Example sentences of "[adj] of [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Tommy Gorman , the acting convener at Leyland Daf 's Albion plant in Glasgow , where 67 of the 550 workforce were made redundant last Friday , said : ‘ It is not the Dutch and Belgian Governments that should be looking after jobs in Glasgow — it is the British Government that should be doing something . ’
2 The matter was further considered in relation to Article 67 of the original version of the EEC Treaty in Case 203/80 Casati , which illustrates the other approach .
3 There was an excellent response with 304 of the 330 numbered questionnaires being returned ( 91 per cent ) and prizes were awarded .
4 In another study , Johansen and Fuguitt ( 1984 ) from a sample of 572 of the 11,334 villages in the USA ( defined as a population of less than 2,500 in 1960 ) found that while only half of the villages had grown in the 1950s , two-thirds had grown in the 1970s , and that this growth was no longer restricted to the larger villages .
5 At Liverpool University , almost 1,600 of the 9,000 students are over 21 .
6 The most primitive of the armoured mammals are the five species of echidnas , or spiny anteaters , from Australasia .
7 Of course one can not say this of the whole story ; were one to say that one would no longer be a Christian .
8 Lionfish are the most gregarious of the large aquarium fish and respond well when kept in a small group , again providing an impressive display in a tank devoted to them exclusively
9 The Lynx was hovering out near the sea , staying clear of a possible explosion .
10 Once already he had lost control , the wheels sliding away from under him as he slewed clear of a steep-sided washway .
11 In the opening 250 race Robert Dunlop stayed well clear of a hectic battle for second place behind him .
12 She was rested until October , when she beat the Derby winner Slip Anchor by three lengths in the Champion Stakes at Newmarket , showing brilliant acceleration to pull clear of a top-class field which also included Commanche Run and Helen Street .
13 Behind her , Atrimonides lurched clear of a rising pall of smoke .
14 These four came in 31 seconds clear of a chasing group containing Lillywhite , the Banana professional .
15 ESTEFANIA KNUTH , a former winner of the World Junior Championship , finished six shots clear of the other 31 qualifiers for the match-play stages of the French Women Juniors ' Championship , here yesterday .
16 This must be at one end of the housing , clear of the other compartments , and then you will be able to slide the glass off this compartment without sliding it off the others .
17 United move three places up the table to fifteenth , and they 're now ten points clear of the two relegation positions .
18 As he rounded the leeward mark for the first time , Pat Marshall in 9th place found himself being covered by Simon Allen and so went off on the opposite tack to get clear of the dirty wind , followed by Chris Eyre .
19 Broadside to the wind , Golden Girl was already drifting clear of the heavier motor yacht .
20 The sun was not yet clear of the eastward banks of cloud , and the light was colourless and amorphous from the evening 's soft rain , but clear enough to show what had brought Tutilo to his knees in the darkness , and yet remained unseen .
21 The lifeboat was scarcely controllable as she took heave head seas overall but once clear of the dangerous rocks James Douglas headed for St Abbs where one group of divers had been caught in the storm .
22 The lifeboat was struck by a large sea as she was leaving the harbour and Coxswain Wight had difficulty in manoeuvring clear of the narrow channel , before pausing to take stock of the conditions at sea and pressing on to clear off-lying rocks .
23 The 22-year-old Edgar was clear of the first three horses she rode in a World Championship final style event .
24 Julie meanwhile was filling a saucepan with water , trying to stay clear of the flaring curtains .
25 He would have steered well clear of the wilder shores of analytic enquiry .
26 The top of the head is cut by the top edge of the frame while the chin is just clear of the lower edge .
27 There is little danger from a Lionfish to yourself , so long as you keep your fingers clear of the venomous spines .
28 On the work-surface , several well-defined areas clear of the ubiquitous dust showed where items had been removed for further examination .
29 He stayed for seven years , at first steering clear of the official trade-union structure which , as a Big Flamer , he regarded as a huge sell-out .
30 Following the Braer disaster , the Government 's adviser on environmental issues also recommends that shipping is routed clear of the Western Isles and the outlying islands , including St Kilda and North Rona .
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