Example sentences of "of [art] [noun] ' [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Remember , none of The Smiths ' naïve early predictions failed to materialize ) . |
| 2 | When the Linfield manager gets a telephone call from Windsor Park tonight it will provide details of the Blues ' first domestic defeat in the season — and their worst performance to date . |
| 3 | Given the political rationale lying behind these sharp changes in the volume of aid directed to particular countries , it is clear that the promotion of the donors ' perceived national self-interest is closely bound up with aid . |
| 4 | He attended the Health and Safety Module 1 of the Technicians ' Initial technical Course . |
| 5 | A comparison of the Beatles ' 1967 single ‘ Strawberry Fields ’ with rock 'n' roll , or early Beatles for that matter , immediately reveals a much greater variety of instruments — woodwind , brass and strings are added to drums , keyboard and guitars — and they have obviously been ‘ scored ’ for : written arrangements creating varied textures have replaced a simple , consistent rock-band texture , produced largely ‘ by ear ’ , ‘ in performance ’ . |
| 6 | Middlesbrough will start favourites , especially in view of the teams ' contrasting home-and-away records . |
| 7 | During the six-day trial , Mr. John Ryder , prosecuting , said the incident happened against a background of the Gillespies ' crumbling six-year marriage . |
| 8 | Quite where this freight profit would arise is a puzzle , because most of the railways ' profitable coal-carrying lines are closed under this option . |
| 9 | Apart from this in-built political impartiality , the speed and low-cost of the Robletts ' unique photographic reproduction of posters allowed the two main contenders to place orders one evening and have the finished product displayed at their conferences next day . |
| 10 | In the face of the Mohawks ' continued uncompromising stance , the Ottawa government on Aug. 8 agreed to the Quebec government 's request that troops be mobilized , but also appointed Alan Gold , chief justice of the Quebec Superior Court , as a mediator in future negotiations . |
| 11 | In the history of the nation , the temple — and its associated ritualism — rose and fell , as oppression and persecution ( not to speak of the Israelites ' hot-and-cold religious attitudes ) promoted or denied its expression . |
| 12 | The five-year plan would make the plant the first of its size to meet the target of the Netherlands ' 20-year national environment plan . |
| 13 | Arghatun 's lack of interest in the news of other settled worlds suggested an awareness of the universe which was far in advance of the inhabitants ' theoretical evolutionary time . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the patterns characteristic of the speakers ' respective social groups emerge quite clearly . |
| 15 | Nothing better illustrates the change in English religious life produced by the nineteenth century than the proximity of the Wesleyans ' new Central Hall to the Anglicans ' new Church House ( put up between 1891 and 1902 ) and the Roman Catholics ' Westminster Cathedral further down Victoria Street . |
| 16 | In an attempt to establish a national administration in the absence of John Balliol , Scottish nobles and clerics had in 1299 appointed a triumvirate of Guardians : Bishop William Lamberton of St Andrews ; John , the Red Comyn of Badenoch ; and a member of the Comyns ' long-standing rival family , young Robert Bruce of Carrick . |
| 17 | While the uncovered debts of the banks in respect of residents ' foreign exchange deposits are known more or less precisely , the amount of the banks ' other uncovered foreign liabilities is a matter of guesswork . |
| 18 | SIR — I like to recall a wry comment on the television programme That Was The Week That Was towards the end of the Tories ' last long period in office during the early Sixties : ‘ There 's only one thing that will make the Conservatives popular again — and that is the next Labour government ! ’ |
| 19 | The review will lead to a ‘ green ’ White Paper , planned for publication next summer and likely to provide the kernel of the Tories ' next general election manifesto . |
| 20 | As I wheeled my tenth-hand push-bike through the gates of the Parsons ' large detached house and made my way across the gravel forecourt past the guests ' Volvos and Audis , I began to feel uncomfortably out of my depth . |
| 21 | Some of the tracks have been available already — if you bought the limited edition live versions of the singles ‘ Stop ’ and ‘ Shivering Sand ’ — but ‘ IT ’ still holds up as a worthwhile representation of the Megas ' consistent live set ; in full and in earnest . |
| 22 | This was liberally interspersed with launch picnics , swimming , the services of a chef flown specially from one of the malais ' two five-star hotels back home , and ‘ ethnic entertainments ’ . |
| 23 | The Commission welcomes the much improved standard of instrumental playing which is one of the schools ' greatest recent success stories . |
| 24 | Within the limits of the canons ' active pastoral life , Chrodegang stressed the communal liturgy . |