Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opportunity cost of a resource may , in some circumstances , be higher than the resource 's purchase price . |
| 2 | Even ITN has had to turn to CNN for some footage of the Gulf , but that does n't cause Phillis any problems : ‘ I 'm a great admirer — Turner 's done a marvellous job , ’ adding that while the US network has received plaudits for its Gulf coverage , it is merely returning the coverage that ITN provided of the Conservative leadership contest . |
| 3 | Gabriela Osvaldova , author of the lyrics , said the decision smacked of the censorship that was routine in four decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia . |
| 4 | The base cost of the qualifying investment can not be reduced to less than zero by the rolled-over chargeable gain . |
| 5 | [ T ] he analysis Paine made of the early American constitution was remarkably acute . |
| 6 | Richard read of the fire in the newspaper on his way back from the county hospital . |
| 7 | Peter Hunter , secretary of the NALGO Pro-Life Group , at a recent meeting of NALGO supporters told of the disgraceful waste of union resources which are used to prop up the national Abortion Campaign , to which NALGO is affiliated . |
| 8 | Edward seemed of a sudden bereft of further speech and Joan was at a loss for the right words . |
| 9 | While we 're on this question , one of the few things that er Theresa did n't say , although perhaps she might have said it when I was n't , I do n't think she did but one of the few things she did n't say is why Freud disapproved of the typical kind of dream book you find in any book shop . |
| 10 | Eye-witness accounts by British journalists told of the unprovoked and apparently indiscriminate shooting of civilians by British soldiers . |
| 11 | The 43-year-old star of The Charmer telephoned the BBC moments after its Watchdog programme told of the plight of mother-of-three Jenny Graham . |
| 12 | Navan consisted of an attractive brick-and-tile shopping street , with a four-pronged C. of I. church that nobody used and a bridge over a river . |
| 13 | One of his clients boasted of a decision to provide employees with milk instead of cream for their coffee as ‘ re-engineering ’ . |
| 14 | Each three-wavelength batch of data consisted of a rotation range of 8–10 degrees ; batches were overlapped by 1 degree . |
| 15 | This programme consisted of the LGS training team remaining in the union for 6 months instead of the standard one month . |
| 16 | But even after the war , the Department consisted of a number of separate bodies all owing allegiance to the Secretary of State but independent of each other . |
| 17 | As of early 1990 , the coalition consisted of the Mouvement socialiste mauricien ( MSM ) , the Mauritius Labour Party ( MLP ) and the Organisation du peuple rodriguais ( OPR ) . |
| 18 | In the early 1950s the Japanese motor industry consisted of a handful of clapped-out truck producers , rescued from bankruptcy by the Korean war . |
| 19 | His experiment consisted of a huge spark-gap into which he passed a mixture of hydrogen and lithium gases . |
| 20 | The experiment consisted of a practice session ( 24 trials ) and an experimental session ( 120 trials ) . |
| 21 | The mockery consisted of the one major taunt : that Jesus should save himself because he was ( i ) the Messiah , the Chosen One ; and ( ii ) the King of the Jews . |
| 22 | The study consisted of an analysis of data on retirement and early retirement from the ‘ After Redundancy ’ project conducted by lain Noble , John Westergaard , and Alan Walker and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council ( ESRC ) . |
| 23 | The seller was held liable under section 13 , since the car consisted of the rear half of a 1961 car and the front half of an earlier model . |
| 24 | We found that regardless of the subject labels adopted , the curriculum in practice consisted of a further and perhaps more influential ‘ core ’ of ten generic activities ( writing , using apparatus , reading , listening , drawing or painting , collaboration , movement , talking to the teacher , construction , talking to the class — see Table 3.1 ) . |
| 25 | The practice consisted of a slow-motion exercise that never stopped . |
| 26 | The setting for Adieu consisted of a couple of pillars and a couch that was all too obviously a crude wooden structure draped with material , giving the clear impression that the ballet had been mounted on the cheap . |
| 27 | So well did Smith and Lamb play during the early overs , talk began of a mid-afternoon declaration to test the Kiwis ' mettle . |
| 28 | When this book was first written , for example , no comprehensive study existed of the effects of land reform in eastern Europe after 1918 although many states then embarked upon schemes for the break-up of the great estates which had been the framework of economy and society in the east since the seventeenth century . |
| 29 | Berle met Michael Wright , counsellor at the British embassy in Washington , on 21 October , and Wright talked of a ‘ head-on collision ’ of US and British policies . |
| 30 | Dr Barnett conceived of the idea for the exhibition whilst working on the catalogue raisonné of the works on paper , of which Volume I , covering the years 1900–1921 has already been published . |