Example sentences of "in [noun] [verb] [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The folk of these towns and villages took their convicted witches , stood them in pitch-filled barrels and set them afire : in Forres stands a witches ' stone , site of such burnings — in thunder , lightning , or in rain ? |
| 2 | As might be expected , most advertisements incorporated in books proclaim the publishers ' own wares-but with books issued in parts , such as those of Dickens , they can be a joyous medley covering everything from top hats to mouse traps , pills to perambulators and hair oils to phrenology . |
| 3 | The remains of small Celtic-type cattle in Iceland pre-date the Vikings ' first visits early in the ninth century and the colonisation of Iceland by Norsemen about AD 930 . |
| 4 | Wiltshire County Council says repair work , costing about £180,000 , will get underway in January to strengthen the schools ' structure . |
| 5 | ( The previous attempt to introduce a poll tax in England provoked the Peasants ' Revolt in the fourteenth century . ) |
| 6 | Shaun Hill , of Gidleigh Park country house hotel in Devon , has just been named Egon Ronay Chef of the Year , while Gary Rhodes of The Greenhouse in London won The Times ' Restaurant of the Year 1991 award . |
| 7 | We hear also of a series of disasters visited by God on the country , in order to force the Egyptians ' hands . |
| 8 | I think that the question is how much are we going to sacrifice in order to satisfy the developers ' erm er desire to have virtual guarantees that the site will be available as and when they want it . |
| 9 | The Court of Appeal reached their decision with regret because as they clearly saw Mr. Tully is seeking to exploit the privilege against self-incrimination in order to frustrate the plaintiffs ' claims . |
| 10 | A programming language that was developed to be as close as possible to our own , in order to make the programmers ' work easier . |
| 11 | The previous categorising of pupils in terms of the medical aspects of their handicap is no longer the ruling factor in deciding educational placement , although a thorough understanding of the implications of visual loss or reduced vision is necessary in order to meet the pupils ' needs effectively . |
| 12 | We are not happy with this position in that the Inspector appears to accept that while the formality of recording the transfer of motor vehicles to the directors was not processed through the accounting records , he is by implication accepting that they were recorded , in order to have the directors ' loan accounts overdrawn while ignoring the dividend . |
| 13 | He refused to be drawn on what would happen if the two failed to reach agreement in time to get the banks ' support for an extra £1bn-£1.2bn of finance next year . |