Example sentences of "[art] [det] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't the least idea where on the head was the best place to hit or how hard it had to be . |
| 2 | Former Leicester striker Paul Kitson gave the visitors the lead after 11 minutes but John Taylor equalised on the half hour before Johnson secured Derby 's fifth successive away victory . |
| 3 | The half year before the demerger of the textile division was otherwise remarkably stable . |
| 4 | The half year before the demerger of the textile division was otherwise remarkably stable . |
| 5 | Financial services rose on the back of increased consumer spending on cars , according to the group , and was ‘ almost buoyant ’ in the half year although it has dropped back since September . |
| 6 | Financial services rose on the back of increased consumer spending on cars , according to the group , and was ‘ almost buoyant ’ in the half year although it has dropped back since September . |
| 7 | In the half century since the " Big Book " was written there has been continuing effort to reduce the number of people who fail to find recovery through the Anonymous Fellowships . |
| 8 | Well it 'd be for the this angle if you extended it so it 'd be eight divided by the three sixty is n't it ? |
| 9 | Britain , says Ash , must be one of the few countries where being ‘ too clever by half ’ is regarded as a stinging insult . |
| 10 | The Wedding Present violently oppose most rock 'n' roll ethos , but perhaps one of the few areas where they have shown loyalty to tradition has been their gluttonous appetite for live work . |
| 11 | How avoid lending multinationals a green gloss in the few areas where they are performing well , while they otherwise continue in their evil ways ? |
| 12 | Birmingham is one of the few cities where any attempt at sensible provision has been made . |
| 13 | That morning Wycliffe had heard of the Glynn family for the first time and in the few hours since he had learned something about them ; about Gerald , Gina and Barry , about Christine and Aunt Sara , and about the uncles , Alfred and Maurice . |
| 14 | In the few hours since she had brought the house down she had been interviewed by three tabloids , Sky Television and by Tony Howard for ‘ Newsnight ’ . |
| 15 | Ford dealers Quicks of Altrincham had more potential customers in the few hours after Mr Lamont 's speech than they 'd seen all week . |
| 16 | Our sense of achievement lasted the few hours until we collected the kids . |
| 17 | The statements with which respondents were invited to entirely agree , agree with qualification , or disagree , were : ( 12 ) Dreams only occur in the few moments before you wake up . |
| 18 | Of 149 respondents , 18 subjects agreed firmly with the statement that " Dreams occur only in the few moments before you wake up " , and a further 23 thought this was perhaps true . |
| 19 | In the Hull survey one of the statements to which respondents were invited to agree was " Dreams occur only in the few moments before you wake up " ; 18 endorsed this statement , and 23 thought it was maybe true , out of 149 . |
| 20 | Coventry v Arsenal Arsenal return to one of the few grounds where they were beaten last season , with their match winner against Manchester United , Groves , likely to partner Smith up front again . |
| 21 | He was perfectly amiable to her on the few occasions when they did meet ; sometimes she even felt that he liked her . |
| 22 | Recording a verdict of accidental death on Johnathan and his father , Cheshire 's deputy coroner , John Pollard , said : ‘ This is one of the few occasions when we can genuinely describe something as a tragedy . |
| 23 | Recording a verdict of accidental death on Johnathan and his father , Cheshire 's deputy coroner , John Pollard , said : ‘ This is one of the few occasions when we can genuinely describe something as a tragedy . |
| 24 | The deterioration in my companion 's movements in the few weeks since I had last seen him was distressing to observe . |
| 25 | The bulk of the chicks ' diet consists of leaf-eating caterpillars from oak trees , particularly those of the green oak tortrix , and these are at their best in the few weeks after the leaf buds come out . |
| 26 | So she knew that in the few years since she had last been in England great changes had begun to take place from some of which she might clearly benefit . |
| 27 | What the authorities failed to realise was that in the few years since the war had ended , aircraft design had moved forward a long way , and there had been a rapid development of jet aircraft of which Tank had little or no real experience — he had not been involved in this critical new phase . |
| 28 | Even in the few years since Volumes I and II of the Supplement were published , numerous words and meanings in the range A-N have emerged which are therefore not to be found in the largest Oxford Dictionary . |
| 29 | In the few years since they have been in existence , the colleges of higher education have had little or no guidance , from the DES or anywhere else , as to the directions they might follow . |
| 30 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |