Example sentences of "of [art] [adj] [noun] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a search for wholeness in life which expresses , reflects and is grounded in the wholeness of the Triune God and a transformation of our Christian system . |
| 2 | Only northeast Scotland , parts of the southern Uplands and a few areas in the southwest receive less than 10kg/S/ha a year , and in the 1970s deposition was higher . |
| 3 | Thus , cast in bronze , we have an Industrial Elephant , with a factory chimney , belching smoke , on its back , which would seem to be more to do with the advent of the Industrial Revolution than a comment on the British Raj . |
| 4 | With an economy of movement she collected up her things , some of the remaining rations and a flask of water . |
| 5 | After the menopause there is a progressive thinning of the vaginal walls and a drying out of the mucous membrane which provides lubrication to the vagina . |
| 6 | Erm the next matter is the re-election of the retiring directors and a separate resolution is required for each one er I 've asked Mr to propose the first resolution . |
| 7 | In particular , this paper will highlight some of the tensions between the empirical method of producing resource allocations based on statistical modelling of the available data and a more normative approach which allocates according to a more explicit theoretical rationale and political choices . |
| 8 | The Redpath brothers had a field day , sharing five of the six tries and a contribution to Melrose now and in the future could hold the vital key to unlock even more championship trophies . |
| 9 | He was only too well aware of the Talmudic dictum that a handful does not satisfy a lion , but he was neither apologetic nor guilty over it . |
| 10 | Along with this has often gone a general rejection of the idea of a First Philosophy , more secure than , or prior to , the sciences , and an acceptance of the naturalistic doctrine that a philosophical account of knowledge should be permitted to use empirical information drawn from the sciences . |
| 11 | When asked whether he would support a constitutional change in Scotland if he did not have proportional representation , he said no ; so he makes it clear that he gives higher priority to the self-interest of the Liberal Democrats and a voting system that would help them than to the issue of principle on Scotland 's constitutional future . |
| 12 | The " mature man " was thus placed at a distance equally from the " blind " drive of the capitalist marketplace and a democratic process defined in quantitative or mechanical terms . |
| 13 | The scholar fed his pet dragons on the choicest tit-bits , bringing them rump steaks of the purest virgins and a daily supply of swallows ' flesh — not realising that such things , for true dragons , are treats , are after-dinner delicacies and no more a fit diet than endless chocolates would be for you . |
| 14 | It may have been the combination of the early hour and a squeamish stomach , but during the whole of our short stay on the island I had a most peculiar feeling of being transported back through time to another age . |
| 15 | When this was remembered , one mark of the exuberant joy of the early Christians and a secret of their costly praise was an overwhelming sense of God 's grace behind the whole of life . |
| 16 | ‘ Right , ’ Emily said firmly , ‘ let me have a list of the best customers and a list of the people my father owes money to . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We have one of the most up-to-date units around with some of the best equipment and a natural extension to this is an egg donation service . |
| 18 | He is a Member of the Baltic Exchange and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers . |
| 19 | Kalinigrad ( formerly Königsberg ) , the base of the Baltic Fleet and a highly militarized zone , was separated from the rest of Russia by Lithuanian territory . |
| 20 | The bass of a 1st inversion should not be doubled in any of the upper parts if a clear , clean sonority is aimed at . |
| 21 | Because of the General Election and a possible change of government and housing policies it was decided to adjourn the debate to a later date . |
| 22 | As the Director of Leeds Polytechnic put it in 1971 : ‘ the very existence of the new polytechnics must signify the end of the general assumption that a liberal education is the only peak to which a higher education can aspire ’ . |
| 23 | This rise is dramatic , as is illustrated in figure 6.6 , which shows a steep rise in this age-group in the first half of the twentieth century and a levelling out at about 15 per cent from the 1980s well into the next century . |
| 24 | It was a failure to recognize the potential of the black community and a failure to use it . |
| 25 | HOLY Week is a time when many people look around for devotional reading , and I suppose we should be grateful to the Observer for drawing attention to a ‘ dirty ’ book on sex for Catholics which has been written by the 30-year-old retiring editor of the Catholic Herald and a friend . |
| 26 | Coached by Place , representatives of the Loyal Standard and a few other workmen 's organisations , were instructed how to claim attendance at the Committee and to present the reasonable face of trade unionism . |
| 27 | Recall that the spectral reflectance curve of vigorous , healthy vegetation shows a dip in the red region of the visible spectrum and a peak in the short-wave infrared ( Figure 5.8(a) ) whereas the corresponding curve for water shows a decline from visible green through visible red to a low in the short-wave infrared . |
| 28 | It is frequently said that like changes have not been seen since the invention of the printed book but a good argument can be made for comparing the IT revolution with the invention of writing itself . |
| 29 | This confirms the analogy which has often been drawn between the founding treaties of the European Communities and a written constitution in a sovereign state . |
| 30 | A CSCE mission was nevertheless permitted to visit Nagorny Karabakh on Feb. 12 , and on Feb. 17 Hassan Hasanov , the Azerbaijani Prime Minister , arrived in Brussels to attend a session of the European Parliament and a meeting of NATO 's Political Council , where he spoke about the background to the conflict . |