Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sometimes wondered if it was not Blanche 's ability to daydream like this for a few seconds a day , the power to see beauty in apparent ugliness , that was the key to her resilience . |
| 2 | Religion has been , and is , capable of sustaining some of the finest civilizations the world has seen , and it has attracted many of the most brilliant and high-minded people who have ever lived . |
| 3 | ’ We did it to give some of the great youngsters a chance ’ |
| 4 | If diagram is the right word , we hope that it is like a set of arrows , or avenues , pointing outwards in some of the many directions an artist interested in photography might explore . |
| 5 | In some of the other houses the stable was now a double garage , but in this one it had been blocked in and a window installed . |
| 6 | In some of the applied sciences the number of hours may be considerable while in an Arts course the formal teaching periods may be relatively few . |
| 7 | These are just some of the key issues the APB must address . |
| 8 | If it was not for her , this Council would have had more opportunity of addressing some of the deep problems the Tories either created or left behind . |
| 9 | Two full lorry loads of milk go into some of the bigger supermarkets every day . |
| 10 | After all , when you have laboured in the engine room for several years and are then suddenly confronted by some of the highest honours the sport can confer it is understandable that a player might believe he is living in another world . |
| 11 | In some of the higher settlements the pond is still the centre of the village ; the church , being more recent , is relegated to the edge . |
| 12 | It is possible that there will be more than one round of interviews , but this simply introduces the repetition of some of the above activities The verdicts of interviewing panels must be recorded and where necessary reconciled with the preferences of applicants Offers of employment must be sent out including contracts Once these ( or alternatives ) have been accepted , rejection letters will be sent out . |
| 13 | In some of the above categories the present Publication Officer functions alone and covers both in-house production of information ( with the IT at her disposal ) and organises external production ( through HMSO and printers ) of publications . |
| 14 | Many M16 officers made no pretence at co-operation as a desirable aim , instilling in some of the newer men a conviction that M15 saw its main purpose to encroach on M16 domains , and suggesting that all such moves should be pre-empted . |
| 15 | It was to get in those lectures , of course , ’ she added , flushing a little as she recalled some of the pointed remarks the headmistress had made to her , about lack of initiative and weakness of will . |
| 16 | With some of the poorer ones the possibility of misunderstandings can not be ruled out . |
| 17 | From some of the 11,000 students a warm reception , and a cheeky invitation . |
| 18 | Whilst access to these acres helped alleviate some of the expansionist pressures the cost of transport or difficulty in maintaining adequate attention could lead to unacceptably high losses at times . |
| 19 | In parts of the West Country and the South , much of the land had been enclosed long before the fifteenth century , whereas in some of the northern counties the movement did not get under way until late in the sixteenth . |
| 20 | For many families in Scotland , homecare plays a big part in alleviating some of the huge problems the face . |
| 21 | Southend are one off the bottom … but they 've given some of the top teams a run for their money this season … |
| 22 | Actually , I 'd already had some in the Western Isles the previous day at the excellent An Lanntair gallery . |
| 23 | No one else knew of these records , they were just another among the many secrets the two shared . |
| 24 | In each of the five situations the court will consider all the circumstances and decide whether the parties in fact intended that a partnership be brought about . |
| 25 | For each of the nonmanual groups the proportions of men and women who smoked were similar but prevalence was higher among men than among women in the manual groups [ 1 ] . |
| 26 | Betacom is giving each of the six finalists a Betacom Venture cordless telephone ( £79.99 ) . |
| 27 | On each of the six nights the auditorium was packed to capacity with a seating of 1,500 . |
| 28 | In each of the above questions the pupil must order decimals correctly to obtain the right answer ; the decimals are of differing lengths and care has been taken to ensure that both of the two common errors in decimals produce incorrect orderings . |
| 29 | In each of the above examples the children have been asked to take on the role of " people who know " ; and it is this which gives them their stake in the drama . |
| 30 | In each of the early civilizations the emphasis rested on opaque or translucent stones , in China on jade , but elsewhere on different forms of chalcedony , lapis lazuli and turquoise , the qualities of each of which could be displayed effectively by the simple process of polishing their surfaces smooth . |