Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Orient redisplayed in a great , gilded gallery |
| 2 | William 's attempt to achieve a pacification of the Highlands turned into a disastrous tragedy , when the dreadful massacre at Glencoe was carried out in February 1692 because MacDonald of Glencoe accidentally missed the deadline imposed by the government for swearing the oath of allegiance to William by five days . |
| 3 | The result was that the Seayak went for an unscheduled underwater swim round campsite bay . |
| 4 | The £11 million fetched by the Turner trumps the previous highest price for a work by British artist : in 1990 Constable 's The Lock went to a Swiss collector for £10.78 million . |
| 5 | The Foleys lived in a large Victorian house with a garden in Donnybrook , a couple of miles from the centre of Dublin . |
| 6 | The MCC voted by a large majority to retain termly modules for reasons including greater flexibility in module size and length and more frequent feedback to students on their progress . |
| 7 | On 29 April the PKI emerged as an open party . |
| 8 | You could almost hear them scuttling for cover in the comfortable lobby of a Hornchurch hotel , as the Hilton resounded with a familiar sound . |
| 9 | In 1990 , Debbie 's proposal to curate a collection of artwork about childbirth was accepted by A Space , one of Canada 's oldest parallel alternative artist-run centres and arts publications throughout Canada and the U.S.A. A grant from the Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada and from scattered points in the U.S.A. Faced with a tremendous volume of committed , powerful work from every discipline , her curatorial decision was to be inclusive rather than exclusive ; to show-case the incredible diversity of personalities , experiences and methods that have been employed to address this long repressed subject matter . |
| 10 | When Israel decided to expel Shak'a in 1979 , the PLO cautioned against a mass resignation of mayors proposed by the NGC . |
| 11 | On Jan. 17 , 1991 , the Nationalrat approved by a large majority legal changes to allow allied planes to overfly Austrian territory , even in case of war , if they were fulfilling UN Security Council resolutions under Chapter VII of the UN Charter ( as was the case in the Gulf ) . |
| 12 | Along with the hundred-headed DRAGON Ladon , the Hesperides lived in a beautiful orchard , referred to by Robed Greene in Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay ( 1598 ) : |
| 13 | The LDDC decided at an early stage that this figure should rise to 30 per cent or so , as a result of a house-building programme that was originally set at 13,000 houses within ten to fifteen years . |
| 14 | On arrival I found a young man from the GLC equipped with a magic lantern , slides , wall plans and all other relevant data . |
| 15 | Unlike NAEP , the APU started with a cross-curricular model for the areas to be tested , proposing the six lines of development already mentioned in Chapter 3 . |
| 16 | " Ultimately we have the base of the Jurassic defined by a single bedding plane on the coast of Somerset , where we took the Jurassic specialists of the world to see it during our celebrations of the bicentenary of the birth of William Smith in 1969 . |
| 17 | At the end of the month , Raybestos and the IDA applied for a temporary injunction to prevent Michael Lenihan of Ringaskiddy , and anyone acting on his behalf , from picketing the dump site . |
| 18 | During his period of editorship the quality of all BDA publications reached a high standard , and the BDN grew into a tabloid-type newspaper , livelier , more pictorial and more hard-hitting than ever before . |
| 19 | The PPP called for an independent inquiry to clear the damage to its reputation caused by assertions that the hijackers were members of Al Zulfiqar , an armed resistance group with PPP connections which had operated in the 1980s and was involved in a hijacking in 1981 [ see pp. 31071-72 ] . |
| 20 | The TARDIS materialized under an arched portico , its sound not carrying far enough to attract anyone 's attention . |
| 21 | The FNT agreed to a six-month no-strike deal in return for a government undertaking that it would suspend plans to dismiss 25,000 state-sector workers , stabilize the currency and adopt a " realistic " view on questions of economic regeneration , privatization and title to property seized under Sandinista rule . |
| 22 | Since previous to the revolution the majority of women had very low levels of education and , therefore , few opportunities open to them , the FMC embarked on an educational program and a rehabilitation scheme for the many women who found themselves in degrading and unrewarding situations . |
| 23 | The Boro started with an 18–18 draw at Portobello , then , in a tournament at Hamilton , it beat the Ulster under-21 team 10–9 and drew 10–10 with a Western Scotland select team . |
| 24 | Southampton playing Leeds United at the Dell went into an early lead with Rideout scoring after ten minutes . |
| 25 | ALAN SHEARER caught a worrying glimpse of the future yesterday as his return to The Dell degenerated into a bruising stalemate . |
| 26 | Much as the CMEA emerged as a diplomatic counterweight to the Marshal Plan and OEEC , the Warsaw Pact arose principally in response to the entry of the Federal Republic of Germany into NATO . |
| 27 | There the Shah worked in a large salon that looked out through tall windows on to the city below . |
| 28 | The UN followed with a worldwide ban in September 1991 . |
| 29 | Following a Security Council meeting of Dec. 9 , the UN extended for a further 120 days the application of limited sanctions against Libya , in force since April [ see p. 38839 ] . |
| 30 | The ICA suggested as a cheaper alternative that firms could simply be required to forward their 5-weekly reconciliations to their reporting accountant , who could then undertake appropriate tests and verify compliance in his or her report . |