Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this reason , access to help must be clearly visible and advertised so that the needy recognise a possible source of relief . |
| 2 | This dependency of the weak on the strong has a moral component . |
| 3 | The purpose of some of the objects crafted is difficult to understand because many of the finest had a religious significance . |
| 4 | Building on the trackbed precludes a new service from serving the whole of the former route . |
| 5 | So the eight becomes a seven and the result will be 11977 . |
| 6 | The wounded took a long time to arrive . |
| 7 | The gondolier sang a few liquid golden bars of a love song while she listened in rapture . |
| 8 | This is emphasised by the fact that the Doric was the favourite order of the Greeks and was used above all others for important buildings ; to the Romans the Corinthian had a greater appeal . |
| 9 | There was mounting working-class pressure against increasing such taxes which , it was argued , were contributed disproportionately by those least able to pay , whilst the rich paid a tiny proportion of their wealth and income in taxation . |
| 10 | Just as the word ‘ scientist ’ was being coined in the 1830s to express a new feeling of community , specialized societies and journals were coming into being for astronomers , entomologists , chemists and other groups . |
| 11 | As always , the strongest make a steady recovery but the others either wither away because they actually believe their press or , more commonly , find themselves selling considerably fewer records . |
| 12 | The two noddies are fairly similar , but the lesser has a longer beak and the brown , as its name suggests , has a paler brown back . |
| 13 | In the summer of the same year ( 1356 ) the English planned a threefold attack on France . |
| 14 | Although the French offer of a ‘ half-peace ’ ( a truce for a set period of between fifteen and thirty years , in exchange for an English undertaking not to use the French royal title during that period ) was taken seriously at first , it was turned down when the English demanded a perpetual peace together with the grant of Normandy and an enlarged Aquitaine ( as in 1360 ) in full sovereignty . |
| 15 | The English have a greater talent than any other people for creating an agreeable family life ; that is why it is such a threat to their artistic and intellectual life . |
| 16 | Like the 107 , the 103/4 employs a dual bass driver configuration comprising two 160mm drivers in a double coupledcavity configuration . |
| 17 | The '79 has a delightful flavour reminiscent of almonds . |
| 18 | The first fighter to use P–5 Mustangs in the Eighth Air Force , the 357th had a faster rate of kills than any other unit within the Mighty Eighth The 357th featured may top ‘ ace ’ pilots and five survivors , Chuck Yeager , Clarence Bud Anderson , Leonard Kit Carson , Richard Peterson and Tommy Hayes were all present at Oshkosh to be reunited with five Mustangs that had been painted in the markings carried by ‘ their ’ wartime aircraft . |
| 19 | The British produced a remarkable variety of stations in West Africa , all faithfully recorded in the photographic collection of the Crown Agents who were closely involved in their building . |
| 20 | In 1962 he remained concerned about America 's role in Europe , via NATO , he disliked President Kennedy 's ‘ Grand Design ’ for the improvement of Atlantic co-operation , and he became gravely upset when the British purchased a new nuclear weapons system , ‘ Polaris ’ from Washington . |
| 21 | The British became a dominant influence in Persian life during the nineteenth century ; but to this day many Persians believe that Britain merely exploited Persia for the sake of India throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 22 | The British provide a stable government and a way of life recognised and admired by many foreigners . |
| 23 | The British used a new type of wireless-directed torpedo which spread burning oil on the water . ’ |
| 24 | The twenty sixth of January seventeen eighty eight the British established a small prison community at Sydney Cove on the east coast of Australia villain read the declaration and hoisted the Union Jack claiming the east coast of the entire Australian continent for the British crown . |
| 25 | Under the Dutch , revenue headmen were responsible for apprehending lawbreakers , but in 1806 the British created a new class of local headman , called vidanes , to carry out police duties . |
| 26 | ‘ The British have a long history of being inventive and in this current climate we are being inundated with new ideas , ’ says Richard Paine , marketing director of Inventalink , one of Britain 's biggest agencies which sells the ideas to commercial companies . |
| 27 | And Mr Ataie 's thesis that the British have a deep-seated reverence for war is too easily symbolised by having Penny make Remembrance Day poppies or court Sya in front of a military monument . |
| 28 | In 1416 the French made a serious attempt to regain Harfleur , which they blockaded by land and sea . |
| 29 | Even their colonies were not always reserved to the sovereign nation : the French imposed a close protective system on theirs , but those of Great Britain were good markets for the Germans . |
| 30 | The French want a mandatory minimum level imposed of 60 per cent of programmes made in Europe . |