Example sentences of "of [art] [noun] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.

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1 In computing values for cumulative distributions it is normal to consider values in terms of the percentage coarser than a given grain size .
2 But other things took people unawares : the set devoted to the music of the Second Viennese School , the Mahler Sixth , and in the fullness of time the great recordings of the Mahler Ninth and a fine Nielsen Fourth .
3 This figure was exceeded in the first quarter of the year alone when a Rbs31,000 million deficit was recorded .
4 The scholar who completes such a work thus has an edge on other writers , so a preface can be read with the respect due to a first-hand account of the works concerned and a considered piece of reflective criticism .
5 As well as the mixed delights of the Glasgow Fair and a wee burst of the cholera mixed in with bread riots , the 1850s saw giant strides in the techniques of battleship-building , and the amount of noise that could be generated in the interests of progress .
6 The examination requires an essay on one of the themes of the period concerned and a commentary on a piece of text .
7 The back door of the Mercedes opened and a tall , craggy-faced man climbed out .
8 For from her mirror she saw the driver 's door of the Mercedes open and a tall , aristocratic man step out .
9 Lymphocytes can be activated using a combination of a phorbol ester or a permeant DAG analogue to activate PKC and an ionophore to mimic the calcium-mobilizing action of InsP 3 .
10 Earlier , on April 1 , Governor George A. Sinner of North Dakota vetoed an anti-abortion bill similar to — though somewhat more restrictive than — that passed in Utah , which provided penalties of a $1,000 fine and a year in prison .
11 Graham McClintoch of ‘ the indefensible ginger-coloured suit ’ has returned , and there are commemorative mentions of a ginger this and a ginger that .
12 According to ns.62A(1) : ‘ No action in respect of a contravention to which section 62 above applies shall lie at the suit of a person other than a private investor , except in such circumstances as may be specified by regulations made by the Secretary of State ’ ( emphasis added ) .
13 The appropriate regulation for our purposes is SI 1991 No 489 , regulation 3 of which outlines the circumstances where an action may be brought at the suit of a person other than a private investor .
14 ( 4 ) If the provision of a specimen other than a specimen of breath may be required in pursuance of this section the question whether it is to be a specimen of blood or a specimen of urine shall be decided by the constable making the requirement , but if a medical practitioner is of the opinion that for medical reasons a specimen of blood can not or should not be taken the specimen shall be a specimen of urine .
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