Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [art] house " in BNC.
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| 1 | We usually go to London in the winter but the house is having alterations done to it so we ca n't . |
| 2 | It is not a party point but a House of Commons point against the Treasury Bench . |
| 3 | Two solicitors challenged this decision but the House of Lords held that since , in administering the scheme , the Society was acting in a public capacity in the interests of all solicitors and members of the public who employed them , the legality of its decision was to be judged according to principles of public law , not private law ; and so judged , what the Society had done was a proper use of its statutory powers . |
| 4 | ‘ The worshippers ’ he continued , ‘ are still regarded mainly as an audience but the house is manifestly a house of God ’ : Newman Hall intended it to be both a non-denominational centre and a ‘ Cathedral of Nonconformity ’ . |
| 5 | The present moated Hall was rebuilt during the 16th century and altered in the early 19th century but the house preserves the plan of the 16th century building . |
| 6 | He executed a deed of disclaimer and fought a by-election as a peer in order to test its validity but the House of Lords refused to recognise it . |