Example sentences of "[adj] tell [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recording was made during the darkest years of the Depression and reduced strings were used ; this tells at the opening of the finale but is hardly noticeable elsewhere . |
| 2 | ‘ Making information work ’ on page 10 tells of a success story in disease surveillance in two districts in India : the key seems to be the feedback of collected information to workers . |
| 3 | The second tells of a pearl merchant who discovered a pearl of rare beauty and again realised his capital to buy it . |
| 4 | Oddly , it is impossible to tell from the dance movements whether you are rewinding or forwarding . ) |
| 5 | Thirdly , it is often impossible to tell from the inventory whether a person was poor or whether he was living in comfortable retirement , having already passed on most of his estate to his children ; a yeoman with very few possessions is likely to have been in the latter category . |
| 6 | Actually , with some cards , for example cards 10 and 12 , it 's hard to tell from the result whether it 's the background or pattern colour that 's changing . |
| 7 | Now the camera begins to move down her body , over her breasts , which are lightly beaded ( and quite widely separated ) although it is hard to tell in the chiaroscuro created , as we are soon to find out , by the shutters of the apartment . |
| 8 | on saving education , he said that I supposed to get the six teachers , he said I 'm gon na get rid of five he said and if I possible can I 'm going to make it four , that got ta remember those of you who are on protected salaries erm you again the pay and a half other members of staff and he said he wanted voluntary redundancies and early retirements where possible , you know , and also he had n't supposed to tell for a month so this will come out later in the year |
| 9 | On the other hand , anyone who knew Karajan at all well is likely to tell of a man of great personal charm , direct and unaffected , with an amusingly sardonic wit . |
| 10 | The latter told of a hack TV gag writer ( Jason Robards Jr ) trying to prevent his precocious twelve-year-old nephew from being taken away from him by a Child Welfare Officer ( William Daniels ) . |
| 11 | The way in which the patient speaks of his symptoms , his tone of voice , choice of language , gestures and expressions will all tell of the intensity . |
| 12 | MOTORISTS will soon be able to tell at a glance whether it is cheaper to buy their next car abroad . |
| 13 | And if so , what would that tell about the way the carbon skeleton is bonded together ? |
| 14 | Tradition criticism attempts to trace the development of a biblical story or tradition from the time it was first told to the time it was written down . |
| 15 | The story of the salvation of Trajan , the virtuous pagan Emperor , was first told by an Anglo-Saxon from Whitby about the year 710 . |
| 16 | From this , we find that first impressions are extremely important ; physical appearance and the things we can first tell about a person are very important when developing that impression . |
| 17 | The first tells of a man who found some buried treasure in a field . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , it is rather difficult to tell at the moment because it 's nearly dark , is n't it ? |
| 19 | As in all these cases , there is another side to the story , which Hook Harris partner Gaynor Harris is keen to tell in the hope that other firms facing financial difficulties will benefit from it . |