Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 At this point my story becomes the introductory scene of a fiction which could be continued .
2 It is useful to put this information on the inside cover of a loose-leaf course folder .
3 It is useful to tap New line after sub-headings ( eg after shoulder headings , see Task 20 below ) and after short lines to be selected as a single block of text , eg a list ( see Task 4 ) , or the inside address of a letter .
4 A vast circle of storm clouds hugged the ground and rose towering into the air , so they seemed becalmed on the inside edge of a massive mauve funnel through the swirling walls of which Trent could make out , to the south , a thin line of greater darkness that he knew must be the rain forest bordering the Makaa River .
5 A third method is for the binder to stamp his name ( usually in minute letters ) on the inside edge of a front or back cover , or sometimes on a fly leaf .
6 Shoemaking begins and ends with a last , the three dimensional pattern of the inside shape of a shoe .
7 If you 've had your sofa or curtains for a while and have thrown away any spare material , take a snip from the inside of a seat cushion or from the inside hem of a pair of curtains to stick in your book .
8 Er , it is not just an additional committee , on the part of the West region , it is in fact the total reorganisation of a number of meetings , and getting down to a far more business-like thing .
9 Harden 's type-series ( 1956b , pp. 139–43 ) divided the total assemblage into a number of distinct categories , beakers with stems or claws , bell , bag or cone-shaped , with the related horns , pouch bottles , squat jars , bottles , palm cups and bowls , to which has been added a bucket-shaped vessel from the cemetery of Westgarth Gardens , Bury St Edmunds ( Suffolk ) ; slight variations have been made to the original typology ( Harden 1978 , pp. 2–6 ) .
10 Erm , it 's certainly true that we reduced the total size of a particular team or unit dealing with international affairs , but only on the grounds that we actually felt that it was very important that all the teams should be working on international and European dimensions of their work , rather than seeing it as compartmentalised in one area .
11 But if the choreographer does not understand all the details which go to make the total presentation of a ballet , it can all too easily fail in some way or other .
12 The total return from a security in a future time period is dependent on a series of anticipated and unanticipated events .
13 Each of the 15 chapters focuses on the total synthesis of a biologically active natural product .
14 ( The author testifies to the effectiveness of the Theratest electronic probe discharge in the total elimination of a vexing migraine problem unable to be cured by chemically based methods .
15 It is less susceptible to tinkering with individual unit costs in order to make the total budget for a particular service conform to externally imposed cash limits .
16 The survey looked at the total cost of a funeral , including the fees paid via the funeral director for cremation or burial , minister 's fees , flowers , obituary notices and so on .
17 Frequently recurring criticisms of the contracts are that they are of up to nine years ' duration , they contain hidden annual increases , that the costs of settling old agreements are added to the undisclosed capital value of new equipment , and that the total cost of a contract is not disclosed .
18 This definition of the importance of a unity of view in management and of the importance of sharing interest and concern allows the significance of the classroom and of the small-scale , almost invisible base of experience of the individual teacher to take its place alongside larger aspects of policy and of governmental requirement in the total framework of a school 's management .
19 In such conditions as prevailed in the last phase of the Weimar Republic , of the total discrediting of a State system based upon pluralist politics , the ‘ functional ’ leadership of the bureaucrat and the Party politician as the representatives of the impersonal ‘ rational-legal ’ form of political domination , imposing laws and carrying out functions for which they are not personally responsible and with which they are not identifiable , lost credibility .
20 The Total Change of a Chemical Reaction
21 Basic dual porosity theory postulates that the total conductance of a sample of formation is equivalent to the sum of the separate conductances for each porosity system .
22 I am increasingly concerned that validators increasingly fail to use as an important criterion the total experience of a student .
23 As points of reference for the total curriculum of a school each of these falls within the usual definition of broad aims .
24 Try to record anything you can remember — details , a feeling , colours , even an odd word can sometimes trigger the total memory of a dream .
25 A competent reader regains the total message of a competent writer .
26 In 1801 John Dalton stated that the total pressure of a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the component gases .
27 Removal of organic matter and oxidation are necessary in the determination of the total chromium in a sample .
28 At any moment , the total number of a trust 's shares in issue is fixed .
29 Following a casualty which results in the total loss of a vessel the remains of which are causing an obstruction or a danger to other shipping , the Policyholder may be requested by a Harbour Master or Receiver of Wrecks to remove the vessel .
30 The total risk on a security or portfolio may be described as follows : .
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