Example sentences of "[art] [adv] of [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no trials where there was a steady boyfriend/girlfriend relationship , but an example of a more casual relationship indicates the extremely of the way that a girl could be held to blame for her own murder . |
| 2 | Few people relish the though of a visit to the dentist , but neglecting your horse 's teeth could affect your riding and the horse 's condition and comfort . |
| 3 | On the London stage , the great roles will be plucked like plums , in the Welsh valleys his fame will swell like the fortissimo of a chapel organ and his acts of generosity , recklessness , coarseness and excellent manners tossed on to the fiery legend like dry logs . |
| 4 | She has made him more of an Expressionist than he really was but she has realised an essential truth : that Heartbreak House is a deeply poetic play about the death of liberal hopes and the cracking-apart of a civilisation . |
| 5 | In an emergency , it will take a short cut and plunge across a patch of land that it never normally enters in order to reach the safely of a bolt-hole . |
| 6 | But he does , he lives in the churchyard , and he has done on and off , as you say , for a few years , and he 's been a bit of a most of the time he 's perfectly all right because he keeps himself to himself . |
| 7 | She herself is not a reasonable person , she suspects , a suspicion confirmed that evening in the bathroom as she tries , out of respect to Liz 's party , to apply a little of a substance called Fluid Foundation to the winter-dry skin of her face . |
| 8 | As for certainties , ’ he frowned , ‘ I am a friar as you see , one who has taken vows of poverty but I am also a little of a philosopher and certainties I do not believe to exist . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Mrs Teresa Darrell , ’ said Matey , making a little of a face . |
| 10 | Strange , he thought , aggrieved , that the friars should be so implacably his enemies , and stranger that by becoming his enemies they should regain a little of the credit they had lost among common men . |
| 11 | A brief scanning of the second paragraph , once again , took a little of the shine away . |
| 12 | The majority of staff — 62 per cent — read all or most of Newsline while 38 per cent read some or just a little of the publication . |
| 13 | Tuan Ti Fo persevered , following his mouth with the spoon , coaxing a little of the liquid into him each time , until the child 's mouth was opening wide for each new spoonful . |
| 14 | She ladled a little of the court bouillon over the fat bits of mackerel . |
| 15 | ‘ I know a little of the law myself . |
| 16 | You are invited to our Diamond House to see a little of the art of the diamond cutter , have your own ring valued and cleaned if you wish and maybe even purchase a ring or stone at very attractive discounts on UK prices . |
| 17 | At first I wondered if a little of the South 's high-country ice had crept into his blood , but since I 've been here he 's begun to thaw . ’ |
| 18 | I know a little of the camp life . |
| 19 | Kicking down the foot-rest , he dismounted and stretched a little of the stiffness out of his shoulders . |
| 20 | A little of the stiffness eased from her spine . |
| 21 | A little of the architecture , particularly the gable ends of some buildings , express Dutch influence . |
| 22 | His father , Isaac , a gentleman with more than a little of the rogue about him , was in Jamaica during the closing years of the 18th century , taking refuge there , it would seem , after a bankruptcy of 1779 . |
| 23 | With luck , we might have captured a little of the spit and spunk of the working class kids of Dublin 's Northside . |
| 24 | However , when some of the children start to communicate with the familiar but unknown people , Michael Colpan 's dad on the campus lets out a little of the secret , in order to save these poor children from being used as national weapons , since they had the power to make a harmless teddy bear savagely attack a human and kill it . |
| 25 | It was uncommon in those days , and still is , for publishers to commission artists of such quality to illustrate cookery books , and a little of the success of Boulestin 's early books must be acknowledged to his publishers who , no doubt under the guidance of their author , produced them in so appropriate a form , in large type , on thick paper : chunky , easy little books to handle , attractively bound . |
| 26 | Miss You and the haunting Leisure and the particular highlights while Wanting reminded me a little of the Beatles Helter Skelter ( though I do n't remember it first time round , of course ) with its screaming guitars and music style . |
| 27 | Put eight to ten of the cooked potato pieces , chopped , into a food processor or blender , add a little of the mushroom-cream mixture and whizz to a paste . |
| 28 | On their first night in the monastery , with a silver crescent faint in the sky , Hawk gave her a gnarled root , and told her to smear a little of the juice of it onto her tongue before sleep . |
| 29 | Her hope of happiness was gone , all gone , and if she had to bear a little of the blame for not having told him immediately who she was , then surely that was not a thing to hang her with . |
| 30 | Mall operators argue that the Sally Army must be banned , or the precedent would allow a flood of other charitable panhandlers to invade their territory , and solicit a little of the money which should by rights be the monopoly of the retailers . |