Example sentences of "[art] [adj] town or [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The Old Curiosity Shop little Nell tentatively asks if she and her grandfather may rest in one of a ‘ cluster of labourer 's huts ’ , a good five miles from the nearest town or village . |
| 2 | A family with many sons could farm its land successfully without the burden of paying farm workers and could if necessary send a son to work in the nearest town or city to earn money to pay back debts or to buy more land . |
| 3 | Well , excuse me , but I thought a derby was between two teams from the same town or city . |
| 4 | The putrid matter was intended to cause plague in the besieged town or castle . |
| 5 | For example , in a narrow town or terrace house where the front door opens directly into a corridor-like space , you could either take the wall down altogether , or make an arch going into the living room , or take the wall down to seating level , literally making a seating ledge . |
| 6 | The committee do not expect members participating to be put to any expense or undue trouble , the proposal is merely to be an ‘ old boy ’ friend in a strange town or country . |
| 7 | So what can be done if you live near er a naval town or North sea support town to actually get that oxygen into the bloodstream ? |
| 8 | Whenever possible ( especially if you live in a large town or city ) , visit the seaside and breathe in the bracing sea air . |
| 9 | Next time you go shopping in a large town or city shopping centre , look around at all the different types of shops . |
| 10 | Every division of the army had a prearranged town or village where it would gather and wait for further orders . |
| 11 | Such studies involve a researcher or a team of researchers in studying a whole community of people , usually in a small town or village , or possibly part of a larger town . |
| 12 | Even more difficult to establish is the relative economic importance of individual small towns in the regional and urban hierarchy to what extent was a small town or village dependent on its major neighbours , and how much did the larger towns and cities rely on supplies from the former ? |
| 13 | Well , equally you could n't have an A T C Squadron in every small town or village in the country , and therefore they 've got to be , I mean , just as much as Otter Valley Boxing Club has extended its range to get more people , so the A T C have to be in some particular place . |
| 14 | Very localised examples from a particular town or village are often obtainable , and these can give history an added immediacy . |
| 15 | If you come from a certain town or region , you will know what the different voices mean better than someone who comes from outside because you 've learned the code . |
| 16 | Children who have , for example , a Jewish , Hindu , Welsh , or Irish home in an English town or city often have the advantage of sharing two or more cultures that can enrich each other and that can help to spread understanding in the community . |