Example sentences of "[adj] of [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wondering whether the prim Miss Goody-Goody of a few months ago had really metamorphosed into this forlorn and wanton creature , Miranda said , ‘ I 'll send a car for you . |
| 2 | There are several splendid houses near Long Melford that would make for a gentle afternoon 's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich of a few centuries ago . |
| 3 | As though unaware of the many doubts in the minds of each of his listeners , Christian went on to explain the reasons behind his momentous decision . |
| 4 | They were typical of the many Europeans we met who were tired of conventional holidays . |
| 5 | Pollution control work , then , is typical of the many areas of social control characterized by goals of regulation rather than repression . |
| 6 | This behaviour is typical of the several meals we have investigated using scintigraphic techniques , and shows that it represents a physiological relevant test meal . |
| 7 | The silliest and the most sinful of the many heresies of pseudo-democracy is to pretend that all studies and all learning are ‘ created equal ’ . |
| 8 | The barman brought over their hot toddies and Roy was glad of the few seconds ' reprieve . |
| 9 | As Fidel Castro 's revolution entered its 33rd year this month , shortages of food and consumer goods were the most obvious of the many challenges to Cuba 's Caribbean version of socialism . |
| 10 | They had made sure of the few proprietors between there and Dunkeld ; the Duke of Atholl 's authority was weaker here ; tomorrow would be the hard day when they made a drive up to Moulin and Faskally : perhaps they should go and terrify them now while darkness made them lonely ? |
| 11 | It is no accident that many slums were built on marshes : Mosside in Manchester , the Bogside in Londonderry , and much of the East End of London , where the suffix ‘ ey ’ to many of the place-names tell us that they were islands in Saxon times : Hackney , Stepney , and , most notorious of all , Bermondsey , where , in the 1850s , the river Neckinger , ‘ the colour of strong green tea ’ , flowed round Jacob 's Island , which was used by Dickens as a setting for Oliver Twist , and was described by him as ‘ the filthiest , the strangest , the most extraordinary of the many localities that are hidden in London ’ . |
| 12 | Walter Plowden , before Theodore 's rise to power , had been sent to Abyssinia as Consul to negotiate a commercial treaty with the most powerful of the several Rases . |
| 13 | If he decides to ring us we 'll be short of a few answers . ’ |
| 14 | Couple this with the subtle change in image ( from naked half-man , half-mutt on ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ to a grey suit ) and you have the beginnings the funky sojourn Bowie was about to embark on — which would , of course , peak with ‘ Young Americans ’ and crop up again whenever he was short of a few ideas . |
| 15 | Couple this with the subtle change in image ( from naked half-man , half-mutt on ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ to a grey suit ) and you have the beginnings the funky sojourn Bowie was about to embark on — which would , of course , peak with ‘ Young Americans ’ and crop up again whenever he was short of a few ideas . |
| 16 | Ideally , this is the kind of love that should be the most important of the many elements which form the basis of human marriages . |
| 17 | One of the most important of the many articles manufactured in this shop are the steel carriage springs , each of which is submitted to a test quite as severe as that applied to the guns in Woolwich Arsenal , before it is sent out to administer to the comfort of the travelling public , the test chiefly consisting in the dropping of heavy weights upon the springs . |
| 18 | Usually , their transposition appears in the songs , but men and women are definitely capable of the same things . ’ |
| 19 | One is to design functionally independent modules that all carry out different functions , the other is to have a number of identical modules , all capable of the same functions . |
| 20 | The students who had done the teaching were very critical of the own efforts . |
| 21 | Whatever the intrinsic properties of a form may be , its reception by our sensory equipment may be distorted by one or other of the many factors that we have considered . |
| 22 | However , new academic journals are regularly launched , devoted to one or other of the many specialisms into which English is fragmenting , and in their earlier issues , at least , are likely to be looking for contributions . |
| 23 | In order to understand the nature of the rural housing question , it is perhaps best to examine some of the features that are specific to each tenure , although it is always necessary to be aware of the many interlinkages among all tenures in the housing market , which can in some ways render this an artificial exercise . |
| 24 | Conrad was well aware of the many facets of the word ‘ romance ’ — idealism towards women and events , the hero 's victory over extreme hazard , exotic details of place and circumstance . |
| 25 | It is greatly to the credit of the profession that , as viewers , we are not aware of the many techniques which have been used to produce a ‘ natural ’ effect . |
| 26 | ( The General Register Office in Edinburgh has been aware of the few errors in the Scottish data ) . |
| 27 | Both men have been prominent in the academic debates which have helped to make the current revolution in historical studies one of the most significant of the many upheavals Gorbachev has sanctioned . |