Example sentences of "[art] brief but [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little remains to be said or sung after that — except for the brief but exquisite requiem with which Arkel brings the opera to an end . |
| 2 | Little remains to be said or sung after that — except for the brief but exquisite requiem with which Arkel brings the opera to an end . |
| 3 | We went round all the calves , removing the lethal crusts and scrubbing the buds clean , and when we finally drove away we knew that the brief but painful episode of the Billings calves was over . |
| 4 | The brief but significant poster campaign at Beida in early April took place against the background of one of the most open National People 's Congresses ( NPC ) ever held . |
| 5 | The somewhat unwieldy title of this chapter , and the difficulty of finding a brief but accurate label to designate the offence created by section 4 reflect the fact that the section is concerned with two quite separate species of wrongdoing . |
| 6 | There would be a brief but spectacular meteor shower in Lucifer 's upper atmosphere tonight , he thought , wondering if those on Belial would watch and think of them , as he had thought of Paula Engado when she 'd become a shooting star . |
| 7 | It is important to note here that there is no single term which can accurately be used as a brief but comprehensive designation for all these heterogeneous groups . |
| 8 | I am 61 years of age and my only link with computers was a brief but satisfying fling with a Sinclair ZX81 some ten or eleven years ago ; it was , though , a 16K so I was upmarket ! |
| 9 | Mr Garner joined TI in 1979 , after a brief but colourful climb up the industrial ladder and having discounted the idea of becoming a professional trumpeter — ‘ I do n't think I could have stood the strain ’ . |
| 10 | Introductory reading : A. Giddens , Sociology , a brief but critical introduction ( MacMillan ) ; D. McCrone , Understanding Scotland : the Sociology of a Stateless Nation ( Routledge ) . |
| 11 | An accessible introduction is provided by Palmason ( 1982 ) ; this is an edited compilation containing a brief but stimulating review of continental rifts by Mohr ( 1982 ) . |
| 12 | Leapor has , of course , received more valuable attention from local scholars , certainly from George Eland , who published a brief but informative article on Leapor in 1931 . |
| 13 | And as a brief but final point on there , what language did we develop our product in ? |
| 14 | One hot afternoon I came down from my bedroom , after a brief but taxing siesta , to see the Agent pull up in his outlandish Packard . |
| 15 | A more detailed treatment of epeirogenic uplift is to be found in McGetchin and Merrill ( 1979 ) ; in spite of its general title it is almost solely concerned with the Colorado Plateau , but it does contain a brief but wide-ranging review of uplift mechanisms . |
| 16 | And among the usual ‘ Man U haters ’ songs was a brief but heartfelt tribute to Sydney . |
| 17 | We had a brief but promising exchange of letters in the autumn . |
| 18 | Within a few years , however , Marianne had grown weary of Matthew 's only emotion being bland ‘ OK-ness ’ and had a brief but passionate affair . |
| 19 | Nonetheless , it is possible to provide a brief but structured sketch that furthers our understanding of contemporary British politics . |
| 20 | making a brief but dazzling comeback before crashing on to the spikes of despair once more when John fell to his death from a lofty scaffold , and history repeated itself |
| 21 | Reference must also be made to a brief but important statement by the Privy Council , in the course of an elaborate opinion , largely concerned with other matters , in Government of the United States of America v. Bowe [ 1990 ] 1 A.C. 500 . |
| 22 | There was also a brief but bitter controversy surrounding British allegations of torture by Gaullist officials in London ( the so-called " Dufour Affair " to which de Gaulle devoted a full four pages in his war memoirs ) . |
| 23 | Thornton had just left the Mirror Group after a brief but interesting spell in newspapers . |
| 24 | Command and Combat ( Tri-Service Magazines , 58pp , illus , sbk £3.00 ) edited by Paddy Porter , a regular contributor to the pages of FlyPast , gives a brief but interesting history of Headquarters , 1st Air Division of the Eighth USAAF ( Brampton ) , and the 457th Bomb Group , the Fireball Outfit , based at Glatton . |
| 25 | This has been a brief but interesting debate . |
| 26 | Each detailed river description is headed with a brief but exacting summary which helps in making a quick decision about which river to tackle next . |
| 27 | ( Bridegroom 's speech in reply to toast to the bride and groom , a brief but sincere speech . ) |
| 28 | There is a brief but pertinent section on materials and techniques , including some illustrated exercises . |