Example sentences of "to [art] [adj] [noun sg] or a " in BNC.
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| 1 | East Germans expect it to scrap the security police wing while shifting its intelligence work to the interior ministry or a new agency . |
| 2 | It appears from Jean Piaget 's child psychology that perception has been inseparable from simulation right from the start , and that instead of learning to project my inwardness on to other persons I had to unlearn the habit of projecting it on to the rising sun or a bouncing ball . |
| 3 | for referral to the Parliamentary Commissioner or a Local Councillor for referral to the Local Commissioner , although it must be remembered that the Local Commissioner can only investigate after a complaint has been brought to the attention of the authority complained against and they have had a reasonable time to reply . |
| 4 | We have , then , two different kinds of language as potential objects for study : one abstracted in order to teach a language or literacy , or to study how the rules of language work , and another which has been used to communicate something and is felt to be coherent ( and may , or may not , happen to correspond to a correct sentence or a series of correct sentences ) . |
| 5 | ‘ In the Court of Appeal considerable doubt was expressed by that court as to whether an absolute prohibition on the import of a particular description of goods could amount to a quantitative restriction or a measure having equivalent effect , so as to fall within the ambit of Article 30 at all . |
| 6 | Alan had seemed impressed when he made the arrangements that the crematorium officials had been helpful and raised no objections to the DIY aspect of our undertaking , though on the whole preferring a coffin to a cardboard carton or a plastic bag . |
| 7 | Consign seeds to a heated propagator or a warm , light windowsill . |
| 8 | The dynamic level is quite low , so it makes a good background to a spoken narration or a solo singer . |
| 9 | We could not accept a treaty that contained either a commitment at the beginning to a federal vocation or a review clause at the end — this is the question I have just answered — which implied or stated that the result of the review must be a movement towards federalism . |
| 10 | If the convenor is willing to accept this and I 'm aware of the time , if anybody wishes to strongly speak to a new point or a new angle on this matter , I 'd really prefer to call on the convenor to sum up . |
| 11 | The definition of " new tenant or occupier " is discussed in Chief Constable of Tayside v. Angus District Licensing Board , 1980 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 31 where it is held that " new " refers to both tenant and occupier and that at 32 " we are dealing with the removal of the licensee , when he yields up possession to a new tenant or a new occupier/occupant " . |
| 12 | If you do not wear an available seat belt , you are liable to a fixed penalty or a fine if the case goes to court . |
| 13 | If intellectualism only leads to a cultivated despair or a hankering after dictatorship , then it is time to give ordinary intelligence a chance . |
| 14 | A station 's status in Africa would depend upon its proximity to a European community or a white plantation area . |
| 15 | All projects have a lot of features in common but equally there are areas that are special to a particular industry or a particular company . |
| 16 | Knowing what the Bushmen knew then — that the NEA was unpopular with conservative legislators and already the target of fundamentalist Christians for subsidising offensive art — they can hardly have seen this as a plum they could hand to a big contributor or a rising political star or , indeed , to anybody aiming to leave town alive . |
| 17 | A further 14 per cent of pupils gave answers suggesting that they thought that the left hand end of the line represented either 0 or I. Whether this is due to a conceptual difficulty or a casual approach was not established . |
| 18 | As a good leader should , his father was making sure that no one was left in its path ; that no man , taking a last wistful thought to a neglected fishing-boat or a skiff or a hoard of nets he had forgotten , should dash back and drown for his folly . |
| 19 | It might include a direct reference to a sovereign ruler or a state , or a more indirect one such as an achievement of the ruler or a symbol of the state 's religious life . |
| 20 | Certain powers of the court may be delegated to a single justice or a justices ' clerk . |
| 21 | 1 Does the cost of the product in question point to a free offer or a discount ? |
| 22 | Instead , the shores of Zurich 's lake have a more intimate charm , comparing to those of Lucerne and Geneva as a well kept garden might to an alpine panorama or a royal park . |
| 23 | Compared to an Israeli paratrooper or a former member of the Black Watch , my pathetic charade at soldiering in London was risible . |
| 24 | Scheme organiser Dawn Whitton said : ‘ Entries can include written reports or publications , tidying up campaigns , landscaping projects , studies of a species of wildlife , repairs to an historic building or a scheme to enhance a new development . |
| 25 | In this case the only possible solution when retrieval times become too long is to turn to an inverted file or a multilist . |
| 26 | Scorching of furniture left too near to an open fire or a gas fire would be considered as fire damage , but if it was an electric fire or a radiator , then this would not be fire damage as there would have been no combustion . |
| 27 | Many people when they have something to discuss may prefer to take it outside their family group to an old friend or a trusted adviser . |