Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She raised Skogen to her face and through it she saw Ghost of the Tree turn a quizzical and penetrating look upon her . |
| 2 | All that vanished with the invention of the printing press a few years later , but many of the books in the Corviniana were made in Italy at that time . |
| 3 | Wide side decks and a long run of substantial grabrail on each side of the coachroof allow a secure passage to and from the foredeck . |
| 4 | At last he said to himself , " Even the birds of the air and the fish of the sea have a better life than I , for at least they have companions . |
| 5 | In general many beeches , particularly those on the western edge of the Park show a general lack of vitality … |
| 6 | This change in the law and in the locus of power will not end the debate , which has prevailed for a number of years , about control of the curriculum of schools ; such a debate emerged once the content of the curriculum become a controversial subject in the 1960s and has continued since . |
| 7 | The Council has to try and ensure that the subject ‘ bits ’ of the curriculum form a coherent whole and somehow deliver the broad and balanced curriculum enshrined in the noble opening passages of the Act . |
| 8 | We 'll be discussing it this afternoon and Labour members told us and no doubt they 'll tell us again that the users of the centre have a democratic right to be consulted about how it was run Do n't tenant farmers have the right to be consulted ? |
| 9 | The late and much missed Fred Rival By the way I saw Mercy at the horse of the year show a few weeks ago . |
| 10 | Not since the surprise smash hit of the year cast a rosy glow over Shore 's vehicle . |
| 11 | DeNiro 's also rumoured to be competing with James Woods for the villain role in Rob Reiner 's film version of the Broadway smash A Few Good Men . |
| 12 | The remaining five pages of the manuscript give a dispiriting account of the office life he leads , the sonnets he writes , the girls and prostitutes he sees but does not meet . |
| 13 | The key features of the software include a graphical editor — which constructs the model ; data element and table domain editors — which stores extracted data and allows users to reuse information ; a create , read , update and delete table ; SQL data declaration , control and manipulation language support — that allows data to be changed — and data administration tools . |
| 14 | Could a member of the public expect a professional response , or one based on superstition and prejudice ? |
| 15 | The east end of the Cathedral is Gothic , but the long nave is still Romanesque and the transepts are in a Transitional form of the style ; the two parts of the cathedral form a marked contrast , particularly inside the building , and a useful study . |
| 16 | The actual official published positions of the field provide a new and powerful model of environmental medicine that contains numerous valuable insights and perspectives into the dynamic causes of many acute and chronic illnesses and provide powerful tools to vastly improve both the quality and cost effectiveness of the health care of applicable illnesses . |
| 17 | if the circumstances of the offence constitute a common law public nuisance the Criminal Law Act 1977 allows for trial either way . |
| 18 | The rocks of the land have a smaller specific heat than water does , which means that any given amount of heat that falls upon them will raise their temperature more than that of water . |
| 19 | National economic policy does not explain the whole of urban decline , but the attitudes and policies of the Treasury have a greater influence on the cities than probably all urban projects combined . |
| 20 | The first genuine elections since the early days of the Revolution establish a new Parliament , though the Communist Party remains unchallenged . |
| 21 | This traditional fiction/concession theory had been embraced by legal doctrine in order to make the limited liability of the company seem a natural and inevitable incident of corporate personality . |
| 22 | At the end of the exercise have a short period of conversation while you concentrate on the fingertips on your larynx and on feeling the right degree of voice volume , your friend keeping check for you on the right amount of voice volume and indicating if it becomes too loud or too quiet . |
| 23 | The first and third years of the course provide a basic understanding of the industry . |
| 24 | In general , graduates of the course possess a valuable flexibility of mind acquired through interdisciplinary study which , combined with the analytical skill of humanities graduates , makes them ideally suited for careers in a wide variety of public and private sector employment . |
| 25 | Many myths of the hero retrace a common narrative : a sea journey ; battle with a monster ; descent into the belly of the beast ; and , finally , triumphant re-emergence into the light of day . |
| 26 | If , as is likely , this one is a female , she will suddenly whistle a call and out of the hole come a dozen youngsters which bustle eagerly about her , groping with their muzzles for her teats . |
| 27 | These two conceptions of the state provide a familiar antithesis in the history of political thought , and they are repeated in various forms , often tacitly conveyed , in modern political science . |
| 28 | A quick friendly tap on the back of their hand as they tried to snaffle a piece , made the educational aspect of the delicatessen counter a two-way affair . |
| 29 | This doctrine appears in an altered form in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads where Wordsworth tells us that he had written about ‘ low and rustic life … because in that situation the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity ’ . |
| 30 | This is supported by Wordsworth 's defence of his choice of the common people as subject matter — ‘ Low and rustic life was generally chosen , because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity … ’ |