Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A glimpse of the apprentice practising the basic technique of architectural drawing comes in A Laodicean ( 1881 ) , singled out by Hardy himself as having some biographical significance . |
| 2 | The variety underlying the superficial similarity of idiom is enormous , even within the work of a single composer . |
| 3 | In all the euphoria following the successful birth , and the tea- and sandwich-making with Mrs Chalk afterwards , she 'd gone quietly along with everyone 's air of respectful gratitude for Guy , who 'd saved the day , whisked Lucy to hospital , kept everyone calm and optimistic , loomed in the background like a rock of dependable strength . |
| 4 | Mr. J.G.S. Gammell is to retire from the Board following the Annual General Meeting after 36 years of service . |
| 5 | The presence of cold icy particles in polar stratospheric clouds acts as the catalyst unlocking the harmful chlorine , rather than the composition of the particles themselves . |
| 6 | I did n't know exactly where Leicester Square was , but 1 did know it was n't far from Piccadilly , I had seen it in one of those tourist maps I had in my hand a short while ago , did n't know where it went , probably left it in the cinema showing the explicit sex film which was n't . |
| 7 | Staff at Drummond House with young children or grandchildren are being invited to enter a Royal Family quiz , with the winner providing the young child to present the Queen with a welcoming posy . |
| 8 | With true Devon courtesy the miller abandoned his accounts and we spent the afternoon discussing the relative merits of apple and yew for pit wheel teeth . |
| 9 | ‘ being a person to whom a provisional licence to drive a motor vehicle had been granted ’ Is usually proved by the police officer in the case examining the current provisional licence . |
| 10 | The hypothesis having the minimum value of linear distance is chosen as the closest . |
| 11 | The main purpose of the discussion is to establish that parents understand behaviour good and bad is learned , that children can be ‘ untaught ’ the bad and taught the good , and that it is the parents who do the teaching using the simple methods and techniques you have demonstrated . |
| 12 | On occasion the sub-licence was signed by both parties in the foreign country , and on other occasions the whole negotiations were concluded by telex with no representative of the taxpayer visiting the foreign customer . |
| 13 | Jaq imagined the priests of the squadron instructing the ultimate warriors righteously and reverently , honing their spirits for a task that was awesome — and yet almost abstract . |
| 14 | Luke was in the kitchen removing the clean dishes from the dishwasher . |
| 15 | For the chinless chap in his chalk-stripe blue suit , strolling to wherever he performs the daily ritual of being ‘ something in the City ’ , or the geezer negotiating the early morning traffic in from Romford in his late model Ford and Italian sweatshirt , their individual style says clearly : I am here and this is where I want to be , you can tell exactly what and where that is from looking at me . |
| 16 | It might have been the scene of slaughter that brought tears to Frito 's eyes as Goblins and Wolves marauded through the camp slaying the fleeing Halflings like startled rabbits . |
| 17 | During 1992/93 the University found the need to tackle the issues again , to remove non-functioning bodies from the instruments of government , to streamline various decision-making processes , to redefine membership of the University following the major changes in academic staff tenure , to change the composition of the academic Council and , by no means least , remove gender-specific language . |
| 18 | The building containing the main movement hall ( gym 1 ) and music rooms has been named ‘ Molly Haus ’ . |
| 19 | It may be if the trustees pay the 35 per cent rate less the tax credit the Revenue will agree to apply the concession treating the entire payment as one which has borne tax as required by B18 but the situation does not come within the wording of B18 . |
| 20 | He bounded over to the chest containing the strange white powder . |
| 21 | The use of the specialised advanced laboratory equipment , including research microscopes and electron microscopes , will be dependent on the user acquiring the relevant skills through training , and on time being scheduled for work on this equipment . |
| 22 | He had an idealized notion of the Christian emperor of the West furthering the Christian message and fighting the enemies of the faith in crusades within Christendom as well as without . |
| 23 | You said about the the driver giving the left-hand indication as he 's about to leave the roundabout . |
| 24 | After inspection of the vulva and the skin surrounding the external genitalia , the doctor will pass a speculum into the vagina . |
| 25 | The passenger-carrying airline pilot , the scientist operating the nuclear reactor , the chemist in charge of research into the possible effects of , for example , Thalidomide , the driver of the Manchester to London express , the driver of an articulated lorry full of sulphuric acid , are all in a position in which one failure to maintain the proper standard of professional skill can bring about a major disaster . |
| 26 | Rather , transgressing the norms of the morality tradition , Dollimore perceives the play demystifying the limiting structures of Faustus 's world , without presenting the opportunity for escape . |
| 27 | The man 's trousers snag on the stone and start to come down again , then the branch holding the grating shifts and the iron grid falls down , thumping into the man 's chest . |
| 28 | And during this time I am on the monitor studying the whole thing so that we can make our plans and adjustments for our filming with the real orchestra . |
| 29 | Ruberlok is applied internally to the underside of the roof leaving the external appearance unchanged . |
| 30 | A 15 ml bolus of 0.1 N hydrochloric acid ( HCl ) was instilled into the oesophagus using the proximal port of the manometry catheter so that it arrived at cm above the lower oesophageal sphincter . |