Example sentences of "[coord] [num] [noun] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time since it was shown at the Berlin Secession in 1902 , the National Gallery has reconstructed Edvard Munch 's ‘ The Frieze of Life ’ ( until 7 February 1993 ) , a loose association of forty or fifty pictures illustrating the important and highly autobiographical themes of love , anxiety and death , to which the artist makes a first reference in his correspondence in 1893 . |
| 2 | At the end of November , ten or eleven boys climbed the big walnut tree in the middle of the village , swinging about among its branches , and women and children scrabbled laughingly for the nuts as they fell . |
| 3 | Beckford 's intentions are not known , but while living quietly there from 1766 or 1767 Clementi pursued a disciplined curriculum of self-study in music and practice on the harpsichord and published his Op. 1 , a set of six sonatas dedicated to Beckford , in 1771 . |
| 4 | Women are up well before dawn and may have only five or six hours sleep a night in the effort to make ends meet . |
| 5 | In the event it took the two of them , scrambling and sliding downwards beside each other , faces to the rocks , only some five or six minutes to reach the spot where the railing which Sven Hjerson had noticed further along had in fact stopped the couple 's fall . |
| 6 | It was the consummation of a campaign waged for five or six years to change the acceptable face of the unemployed into the unacceptable face of the scrounger . |
| 7 | But from the time the engine stopped he had five or six seconds to hit the ground . |
| 8 | Or maybe you have to knock down two or three tins to win a prize — yes , that 'd be best . |
| 9 | Many students find it useful to spend two or three minutes drawing a key words map for the questions they intend to answer . |
| 10 | After two or three minutes add the sliced tomatoes , garlic , basil and salt . |
| 11 | I experienced the medical practice side , I went out for two or three assignments to get a feel for it and it 's doable . |
| 12 | This plan was an impossibility from the outset , and after several months of confused meetings of everyone concerned at County Hall , I went with two or three others to see the Secretary of State to recommend strongly that one single statutory authority should be appointed to deal with the area . |
| 13 | ‘ It would take two or three years to develop a concrete plan . ’ |
| 14 | In the old days , there would have been two or three servants to do the monthly wash . |
| 15 | Subsequently , endosonography and computed tomographic examinations were performed every two or three months to assess the response to treatment or relapse . |
| 16 | Two or three vehicles patrolled the division throughout the day , and it was claimed , with slight exaggeration , that any point could be reached within four minutes … |
| 17 | The focus of the book is for people who only have two or three weeks to explore the mountains but Townsend also describes side trips and two long distance walks . |
| 18 | The Arkell Travelling Fellowship was established in 1985 to encourage young people with a proven interest in conservation and the environment to travel abroad for two or three weeks to study a subject of their choice . |
| 19 | Two or three children remain the ideal of 80 per cent , only 6 per cent think one or none is ideal ( Gallup 1986 ) . |
| 20 | There would have to be several men involved in the racket , McCloy himself , two or three men to commandeer the lorry and incapacitate the driver as well as Hatton . |
| 21 | It 's not a successful way forward , there are hundreds of orchestras able to do it now , it 's no longer a privilege of two or three orchestras to record a full CD after two sessions . |
| 22 | You can walk on the surface immediately , but avoid heavy traffic for two or three days to allow the binder to harden . |
| 23 | The smallest varieties are the most prized , so the plants have to be picked over every two or three days to prevent the buds from becoming either too large or opening into flowers . |
| 24 | Nomadic designs are woven from memory and are usually characterized by their overall compositional boldness , simplicity of colouring ( sometimes employing only 3 or 4 hues to create a dramatic yet dignified effect ) and the use of mainly geometric motifs and forms . |
| 25 | Prices are based on 2,3 or 4 people sharing a room . |
| 26 | Glenn Hoddle says he thinks his team will win because there is a determination running throughout the club and the supporters who were robbed three years ago and could have gone on for another fifty or sixty years waiting a chance like this … |
| 27 | In 1609 or 1610 Larkin painted the only picture which can as yet be linked to documentary evidence : a portrait of Edward Herbert , first Baron Herbert of Cherbury [ q.v. ] , |
| 28 | " It 's no fun waiting five or ten minutes to play every shot and to find two or three groups waiting on every tee . |
| 29 | ‘ Ray and Kathleen are proposing to have a week or ten days touring the Cotswolds next month , ’ she told Agnes , as she stuffed his letter back into the envelope . |
| 30 | Bream have strong predatory instincts ( more of this later ) and it would not be safe for bream of only 2 or 3 inches to join a shoal of bigger bream . |