Example sentences of "[art] [det] [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one also supposed that only one or two electrons could orbit at any one of these distances , this would solve the problem of the collapse of the atom , because the electrons could not spiral in any farther than to fill up the orbits with the least distances and energies . |
| 2 | When it was revealed that the 14 candidates polling the least votes and thus threatened with exclusion from the central committee included such notables as Abalkin , Shevardnadze , Ryzhkov , Defence Minister Dmitry Yazov and CPSU international department head Valentin Falin , Gorbachev intervened with a proposal that they too should be deemed elected by virtue of having won a legitimate majority , this being accepted by the congress . |
| 3 | Her suitcase was still sitting on the bed , with the few clothes and belongings she had brought with her piled into it . |
| 4 | During which the authorities relax even the few laws and rules that normally exist . |
| 5 | Well , keep awake for the few minutes and you might derive a little comfort from knowing what scientists can and ( more important ) can not do . |
| 6 | The WI were magnificent and provided thousands of lunches ; the Red Cross picked up the few casualties and stragglers ; and children along the route played welcome hosepipes on the passing riders . |
| 7 | The few hill-walkers and climbers that fancy a weekend away in February certainly do n't bring enough custom to keep the hotel owners in beaten copper coffee tables and onyx standard lamps . |
| 8 | She saw Alexei , paused and smiled , and then descended the few steps and came towards him . |
| 9 | She could hardly hear them because of the din , and the few words and phrases that she did catch — ‘ tolerances to five thou ’ , ‘ cross-boring ’ , ‘ CNC machine ’ , ‘ indexes round ’ — meant nothing to her . |
| 10 | Apart from the few wives and daughters of master printers who had picked up something of the trade in the family firm , the first women compositors in Britain to receive anything like a " systematic training " were apparently taken on by the firm of McCorquodale of Newton-le-Willows in about 1848.12 It was a little-known experiment that did not last . |
| 11 | Others would be borne by the few feminists and freaks who preferred girls , for the whole thing would be voluntary ; no compulsion would be needed ; PopCon 's research had been thorough . |
| 12 | The few references and scraps of information we have about the very early recruits suggests that these may have included more girls of middle-class origin and certainly some from orphanages and boarding-schools — girls sometimes from middle-class families fallen on hard times . |
| 13 | A wind was gathering at the coast , preparing to sweep across the fields , lean against the few trees and race on over the road , across to the far side of the island . |
| 14 | Instead he pushed his way into the small lounge and rapidly began sorting through the few books and papers she had left lying on the table . |
| 15 | After dinner they had got lost , because Betty had fallen asleep and failed to note the few signposts and correlate them with the route on the map . |
| 16 | The feathers floated away from him on the light breeze , catching at the grey budding branches of the tree beneath him , drifting down to where the few Men and People who were there looked helplessly up . |
| 17 | Iskandara picked up the few envelopes and looked at them disinterestedly . |
| 18 | In so far as it was possible to control the number of children they had , a significant number of Victorian parents were beginning to do so — if only because of the simple fact that the fewer sons and daughters there were , the more could be done to give each of them a good start in life . |
| 19 | Despite the many grumbles and adverse comments , 70 per cent of all employers interviewed claimed to have been satisfied with the standard of work of young people taken on by them in the previous two years , and only 14 per cent expressed dissatisfaction . |
| 20 | It is an insult to the many managers and workers who responded so well for the hon. Gentleman to imply that they were less than efficient and hard working in those difficult circumstances . |
| 21 | Members of the senior management team who will be responsible for guiding and shaping the Board to meet the many challenges and opportunities of the future are … |
| 22 | The Union organises meetings of its members , presents a comprehensive entertainments programme on all sites , and provides funds for the many clubs and societies in the University , as well as offering a wide range of services to students . |
| 23 | The first thing you notice is that Egor has no weapons — he has to rely solely on his limited athletic ability to negotiate the many platforms and dodge the terrifying ‘ things ’ that patrol the six game areas . |
| 24 | Even after the market had absorbed the many drawings and watercolours in the McCarty-Cooper sale ( at good prices ) , a Picasso drawing of 1904–5 from Sotheby 's Sidney E. Cohn estate ‘ Etude pour l'acteur et deux profils de Fernando ’ brought $825,000 ( £452,000 ) two and a half times estimates . |
| 25 | This aircraft , which was much admired by the many members and friends of the Branch who came to see it , had been active during the Gulf conflict . |
| 26 | First , there is the question of making safe the many missiles and warheads that were spread throughout the CIS . |
| 27 | Counselling can play a vital part in helping retired , or retiring , elderly people to cope with the many dilemmas and pressures such attitudes place upon them . |
| 28 | The walking is seldom demanding , though the many stiles and gates in the heavily farmed country will make you feel like a steeplechaser at times . |
| 29 | We would like to thank the many doctors and scientists in the United Kingdom and abroad who have been involved in research into nutrition and obesity . |
| 30 | Upon finding the wreck the FORI hope to be able to identify the serial plates on the engines of the aircraft , proving that this aircraft was the mount of Saint-Exupery , thereby laying to rest the many mysteries and rumours that have over the years surrounded his death . |