Example sentences of "of [art] [noun] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Ultimately we have the base of the Jurassic defined by a single bedding plane on the coast of Somerset , where we took the Jurassic specialists of the world to see it during our celebrations of the bicentenary of the birth of William Smith in 1969 . |
| 2 | A general feeling of pessimism over the future of the talks emerged from a meeting in Tunis on Nov. 21-23 between Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) leaders and members of the Palestinian negotiating team . |
| 3 | The spine of the tree curved like a man stretching tall after a heavy sleep . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | On them , giant painted images of the gods walked in a stately procession . |
| 8 | Such an analysis is part of the larger long-term programme of the NRPB devoted to a geographical study of malignancy in the UK . |
| 9 | This has caused some concern as peaceful demonstrators may be prevented from marching because of the threat posed by a potentially disruptive counter-demonstration . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Most of the fall came as a result of the release of provisions in the merchant banking and securities division . |
| 12 | Another phospholipase A 2 -derived lipid , platelet-activating factor , also has some of the properties expected of a retrograde messenger . |
| 13 | The small green space in the centre of the woods looked like a chapel already . |
| 14 | In recognition of the problems caused as a result of these routes passing through the urban areas of Harrogate and Knaresborough , the County Council has designated both roads as key routes for improvement in both the structure plan and the T P P which is the Transport Policy and Programs document of the County Council . |
| 15 | This was one of the problems tackled at a bumper symposium held in Brighton last month on cosmology , particle physics and astrophysics . |
| 16 | The complexity of the problems encountered in a particular task , project or strategy is a function of the variables involved — their number , their clarity or ambiguity , the rate at which they change , and , overall the extent to which they are distinct or tangled . |
| 17 | Signs of the times appeared in a number of different places . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Professor Murray believes the root of the problem lies in a fault with the child 's immune cells in the brain . |
| 20 | There could be 2x + y , where x is the number both of the members appointed to a board of directors by the owners of the company , and of the trade union members ; and y the number of directors to be co-opted . |
| 21 | According to the rules then extant , a national strike could only be called by the NUM if it had the support of at least 55 per cent of the members voting in a secret ballot : the union prided itself on its democracy in this context . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The watershed of the Caribbean extends across a huge area from the industrial cities of the northern US , which discharge waste into the Mississippi , to the Colombian Andes . |
| 28 | After 1902 the large head-dress badge under the King 's Crown was produced in white metal , with a cross of the Order of the Bath superimposed on a star , similar to that of the Order of the Garter . |
| 29 | After 1902 the large head-dress badge under the King 's Crown was produced in white metal , with a cross of the Order of the Bath superimposed on a star , similar to that of the Order of the Garter . |
| 30 | Drs Smith and Bothwell appeared to represent a minority view amongst our sample ; most of the respondents appealed to a different set of work orientations which emphasised personal involvement with patients ' problems , ‘ family doctoring ’ and continuity . |