Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , for some purposes its cheapness and speed make quota sampling a procedure which could be more extensively used in some academic research where a general indication of the attitudes extant in a specified population is required . |
| 2 | First , the constitutional authorities want to limit the sovereignty of Parliament by law ; second , they want to reinvigorate the various checks on the power of a democratically elected government through changes designed to bolster a more " balanced " constitution ; and third , they look to the checks implicit in a genuine revival of Parliament and parliamentary government . |
| 3 | A seasoned view of Howard 's Way or a Cowes spectator may always have nurtured the dream of sailing a dinghy or crewing a yacht , but any old sea salt worth their grinder will tell you that it 's essential to learn the ropes first from a qualified sailing instructor . |
| 4 | In places I put the colour on in a wash , either by crayoning onto the design and then adding water , or by taking the paint off the crayon direct with a brush . |
| 5 | Preparation of prosecution reports to the Procurator Fiscal of a more complex and demanding nature . |
| 6 | The Robinson Committee were very critical of the attendance allowance system which they considered was ‘ widely misunderstood ’ and ‘ distributes the money available on a wholly wrong basis ’ . |
| 7 | The authorities in the northern Russian town of Arkhangelsk have made the money available for a facsimile edition of one of the most ancient Russian manuscripts , the Arkhangelsk Gospels , which date back to the year 1092 . |
| 8 | The Navy had won the first round of the carrier battle : Sandys now conceded the RAF 's case for developing the TSR 2 around a new airframe instead of forcing the naval NA 39 upon them . |
| 9 | The values of — and — may be expressed as integrals of the field due to a point force in the comparison material and in certain cases these may be evaluated . |
| 10 | All At Sea reverts to a mile for the first time this season , having finished runner-up on her last three starts , the best of which was her length defeat by Rodrigo de Triano in the Juddmonte International over a mile and a quarter . |
| 11 | Ruskin 's espousal of a craftsmanly aesthetics , Robinson points out , is grounded in Christian convictions about the humility proper to a fallen creature : lacking such grounds , Pound 's holding to the craftsmanly not only seems arbitrary and unargued , it is as often presumptuous as humble . |
| 12 | when a strong overlap occurs , place the index responsible in a ’ strong overlap ’ list ; |
| 13 | when a weak overlap occurs , place the index responsible in a ’ weak overlap ’ list ; |
| 14 | A description of the building concerned in a witness statement would be sufficient proof of this point . |
| 15 | Jane pressed hard , the pennies fell with a clatter and a voice said , ‘ Fenton Bishop 220 . ’ |
| 16 | The point is that Brook and his co-adaptors ( Jean-Claude Carriere and Marie-Helene Estienne ) have made the story available to a mass-audience . |
| 17 | It 's the story all about a man who had two very nice daughters . |
| 18 | If one can not deduct preceding taxation on the same object , the taxes due on a relatively low priced painting often exceed the profit margin , especially if it concerns goods offered on consignment . |
| 19 | The term imaginary as a noun is current in French theoretical work , but not in English ( except via Lacan , who gives the Imaginary , with a capital I , a major role in his theory ) . |
| 20 | It is the conflict between the players in any drama which heightens or when necessary relaxes the tension necessary for a climax to the plot . |
| 21 | Draftsmen have sometimes attempted to link the rent payable under a lease to movements in an official index , such as the Index of Retail Prices ( as happened in Blumenthal v Gallery Five Ltd ( 1971 220 EG 33 ) . |
| 22 | Can you climb two or three flights of stairs , reasonably fast and taking the steps two at a time , and not end up breathless ? |
| 23 | ‘ Come on ! ’ he cried , pushed past Fand and leapt up the steps two at a time . |
| 24 | He grinned , then spurred himself on , mounting the steps two at a time . |
| 25 | Otherwise if , say , £1 million was deposited in a building society and the building society then deposited the £1 million in a bank , it would count as £2 million — a clear case of double counting . |
| 26 | After several decades of charting children 's vocabulary growth in the first half of the twentieth century , researchers began to focus on children 's acquisition of grammar-the rules for combining words into the sequences permissible in a language like English , e.g. , the big boy but not *the boy big , He brought the book , but not *He brought . |
| 27 | Peter Atkinson from Bath City Council said ‘ It is hoped that there will be additional improvements in the future such as a sculpture and interpretative trail . ’ |
| 28 | I hope we will borrow very modestly , it 'll be affordable , we 're not reckless , we 'll be doing what the majority of people in this country do , borrow within their limits for the things that they need for the future such as a home , or a car , something like that . |
| 29 | In the future much of a computer 's Supervisor may be in microcode : see for example the microprogrammed operating system functions on the experimental VENUS System ( Liskov 1972 ) . |
| 30 | Under the archway one of a pair of glass doors led to a room , estimated ( wrongly ? ) by MRCVS as being about 10 feet long and six feet wide ; this was the combined consulting room for the Professor and the College library . |