Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spine of the tree curved like a man stretching tall after a heavy sleep . |
| 2 | A trie index is particularly useful when keys are of varying sizes , and the path of a search at any point of the tree depends on a part of the key rather than its full value . |
| 3 | The pulpit , Communion area and side aisles were all carpeted and the inside of the church painted to a colour-scheme prepared by Mr Brian Jeffers . |
| 4 | William could see the village where they lived and the smoke from the fires rising straight up into the air and the dark tower of the church rising above a cluster of stark trees , and because he was nervous he wanted to work his way in that direction , so it would not be so far to run , but because his father was beside him , smiling his reassuring smile , he did n't . |
| 5 | This has caused some concern as peaceful demonstrators may be prevented from marching because of the threat posed by a potentially disruptive counter-demonstration . |
| 6 | Part of the reliquary consisted of a gold inscription plaque which referred to the fourteenth year of a particular Gadhara king , enabling the experts to date it precisely . |
| 7 | Most of the fall came as a result of the release of provisions in the merchant banking and securities division . |
| 8 | We explored various explanations of the present situation — such as Schumpeter 's analysis , the growth of government and the role of technology as an autonomous and primary force — and concluded that the root of the problem lay in a basic tension within humanism ( the prevailing philosophy today in the Western world ) namely between the desire to control and the desire to be free . |
| 9 | Professor Murray believes the root of the problem lies in a fault with the child 's immune cells in the brain . |
| 10 | A train swaying between Kingston and Norbiton and New Malden , and a member of the permanent staff of the Service talking with a stranger about a freelance recruit who had been snaffled . |
| 11 | The planners , the Planning Committee , and the Council found themselves at the centre of the great deal of public agitation in which the reputation of the Council sank to a very low level . |
| 12 | New industries and housebuilding in the south and east of the country led to a growth rate which rivalled that of the mid-Victorian era , and apart from a minor dip in the statistics in 1937 — 8 the sustained restructuring and recovery of the economy created many new jobs and reduced rates of unemployment in all but the most depressed areas dependent on the declining staple industries . |
| 13 | He had a mental picture of the country hanging like a broken web between the branching sea , and the pageant travelling , like an industrious spider , to every tear in turn , patching and mending the damage . |
| 14 | During the 1980s there has been a proliferation of schemes , courses and activities for unemployed people in many parts of the country organised by a wide range of adult education agencies and voluntary organisations . |
| 15 | The ever changing moods of the sea build to a spectacular storm then subside into peace and tranquillity |
| 16 | They took full advantage of the opportunity to unwind after a torrid few weeks . |
| 17 | Fremantle 's motion was put to a vote and rejected and it was agreed to recommend that new fire-proof Foreign and Colonial Offices should be built on part of the park to conform with a general plan for rebuilding the area . |
| 18 | Also , where the company subsequent to granting a floating charge containing a negative pledge provision purchases property leaving part of the purchase secured by a mortgage , the mortgage will take priority , even if the mortgage has actual notice so long as what the company acquired was the equity of redemption subject to the mortgage . |
| 19 | The overt , explicit aspect of the curriculum coexists with a less obvious , implicit or tacit side , which has been dubbed the ‘ hidden curriculum ’ ( Snyder 1971 ; Cornbleth 1984 ) and the curriculum plan is always open to a degree of interpretation and even reconstruction by those involved . |
| 20 | Many teachers recognise that examinations do not measure experience and achievement ; they reflect the ability of the individual to respond to a number of questions , drawn from a substantial syllabus , at a particular time . |
| 21 | By the late 1820s Geoffroy was arguing that one animal form could be transformed into another by natural processes — not by the accumulation of slight modifications , but by a sudden switching of the growth process so that the development of the individual proceeded in a new direction to mature as a new modification of the basic pattern . |
| 22 | Serious discussion of the phenomenon began with a debate over the role of the press in reporting violent incidents at football matches . |
| 23 | The passive evokes perception resultatively and not operationally and calls for a representation of the phenomenon perceived as a fact , the knowledge and assertion of which is a consequence of perception having taken place , rather than as something which is followed instant-by-instant by means of the operation of the sense faculties . |
| 24 | Sharpe saw one cannon-ball 's passage marked by the flickering of the rye stalks in a darkening line that shot at extraordinary speed across the field behind him . |
| 25 | One of the earliest instances of an artifact concerns the tendency of the subject to respond in a way that the experimenter expects and is pleased by . |
| 26 | As a development geneticist , I hoped for a personal synthesis of the subject viewed from a different perspective . |
| 27 | But psychology 's concept of the subject runs into a number of difficulties . |
| 28 | Giovanni Falcone : May 23 , aged 53 : Italian prosecutor and scourge of the Mafia killed by a car-bomb . |
| 29 | After all , I 'd seen pictures of the Queen riding in a carriage , the royal bride and groom rode in a carriage . |
| 30 | After all , I 'd seen pictures of the Queen riding in a carriage , the royal bride and groom rode in a carriage . |