Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [art] house " in BNC.
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| 1 | On these journeys , however , he had n't been fortunate , as some of the fellows in the camp had been , in finding a cottage or a house where they were invited in to tea , which often meant , so he understood , eggs and chips or even bacon , particularly if it was a farmhouse . |
| 2 | What is a ‘ contempt ’ of Parliament or the House ? |
| 3 | Nobody had said what Marcus should do : the result was that he appeared to do little or nothing , spoke minimally and was increasingly reluctant to leave his bedroom or the house . |
| 4 | Perhaps nomadic by choice , a typical shepherd would have had few possessions , would not own the flock , the pastures or a house . |
| 5 | That is why it is essential , as a preliminary to any future action that the House has to consider , that there is a proper convergence of the economies . |
| 6 | Charles knew it would be unprofessional to use the pass-door from backstage to the auditorium once the house had started to fill , so he went out of the Stage Door to walk round . |
| 7 | Agreement was reached and a consent order subsequently made to the effect that the house should be sold and that the husband should pay the wife a lump sum of £9,000 from his share of the proceeds of sale . |
| 8 | Occasionally , when there had to be a drastic reassessment of public expenditure , it became evident from the leaks and rumours of resignations that something important was going on in Whitehall during the summer months , but neither backbenchers nor the House in general were able to find out what was happening or to discuss the changes being made in expenditure plans . |
| 9 | The kitchen wing was at the back and to the side so the house was L-shaped ; and beyond the kitchen was a cobbled yard bounded by the stables , where they kept the cars . |
| 10 | 8 ( 1 ) In a contract to which this section applies for the letting of a house for human habitation there is implied , notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary — ( a ) a condition that the house is fit for human habitation at the commencement of the tenancy , and ( b ) an undertaking that the house will be kept by the landlord fit for human habitation during the tenancy . |
| 11 | Still , the Emperor and the Pope were the two greatest forces in the west , and because of them and Thorfinn 's comradely relations with Svein of Denmark , because of England 's weakness at sea and because of her terror of Norway , neither King Edward nor the House of Godwin was likely that winter ( said Thorfinn , with justice ) to trouble Scotia . |
| 12 | Opposition in Parliament in the 1980s came more effectively from Conservative dissidents and the House of Lords than the Labour party . |
| 13 | Is it not scandalous that ministerial offices and the House have televisions provided by the taxpayer , yet bedridden patients who want to watch television to help them to relax must pay ? |
| 14 | A string of official reports both from the European Convention for the Protection of Animals and the House of Commons has condemned close confinement of sows . |
| 15 | Right now she had enough on her plate with the club and the house — she simply did n't have time to contend with him too . |
| 16 | We attach importance to environmental considerations and the House will be aware that there have already been , I think , four public inquiries into the project over 20 years . |
| 17 | What should I use to seal the joint between a carport roof and the house wall ? |
| 18 | Otherwise , it means any Bill imposing a charge on public funds and the House of Lords may have a substantial interest in its overall contents . |
| 19 | After setting fire to a collier and a house by the harbour , not very successfully , thanks to a sudden heavy storm , Jones successfully withdrew , despite the fire of a party of militia , and , when he had re-embarked , of cannon shot from some guns in the batteries which had escaped being spiked . |
| 20 | Perhaps best known for his feud with the Al-Fayed brothers over Harrods and the House of Fraser , Tiny Rowland built up his mining and trading company , Lonrho , in the '50s and '60s . |
| 21 | There was no vote and the House of Commons stood adjourned . |
| 22 | A survey by BBC Radio Four 's Today programme says it is still very uncertain that the majority will be reached in the House of Clergy and the House of Laity . |
| 23 | Mike , who has been given a car and a house by his new employers , has yet to see his new surroundings , and it will certainly be a journey into the unknown . |
| 24 | So in the urban context we encounter two rental incomes generated from the same physical entity : the ground rent and the house or occupancy rent … |
| 25 | I found a photograph of Paul as a baby in one of the albums I kept in the loft , and after the ceremony I wrote the name of the new catapult on the back of the picture , scrunched it up around a steelie and secured it with a little tape , then went down , out of the loft and the house , into the chill drizzle of a new day . |
| 26 | Open Meeting — 19 April 1988 Grant Aid and the House of Sport |
| 27 | The RSC , Ofwat and the House of Commons Environment Committee have submitted responses to the government 's proposals for a single environment agency . |
| 28 | Now when interest charges fall , the person who is buying the house benefits from the reduction in interest charges , but the person who is renting a house in local authority and then in this case nobody , nobody else in Harlow to rent it from , is faced with , not with a decreased monthly rental , but with an ever increasing one because as more and more Council houses are sold the cost of maintaining that there , the superstructure of the town , the cost of maintaining Council houses goes on increasing and so the burden is laid on the tenants and the tenant can find , will find himself that pound for pound increasing his rent while the house owner is decreasing his mortgage charges and at the end of the day the tenant is paying increased rent , increased rate and with nothing to show for it , erm , I 've always been in favour of a sale , of , of property er owner occupiers , but not at the expense of the people who can not afford to be owner occupiers , ah , to my mind , the present housing system is designed to maintain the existing class structure because even with the large discounts that one gets and nobody 's ever yet convinced me that why you should get a discount because you buy a Council house , but if you buy one privately owned you ca n't get a discount and it , there 's , this , this is so utter nonsense , but it is throwing a much heavier burden every time a house is sold on the remaining houses which are for rent , and so you that , although the idea is to make it a classless this society with more and more people owning their own properties the mo the mere fact that the majority of people in the town can not afford to buy even the reduced priced Council house , is an example that the , the system , the class system a division by income still exists . |
| 29 | This was their temporary bedroom while the house was being renovated . |
| 30 | Six months after the house was finished and the specially commissioned green leather furniture from Hull of Wardour Street had been arranged , Mrs Pugin 's health proved unsuited to watery Wiltshire . |