Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Yesterday the working party agreed the operator at Deerness Kennels at Langley Moor , near Durham , would administer the charge on behalf of the council after a contract had been drawn up .
2 The tension between the two is expressed in terms of imminence at the end of the novel when a V-rocket is poised to land on a crowded theatre .
3 Resolution of the question whether a statement is a representation or a contractual term , does not resolve the issue as to the legal effect of the statement made between the parties .
4 The Health chairman was unmoved ( leading Awlad Amira to remark later that everything had already been decided , there was no true democracy ) and was about to raise another aspect of the question when a speaker at the public microphone began to talk about the roads , mentioning the present high cost of transport across the Sahara .
5 A bankrupt is automatically discharged three years from the commencement of the bankruptcy unless a certificate for summary administration has been issued and not revoked , in which case the period is two years ( s 279(2) ) .
6 Does humanity go out of the window when a woman security guard is trained ?
7 The long hearing of the case before a board of inquiry finally confirmed the ban on the revered ‘ Oppy ’ in June 1954 .
8 In the little garden of the Hof Arents she stopped to admire the modern sculptures of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse when a voice behind her said , ‘ Merrill — Merrill Stanton … !
9 It is a trick that might just save the life of the bird if a cat has caught it and then placed it on the ground for a moment before starting to pluck it .
10 The alarm call of the blackbird or the chattering hiss of the squirrel when a cat walks into my garden tell all and sundry that danger stalks near at hand .
11 A proposed museum of modern art may move into an empty wing of the building if a consortium of local bankers are able to raise the necessary finance .
12 Things had been ticking along nicely between them , just as long as she 'd been prepared to forget that she wanted more out of the relationship than a roll in the hay and a bright ‘ cheerio ’ at the airport .
13 This wheel position affects the behaviour of the glider once a swing has started .
14 She was sitting in a daze on the edge of the bed when a head came round the partition , saying , ‘ You had better put a move on else you 'll get scalped . ’
15 The situation has changed and it is now possible to determine , for example , how much oxygen is being used by a particular area of the brain while a subject does a task like reading or memorizing a word list ( Raichle 1983 ) .
16 In the language of computer software say , this would mean careful attention to the derivation of the algorithm before a line of code is written .
17 Under this system , the Maronites would hold the presidency and the leadership of the army while a Sunni Muslim would always hold the less important post of prime minister .
18 On the following day the Senate was compelled to " freeze " the legislation after opposition deputies successfully appealed to the Supreme Court to block Senate ratification of the law until a ruling had been made on the constitutional legality of the AP 's parliamentary conduct during the lower house vote .
19 As yet I have never fallen off a roof , although I have experienced the odd flutter of the heart when a ladder slips .
20 The arrangement of the file after a number of additions is shown in Fig. 7.3(b) .
21 There is a drawing of the yacht in the Sound of Islay and he went ashore at Port Askaig and into the house of the ferryman whilst a gig-cart was prepared to drive to " Shawfield on the opposite coast " where the grounds had been much embellished lately .
22 There is a drawing of the yacht in the Sound of Islay and he went ashore at Port Askaig and into the house of the ferryman whilst a gig-cart was prepared to drive to " Shawfield on the opposite coast " where the grounds had been much embellished lately .
23 There is no cover under this section of the policy if a claim is also made under item 1 of the section which makes payments for delays for every 12 hour period up to the maximum in the policy .
24 Hundreds of people were there and I only saw the Queen at the beginning when she came out with Prince Philip and the Queen Mother and stood at the head of the terrace whilst a band played the National Anthem .
25 When such means failed the extended family gave support most often in the form of food or of caring for some children of the family until a crisis was over , or permanently if it was sustained .
26 Under rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers the vendor will be under an obligation to make an offer for the entire issued share capital of the purchaser unless a whitewash procedure is granted by the Takeover Panel .
27 In this land of the lawyer , there is no more appropriate place for picking up the social , business and political threads of the city than a spectacle viewed from the public benches of a federal court .
28 He also planned to entertain at the Priory his neighbours and friends , and here it was possible that he received fresh warnings of danger , as on finishing his dinner he hurriedly set off for Halling and was scarcely clear of the city when a riot broke out and the mob tried to pillage the Priory .
29 So , a text containing a first person narrative by a narrator involved in the story claiming things about the world by indirect inferences would probably be found more to the left of the network than a text told in the third person by an omniscient narrator directly asserting claims about the world .
30 When he started to his feet he had to lean hard on the arm of the chair while a moment of dizziness passed .
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