Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Nonetheless it remains true that the most common explanation of large numbers of unrecovered hoards is warfare , though in some instances it is believed that economic factors also played a part ; in the latter cases a currency or political reform is thought to have rendered the coins worthless and hence the owners would not have bothered to recover them .
2 By 1668 the Company had collapsed ; when its successor , the Royal Africa Company , was launched in 1672 it had to tidy up the debts outstanding as well as restore the trade in gold and slaves from West Africa .
3 Once licensed , we will collect the royalties due and then pass them on to you .
4 He 'd knocked the pictures crooked and now he was fiddling with the things on Philip 's desk , his pens and Sellotape .
5 Since the number of probes is much less than the library size , it is more efficient to order the probes first and then fit the clones to the probe order automatically .
6 to see them at the Dinosaurs Alive and then they went to the museum .
7 Gradually the streets became broader , the squares larger and less crowded with traders .
8 Lord Goff , dismissing the Crown 's appeal , said the case was of importance not only to the parties concerned but also for the future of the law of restitution .
9 So I mouthed the words nice and slowly . ’
10 Alianor wished the words unspoken as soon as uttered .
11 The appellants applied to discharge the registrar 's order on the ground , firstly , that it was in all the circumstances oppressive and secondly , that it amounted to the use of section 236(2) for a purpose not intended by Parliament .
12 Terrible hands , claws with the nails curved and nearly but not quite rotten and ready to fall out , the fingertips swollen and ripe and splitting and spilling pus in little dribbles .
13 That is the first thing you should do with any burn , put people in a cold bath , anything to keep the burns cold because otherwise they can keep burning in for something like five hours .
14 A I would add the Clowns first and then the Dwarf Angel .
15 Research shows that blonde beer drinkers were aware of Guinness and found the commercials unique and somewhat mysterious — precisely the image that PTGI was trying to develop .
16 During the S the CNES budget increased substantially — largely due to state support for both the national and European ( ESA ) programmes : the CNES budget ( in real terms ) trebled in the years 1963–8 and then stayed level during most of the S ; in the S it rose steadily .
17 We have to call the years 1,2 and so on , instead of quoting the calendar years .
18 Evidence so far suggests , though , that it is proving its value , both for the individuals concerned and also means of making links with employers which could develop into other areas such as project work , secondments etc ..
19 piece cutting off here , I cut , do them out on the outsides first and then I 'll go booooooooooo
20 Just the faults first and then we 'll put the what it should
21 Although Lord Cairns regarded the principles applicable as extremely simple , it seems clear that the common law was faced by a new and important problem which could not be solved by merely applying the existing authorities .
22 Thirdly , both arid and glacial climates leave the landforms bare and almost devoid of vegetation and , since the regions as a rule are infertile , natural forms are left unobscured by the activities of man .
23 The colours were bright , the sounds distant and oddly distorted .
24 Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig 's plan for the British attack in Flanders was to break through the German line from the Ypres salient and then encircle the German right flank resting on the North Sea coast .
25 But such broad definitions render the terms vacuous and thus deprive them of analytical value .
26 A spokesman for the Department of Trade and Industry said : ‘ The changes are generally to make the advertisements clearer and easier to understand .
27 So they 've been working on modifications and this year , oh we will we 'll put the modifications right and then come back with another sales pitch
28 ‘ We tried to find visiting times which were suitable for the teachers concerned as well as the Subject Assessor , but it was n't always possible ’ .
29 we believe that undergraduates in English would benefit from more ‘ systematic ’ and less ‘ inspirational ’ instruction and that this systematic instruction and its associated reading lists should be agreed by the teachers concerned and closely related to the needs of the Tripos course .
30 not to leave our handbags er in the car , not to leave the windows open and so on and I think that really dodges the issue of why people commit criminal acts .
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