Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb past] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The questionnaire asked for first reactions to both the general SVQs and the new Skillstart awards . |
| 32 | BLACKPOOL : A bit of a cheer went up when the news came through last week in Brighton of the Government 's humiliation at the hands of the Bundesbank . |
| 33 | The impulse proved at first a happy one , for in the graveyard Miss Fergusson discovered tombstones and crosses whose Celtic air recalled those of her native Ireland ; a smile of approval crossed her dutiful features . |
| 34 | The central part of the island seemed at first to belong to another and less dramatic world . |
| 35 | Neither made a significant provision before 1820 , and their rivalry still persisted in the 1830s when the government began at last to assist them with grants . |
| 36 | The Government refused at first even to meet him , citing the need not to inflame those holding the Beirut hostages , and did precious little more for a long time after the hostages were freed . |
| 37 | The music came from next door and when he left the bathroom and turned into the sitting room he felt dizzy . |
| 38 | When the secretary had at last left them , she lay back in her chair and gave a long sigh of exasperation . |
| 39 | When a frottola is through-composed under textual pressure , and aerated and enlivened by polyphonic passages , it is indistinguishable in musical style from the earlier madrigal , particularly as the madrigal tended at first to cling to the note against-note style with a melodically more important highest part . |
| 40 | The row simmered on last week despite deliberate efforts in Bonn to brush the affair under the carpet and diversionary events such as Stoltenberg 's resignation , campaigns for state elections today in Baden-Wurttemberg and Schleswig-Holstein — and Kohl 's 62nd birthday celebrations . |
| 41 | The Statpak featured in last month 's Marketplace is distributed by BPL Foothealth , Little Bourton House , Southam Road , Banbury , Oxon OX16 7SR 0295 759606 . |
| 42 | Then the tears came at last , and she could n't say another word . |
| 43 | Approval of the treaty had at first been opposed by West Germany 's Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) on the grounds that it offered inadequate protection for East German industry , and that environmental guarantees were insufficient . |
| 44 | The muffled voice behind the door sank at last into hopeless silence . |
| 45 | ‘ The letter arrived on 10th March 1883 , and he died seven weeks later , ’ answered John Openshaw . |
| 46 | I was in bed for a week with concussion and the doctor said at first he thought I 'd got a broken pelvis . |
| 47 | High-minded , worthy and earnest , the Independent thrived at first , an impressive achievement in Britain 's crowded newspaper market . |
| 48 | When regular radio broadcasting began in 1922 , the press refused at first to publish free the daily programme schedules . |
| 49 | O & Y said the company had until next week to find the money . |
| 50 | Among our samples , for instance , 79 per cent of the spouses said at first interview that they wanted the dementia sufferer to remain at home , compared with 36 per cent of the non-spouses . |
| 51 | The Ministers arrived at first light to find the palace dark and empty , the huge rooms barely lit by a few lamps placed here and there showing the furniture covered in drapes . |
| 52 | The patient improved at first but is now slipping back and a different set of symptoms has appeared . |
| 53 | Whatever their errors — and they had been considerable — the Bolsheviks did at last establish some measure of order that allowed some recovery from the attrition of the years . |
| 54 | During the year to mid-1991 by-elections were held in Knowsley on Sept. 27 , 1990 ( held by Labour with an increased percentage over the Conservatives ) ; in Eastbourne on Oct. 18 , ( won by the Liberal Democrats — see p. 37784 ) ; in Bootle and Bradford on Nov. 8 , and in Paisley North and Paisley South on Nov. 29 ( when Labour retained all four seats ; in the Scottish constituencies the SNP advanced from fourth to second ) ; in Ribble Valley on March 7 , 1991 ( won by the Liberal Democrats — see p. 38110 ) ; in Neath on April 4 ( when Labour retained the seat despite a large swing to Plaid Cymru — see p. 38200 ) ; in Monmouth on May 16 ( when Labour won the seat from the exports — $2,500 ) ; and in Liverpool Walton on July 4 ( when Labour retained the seat and the Conservatives came fourth — see p. 38355 ) . |
| 55 | The colonies had at first been left to look after themselves because the king had no money to spare for defending them nor any forces he could send across the Atlantic , but after 1650 it was accepted that the colonies had a right to expect to be protected against European attack , though not against Indian or other local problems . |
| 56 | Although the party had at first favoured the maintenance of two German states the Jan. 12-14 conference affirmed its policy goal to be " a united Germany … with the consent of our neighbours " . |
| 57 | We also spoke of the encouraging future for South African cricket following recent changes in that long-isolated country , and of the good work being done by Ali Bacher and Steve Tshwete in uniting South African cricket at last , enabling former boycotters like myself to testify that the time had at last come to re-admit South African cricket to the international arena . |
| 58 | The Pipes and Drums of the RUC finished in fifth place , to complete one of their most successful seasons . |
| 59 | Offstage , too , the Pipers became like second parents to John , and he picked up from their example many influences on his daily life as well as art . |
| 60 | The fire had at last begun to warm the room up a bit , and the brandy was warming him up inside , and Preston was suddenly feeling terribly , terribly randy . |