Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] had a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing or not knowing the title of the passage had a significant effect on recall , as did word order . |
| 2 | She remarked how each definable function of the household had a special room set aside for it , for example there were dining rooms , parlours and drawing rooms , and serving pantries , pantries and sculleries . |
| 3 | Every division of the army had a prearranged town or village where it would gather and wait for further orders . |
| 4 | The five members of the jury had a difficult time choosing the winner from the eight finalists , says Colin Bruder , general manager of Guinness GmbH . |
| 5 | On the contrary , the idea of the Kingdom had a long history in the life of Israel , and the coming of Christ coincided with a feverish wave of expectancy within the nation . |
| 6 | He says people of the period had a hard life , but when they celebrated they did it in style . |
| 7 | The undamaged part of the face had a puffy softness , an appearance of immaturity , accentuated by a fair moustache of wispy growth . |
| 8 | As the cast list expanded through royal marriages and the creation of a brood of ‘ nearly royals ’ — frivolous young men and women staking a claim to attention in the gossip columns simply because another member of the family had a genuine connection with the Windsors — the roles could be constantly juggled to satisfy an appetite which had been primed by the Palace itself . |
| 9 | In the light of W. McCready 's findings in another study that the religious behaviour of the father had a greater impact on children , Greeley considered the fact that catholic schools were having an increasing influence on men to be of significant importance for the future of Roman catholicism in the USA ( 1976 : 173–5 ) . |
| 10 | These jobs on the generation side of the industry had a larger engineering content than the Area Board jobs in distribution , and , in terms of assets and capital expenditure , were a weightier responsibility . |
| 11 | That first day of the Sale had a special distinction in that the Andersons were both there in person to help at ‘ the sharp end ’ , as Scott called it . |
| 12 | But the star of the show had a tremendous supporting cast in Moffatt and Henry in the triples , and Oliver in the pairs . |
| 13 | But the star of the show had a tremendous supporting cast in Moffatt and Henry in the triples , and Oliver in the pairs . |
| 14 | Leavisism assumed that its rewriting of the canon had a once-and-for-all quality , so that it was inconceivable that anyone could come to admire Shelley again , though this is precisely what has happened under the influence of Harold Bloom , who is dedicated to overturning the Eliot-Leavis version of poetic history . |
| 15 | He di n't really impress me , but — The Leeds team of the time had a great defence , I do n't think Best ever scored against Paul Reaney , who he regards as his most difficult opponent . |
| 16 | The alcove to the left of the fireplace had a rounded arch at the top with three shelves , chock-a-block with crest china souvenirs , so much in fashion during the first quarter of this century . |
| 17 | It was twofold : first , the material of the book had a Wagnerian stimulus behind it and a discernible " Wagnerian connection " ; and secondly , the decision to write a whole book on the basis of that material was prompted by Wagner 's personal advocacy . |