Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wondering whether the prim Miss Goody-Goody of a few months ago had really metamorphosed into this forlorn and wanton creature , Miranda said , ‘ I 'll send a car for you . |
| 2 | The motherboard can then be removed either on its ' back plate or by removing any retaining nuts and screws and lifting the board clear of the machine . |
| 3 | Adding these however not only helps stability but also lifts the base clear of the ground making it easier to use the adjuster key . |
| 4 | Britta shook her hair free of the long fingers and their slow stroking . |
| 5 | Preparation of prosecution reports to the Procurator Fiscal of a more complex and demanding nature . |
| 6 | Encouraged , he covered her mouth with his , and started to pull her shirt free of the waistband of her shorts , sliding his hands beneath to cup her breasts . |
| 7 | His hand moved to tug her shirt free of the waistband of her trousers and she felt his touch on the warmth of her skin , his fingers moulding her body like a contented tiger . |
| 8 | So being psychologists who ca n't get enough of it , empirical solid data , we tend to erm be a bit dismissive of the methods that were used by the Although these laws tend to describe what th what 's happening , they do n't actually tell you how they 're achieved . |
| 9 | Each remembered all too clearly Okawi 's parting words before they had pushed each canoe clear of the beach : |
| 10 | Any referential term descriptive of a genuine individuating feature of the object concerned is by definition a " rigid designator " . |
| 11 | Penny Wright ( to whom I am indebted for this story ) was attending a healing ceremony which involved the temporary burial alive of the patient in this case a child . |
| 12 | A defendant 's costs order may also be made in the following circumstances : ( 1 ) by a magistrates ' court where an information has been laid before magistrates but not proceeded with ; or where the magistrates ' court inquiring into an indictable offence as examining justices determines not to commit the accused for trial ; ( 2 ) by the Crown Court where the defendant is not tried for an offence for which he or she had been indicted or committed for trial ; or the defendant who has been convicted of an offence before a magistrates ' court appeals against conviction or sentence and , in consequence of that appeal , the conviction is set aside or a less severe punishment is awarded ; ( 3 ) by the Divisional Court where it deals with any criminal appeal ; ( 4 ) by the Court of Appeal where it allows an appeal against conviction or sentence or on such an appeal finds the defendant guilty of a different offence or imposes a different sentence ; ( 5 ) by the House of Lords where it determines a criminal appeal , or application for leave to appeal . |
| 13 | She passed Meryl 's niche oblivious of the girl 's presence and paused to admire an altar cloth hanging near Anthea 's bedroom . |
| 14 | The lorry tipped gently into the ditch and wedged there , its offside front wheel clear of the ground . |
| 15 | In the cold light of day Celtic 's win will have been seen to do nothing other than reduce the gap between them and Rangers in the Premier Division from 12 to ten points , which is hardly the signal for predicting immediate transformation within the club bereft of a trophy since 1989 . |
| 16 | That fact was not lost on Dundee player-manager Simon Stainrod after Saturday 's blow to his aim of steering his side clear of the relegation zone . |
| 17 | He hauled himself over the gravel clear of the chassis , stood up , opened the front passenger door , pulled the lever which unlocked the hood . |
| 18 | In a corner of the Salon Imperial of the Hotel Intercontinental , Paris , Harriet Varna braced her back against a statuesque pillar and looked steadily into the viewfinder of her camera , concentrating on her subjects so fiercely that she was almost oblivious to the electric atmosphere that surrounded her , bouncing off the Viennese décor and the sumptuous rococo ceiling along with the heat and the light as the models of the House of Saint Laurent moved gracefully along the hundred yards of catwalk to display the new season 's couture collection . |
| 19 | Eventually , the message reaches the end of the line , and we read it ( or rather our 12,000th great grandchildren do , assuming that all the typists have a speed typical of a good secretary ) . |
| 20 | But this was not a reversion to the pattern and processes of concentration typical of the 1950s . |
| 21 | In 1864 , after the 1863 uprising and the massive repression that followed its collapse , Julian Łukaszewski , a former Polish commissioner in the Prussian government , wrote a pamphlet despairing of the Polish people 's ability ever again to control their own destiny : |
| 22 | Pop : The First 20 Hits ( Mute ) is exactly that — a greatest hits album worthy of the name , confirming Andy and Vince as lightweight pop maestros . |
| 23 | PRINTS made from 100 year old negatives had the members at Friday 's meeting of Alton Camera Club envious of the quality . |
| 24 | Go to any demonstration worthy of the name these days , and you are swamped by offers to buy from an intimidating array of news sheets , statements or appeals published by informal associations . |
| 25 | Det Sgt Stimpson said : ‘ She searches him every time he comes home or goes out , and she keeps his bedroom bare of the usual toys and clutter so that she can see at a glance whether he has hidden any stolen property . ’ |
| 26 | Hooker tired of the dispute , ‘ for ’ , Walton relates , |
| 27 | To criticise language for being ‘ misleading ’ as to the state of affairs in the real world is to tilt at windmills , because language is not so much a limpid pool through which we are to glimpse the truth as a muddy pond full of the debris of history and ideology . |
| 28 | The Jacob of the larger Genesis narrative , his mind full of the dangers of his coming encounter with Esau , and thinking that Esau is already on his way to attack him , must naturally assume at first that his attacker is his brother . |
| 29 | The quasi-liberal Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party , which topped the poll six weeks ago , is now one seat short of an overall majority in the Congress of Deputies . |
| 30 | The quasi-liberal Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party , which topped the poll six weeks ago , is now one seat short of an overall majority in the Congress of Deputies . |