Example sentences of "[adj] [art] [noun] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bad news is that the posting to Estudiantes de la Plata . |
| 2 | When Airfix went bust in 1980 the rights to Filetab for the PDP-11 were sold to filetab Support Services . |
| 3 | The man who , in 1789 , borrowed £100 to start in business as a master-manufacturer was 64 years old when in 1825 the Stockton to Darlington line ushered in the age of the railway . |
| 4 | THE WORLD 'S highest auction price for a work of art , the £30.2m paid for Van Gogh 's Irises , was achieved after the auctioneers , Sotheby 's , had advanced half the money to Alan Bond , the Australian entrepreneur , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 5 | Would Desmond Seymour-Strachey have honoured any agreement his mother had come to with Hilda , would he have considered himself obliged to pay half the royalties to Rose ? |
| 6 | On May 30 the Aid to Bangladesh Consortium ( a grouping of countries and multilateral agencies under the auspices of the World Bank ) announced that it was increasing longer-term assistance to Bangladesh by allocating US$2,300 million for the 12 months running to June 1992 . |
| 7 | Miles , who has already conceded half a point to Ian Rogers , had a lucky escape when he was held to a draw by the New Zealand champion Martin Dreyer . |
| 8 | The clerk listened with half an ear to Ranulf 's chatter about the banquet and the Prince 's open display of affection for Gaveston . |
| 9 | Athelstan , now listening with half an ear to Sir John 's recitation , looked out of the window and wondered what had happened to Benedicta and Lady Maude . |
| 10 | He published in 1697 an answer to Spinoza 's Tractus Theologico Politicus , entitled Deism Examin 'd and Confuted . |
| 11 | But Doyle himself realised just how real the threat to Hendry was the day a large parcel arrived at his Stirling offices . |
| 12 | They can hardly have come as such a surprise to Daum . |
| 13 | He was talking rather too much , he knew , but her appearance in the dress of silver lame — like some kind of armour remembered from childhood play-acting it looked to his inexperienced eyes — was quite startling and such a contrast to Ianthe 's sober blue wool dress . |
| 14 | Her infectious enthusiasm was such a contrast to James 's indifference , Christina wondered what they could have in common . |
| 15 | ‘ Aye , if you want to , lad , ’ Pat said , his calmness such a contrast to John 's excitement that Anne began to laugh . |
| 16 | The news was such a shock to Mark that he dropped his celebratory drink . |
| 17 | Privately , Marjorie Richardson had decided in favour of the menopause as the culprit , but not for the world would she say such a thing to Harry . |
| 18 | ‘ Nor would you have said such a thing to Doreen , ’ she lashed at him , feeling even more irritated . |
| 19 | Chinese Charlie had altered the lot to fit him , and he had pressed it , too , and it had made such a difference to Ben . |
| 20 | Heller & Partners provided such a report to Hedley Byrne 's bankers , who passed it on to their customer . |
| 21 | In in not supporting the application of such a policy to Ryedale district , I 'm not by any means saying that the district council would never support erm such elephants as er as have been referred to . |
| 22 | Domestically , there are eleven shuttle flights a day to London Heathrow and six a day to London Gatwick , plus daily services of varying frequencies to Belfast , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Aberdeen and Newcastle . |
| 23 | He 's such an opposite to Jamie , I thought they were like almost alike but they 're not . |
| 24 | 35 The return to Bethel : Benjamin is born : Rachel and Isaac die |
| 25 | His cautious and methodical ways , once so valuable a buffer to Richard 's impetuosity , now become more and more a cause of annoyance . |
| 26 | Remaining , however , with the old road makes possible a visit to Wiler , in the valley near Gurtnellen , where there is a seventeenth-century church of St Anna with a massive canopied porch ( a snow shelter ) through which the earlier historic Gotthard pack-trail actually passed . |
| 27 | ‘ Is that a compliment to Spain or a safe bet , Señorita Howard ? ’ the count asked tauntingly . |
| 28 | After that a visit to Jack proved most enlightening . ’ |
| 29 | All the expeditions to Antarctica before 1969 had together found only four meteorites . |
| 30 | She sighed , but decided that unless she wanted to stand all the way to Oxford , she had no other choice . |