Example sentences of "[noun] of [art] [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both were well loaded to Machynlleth , but the bulk of the passengers at this time of year are headed for Aberystwyth and on the Tuesday I was surprised to see a lightly loaded train consisting of two 156 units go on to Pwllheli while the crowd on Machynlleth had to get into a 153 . |
| 2 | The work of this department covers the implementation of decisions by Council on all matters of finance , investments , general financial matters and salaries , the collecting of subscriptions , maintenance of all membership records and the processing of applications for membership ( other than students ) and upgrading and administration of the offices at Trinity Road . |
| 3 | Many of the most committed Calvinists , who had wrestled for lengthy periods with the doctrine of predestination before finally convincing themselves of the assuredness of their salvation , reacted with fury and outrage to Arminius 's teachings , and in the United Provinces the resulting theological controversy provoked a major political crisis , culminating in the defeat of the Arminians at the Synod of Dort in 1618 . |
| 4 | In the afternoon we visit Fort George , an outstanding artillery fortification built soon after the defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden to hinder any more armed threats to Hanoverian law and order . |
| 5 | Of the second category of bishops as regional leaders , the northern prelates afford obvious examples : in 1346 Archbishop Zouche and Bishop Kirkby of Carlisle participated in the defeat of the Scots at Neville 's Cross , while Bishop Hatfield of Durham rode into battle at Crécy ; ten years later he , too , campaigned against the Scots , and in 1372 he offered himself as a mercenary in the pope 's wars in Italy . |
| 6 | Jimmy Knapp , general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen , predicted that the Government 's scheme for selling off British Rail would help to guarantee the defeat of the Tories at the next election . |
| 7 | During the First World War , General Boroević 's graničari , serving on the Isonzo front , were responsible for the defeat of the Italians at Caporetto in 1917 . |
| 8 | Suggested cures were legion , and one correspondent wrote to the newspaper concerning the closure of the graveyards at Spa Fields , St Botolph Bishopsgate and St Thomas , Golden Lane , suggesting that the ground in each case be covered in quicklime . |
| 9 | The integration of Johnson Brothers will not necessarily mean the closure of the offices at Hanley . |
| 10 | ICI Chemicals and Polymers Chlor-Chemicals said the closure of the plants at its Hillhouse site , Fleetwood , Lancs in mid-1993 would help consolidate its plants on Merseyside . |
| 11 | Outside in the concourse he looked through for any mention of the events at the clinic , but there was nothing . |
| 12 | The effect of the Janata Dal split , and the earlier withdrawal of support by the BJP , had a major impact on a number of state governments , although no Chief Ministers actually fell during November as a result of the events at the centre . |
| 13 | The calendar was the one produced by the Echo , " Moorland Views " , turned now for April , by the purest coincidence , to a photograph of the Foinmen at sunset . |
| 14 | A study of the failures at Sicily gave Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott three lines of thought : more training was essential — he had let Nos. 3 and 4 COPPs go out only with reluctance ; more attention was needed in fitting the suits , for which these teams had not been adequately measured ; and thirdly , the life-jackets they wore could not always be inflated in emergencies . |
| 15 | Sir : Contentious points are raised in your leading article , ‘ High time for monetary union ’ ( 11 October ) , not least the title , which itself implies an ideological support for ‘ European union ’ in favour of an analytical study of the forces at work in Europe . |
| 16 | He was able to use the fact that he was a police sergeant ( and a sociology graduate ) to conduct a covert study of the police at work , and discusses the ethics of such research . |
| 17 | The lifeboat was struck by a large sea as she was leaving the harbour and Coxswain Wight had difficulty in manoeuvring clear of the narrow channel , before pausing to take stock of the conditions at sea and pressing on to clear off-lying rocks . |
| 18 | The latter pavements , admittedly , share a number of features which , together , indicate a much greater degree of affinity : similar acanthus scroll and arrangement of designs at Stonesfield and Woodchester , or the almost identical styles of the animals at Woodchester and Barton Farm . |
| 19 | Two Tass reporters said tear-gas shells were fired over the heads of the demonstrators at around 11pm after an army officer had appealed in vain through a megaphone for them to disperse . |
| 20 | Looking over the heads of the children at the end of this tale , I saw slowly coming towards us , a large brown spiky thing as big as a room , with a dozen legs walking slowly and carefully under it . |
| 21 | Such was the incline of the hills at this point and the arrangement of the trees that , looking straight ahead , nothing that was not absolutely pastoral could be could be seen . |
| 22 | Developmental norms are an attempt to provide an indication of the ages at which one might expect ordinary children to show evidence of certain skills or abilities . |
| 23 | One is attempting to discover what was the intention of the parties at the time they made the contract . |
| 24 | ‘ The Queen herself has insisted that I get involved in all aspects of the negotiations at all levels . |
| 25 | MAGNIFICENT MYSTERIES : St Mary 's College , Wallasey , presented highly entertaining performances of The Mysteries at English Martyrs , Wallasey , in December . |
| 26 | But skipper Mark Wright believes they should look on the bright side of the draws at Ipswich and Leeds — despite throwing away a win in each game . |
| 27 | The voices of the stallholders jangled against one another , urging and inviting , different from the voices of the stall-holders at the Easter Fete . |
| 28 | Franks devised the ingenious formula that the use of the air bases in an emergency naturally remained " a matter for joint decision in the light of the circumstances at the time " . |
| 29 | Tonight there was no trace of the owners at the Aylesbury office . |
| 30 | Of course , outputting them at 300dpi meant making some sacrifices so Adobe build in a mechanism for improving the shapes of the characters at low resolution , the technique is called hinting , and to protect their investment they encrypted both the typefaces and the hinting method so that the faces would only work properly with their own version of PostScript . |