Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [pron] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In natural language indexing which uses a stoplist only , the indexing language is open ; there is no record other than the index itself of the indexing terms that have been assigned . |
| 2 | When he talked of the hostages or the contras something of the old fire returned , together with the old emotional lines from cabinet meetings and television speeches . |
| 3 | Bill O'Farrell , the party 's agent , had achieved over the years something of the status of a retainer . |
| 4 | This clarity , aided by his youth , made him handsome , though there was about the handsomeness something of the coldness of a coin . |
| 5 | Regarding the Bethlehem Hospital , in 1810 a competition was held for designs for a new hospital in St George 's Fields , Southwark ; but in the event none of the entries which gained the premiums was actually adopted , and instead Lewis was instructed to incorporate their best features in a new design of his own . |
| 6 | The reference to " or " such other risks should be amended to " and in addition to the foregoing " in order to make it clear that the landlord is not given the choice which of the stated risks it may choose to insure against — perhaps an obvious point but one worth making . |
| 7 | Greek tragedy , he impressed on his audience , had been a total art form , a Gesamtkunst ( Wagner 's slogan , although Wagner 's name was not mentioned ) , to suit an age of whole men:a poetic drama that made use of architecture ( the theatre ) , painting ( scenery and costume ) , song , dance and music ; a drama created amid " perfection and harmony " by " artistic man " , who , at least in the earlier part of the fifth century , the time of Aeschylus , was poet , composer , conductor , producer and actor in one ; a drama performed at the communal festival of Dionysus before an audience which brought to the theatre something of the instinctive , rapturous spirit from which , in the Dionysiac celebrations , tragedy had originated in the first place . |
| 8 | But the attempt to assure us that directors are controlled by their shareholders must fail , for no matter how far the law goes in strengthening the powers conferred upon shareholders to monitor the managers of their company the reality is that where each shareholder only holds a tiny proportion of the share capital of the company none of the shareholders will avail themselves of the powers given to them to monitor the management . |
| 9 | This daily parade assumed for the bagnini something of the significance that the Changing of the Guard has for London 's tourist guides . |
| 10 | The school had no boarders , but a resident headmaster somehow ( I suppose ) conferred upon the school something of the status of the independent boarding-school . |
| 11 | She had heard enough from the Julians to recognise in the disrepair something of the troubles of the Dersinghams . |
| 12 | It must be emphasized that relatives remoter than parents , or brothers or sisters of the whole blood , and children of such brothers and sisters deceased , can succeed to no part whatever of the estate , if there is a surviving spouse . |
| 13 | Christine Mills ' call reminded Blanche that she had no description whatsoever of the killer . |
| 14 | If I did n't wear a skirt none of the Thais I work with in the library would respect me . |
| 15 | Fielding , Amis once remarked , showed that fiction can uphold a moral seriousness ‘ without evangelical puffing and blowing ’ ; his Take a Girl Like You ( 1960 ) has been aptly called a modernised replay of Richardson 's Pamela ; and when asked by a journalist which of the great novelists of the past he felt the closest affinity with , he replied reverently : ‘ With Fielding , though it seems a gross impertinence … ’ . |
| 16 | As those versed in the Bible will know , the Gospel of Mark begins at the Temptations and contains no mention whatever of the birth of Jesus . |
| 17 | Whereas the discussion of strain and its measures involves kinematics only and may be conducted with no mention whatever of the forces that cause the deformation we must when considering stress involve ourselves in mechanics , that is , the nature of the forces operating on a system and the application of Newton 's laws ( we exclude in this discussion any relativistic effects ) . |
| 18 | I could discover no mention whatever of the fact that this conference was going on in its city erm but there was one mention of evolution . |
| 19 | The results were ‘ very reassuring ’ with ‘ no sign whatever of the damage seen in West Germany or any unexpected abnormalities ’ . |
| 20 | In particular , there was ‘ no sign whatever of the yellowing of needles which characterises the damage occurring in German forests ’ . |
| 21 | Now I realized what had been so odd about it : amid all the festivities and celebrations there had been no sign whatsoever of the bride around whom the whole affair was revolving . |
| 22 | It is hard to escape the conclusion that the Department of Transport 's totally incompetent and has no concept whatsoever of the possible implications of its decisions . |
| 23 | In an attempt to keep labour costs to a minimum none of the organizations wanted to employ any more labour than was absolutely necessary . |
| 24 | The Campbell drew out a pistol which had no hint whatsoever of the Airfix factory about it . |
| 25 | There was a silence none of the three brothers seemed inclined to fill . |
| 26 | There may have been no understanding whatever of the concept of not being able to see as well as other people . |