiosity of its competitors . |
| 6 | Sometimes he could feel as if this were a frontier post , with everything out there just waiting and passing time until the opportunity came to grab the territory back . |
| 7 | This was built into the developing environment from the start , and continued to receive attention as and when the opportunity arose to help the children expand their existing range of choices . |
| 8 | If you are interested in pursuing the opportunity having read the sales pack , we would be pleased to discuss any questions you may have . |
| 9 | At the same time she can take the opportunity to try to build the esteem of those class members who lack confidence and are finding the work slightly embarrassing . |
| 10 | When he sought to do this from the pulpit of St Paul 's on 5 November 1709 ( the anniversary of the gunpowder treason plot , when preachers usually reserved their invective for Catholics ) , and combined it with a defence of the doctrines of passive-obedience and non-resistance , the Whig ministry of the day decided to use the opportunity to try to discredit the Church in Danger platform . |
| 11 | As well as the company brochure , employees were given documentation on the five counties surrounding the relocation area so that they had the opportunity to get to know the areas before visiting them . |
| 12 | This exhibition displays the principles of a worthy craft until the opportunity returns to construct the flights of fancy . |
| 13 | The majority failed to understand the motivation of some of the characters . |
| 14 | The majority favoured raising the age to fifteen except among those entering a skilled trade ; the minority recommended part-time education to continue to age eighteen . |
| 15 | The Bundesrat had opposed the reform , referring it to a conciliation commission of both houses of parliament in April , but lacked the necessary two-thirds majority to block the bill again in early June . |
| 16 | At the right moment , the American dropped his flaps , the Yak banked to avoid the collision and ploughed straight down into the forest at three hundred and fifty miles an hour . |
| 17 | Although the council pays for pupils ' season tickets , parents are entitled to the refund to help cover the costs of alternative transport . |
| 18 | In the truncated finale , for instance ( given a puckish rather than a trenchant slant by Kun ) , I was all too conscious of moments when the speed of articulation and lively nature of the acoustic conspired to widen the distance between soloist and woodwind , making for an uncomfortable out-of-phase sensation in their exchanges . |
| 19 | There are several dings and dents in the body where the guitar has suffered the slings and arrows of a curious public . |
| 20 | She was still crouched in the niche where the upright descended to join the girder . |
| 21 | The Bore likes to hear the sound of his own voice and jumps into each debate at the earliest opportunity , whether he has anything to offer or not . |
| 22 | She remembered with sadness all the neighbourly contacts they had had in the past — Lowell 's anxiety when Edward had gone missing on his new bike during a November fog and his tireless search until he was found — his ham-fisted efforts to assist her in Ben 's absence when the washing-machine had flooded the kitchen — his quiet piano-playing , when his hands were still capable , at the end of a noisy party when all the guests had gone home . |
| 23 | The housewife has to get the washing there in the first place , she has to unload it , sort it , sit and watch it wash and dry ( or dash out to shop in the interim ) and then pack it all up again . |
| 24 | For people like my daughter there is also the ethical dilemma to be faced on the funding needed to support the research work . |
| 25 | ‘ The Prince had decided the couple should keep a dignified silence , but other members of the Highgrove set decided that was n't good enough , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Now , it seemed , he would not be coming , for the Prince had fled the ball . |
| 27 | ‘ The prince has expressed the wish that his wife should not be bored by an over-long show , ’ Kensington Palace told the BBC . |
| 28 | The direction , to your left , or to your right , in which the RC is displace from 0° to 180° , is the direction to turn to reach the track . |
| 29 | Just after the GP had made the request for respite care this daughter-in-law suddenly died . |
| 30 | Both resolve to wait until the GP has performed the pregnancy test before telling anyone , even though the GP 's pregnancy test uses much the same sort of chemistry as the commercial one and is hardly more reliable or definitive . |