Example sentences of "[det] [vb base] of [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some consist of a simple bowl with a lip , over which the water trickles , while others come in sections of varying lengths and shapes which can be joined together to form complex arrangements . |
| 2 | Few know of the hard and unremitting labour of editing he has always been prepared to do , and for which there is so often so little proper recognition . |
| 3 | These consist of a deictic modifier , this , next , last , etc. , together with a non-deictic name or measure word . |
| 4 | Almost one-third of these consist of a mucilaginous substance which is of great benefit to inflamed conditions of the digestive tract associated with dyspepsia ad diarrhoea . |
| 5 | These consist of a motor-driven continuous sanding belt , held against the work by a metal plate under the body . |
| 6 | On concrete : These consist of a standard or impregnated softboard , in combination with a hardboard overlay . |
| 7 | These consist of a capital letter followed by numbers . |
| 8 | These consist of a specially-designed envelope bearing the latest British stamps , cancelled with a pictorial First-Day-of- Issue postmark : either the Bureau 's Edinburgh postmark , or an appropriate alternative ( eg. Bethlehem , Wales , for the Christmas issue ) . |
| 9 | These consist of the two Archbishops ( of York and Canterbury ) , the three senior bishops ( of London , Durham and Winchester ) plus 21 others . |
| 10 | The importance of the study of elites , as a way of assessing political attitudes and change , is well established , but there is little know of the social background of the members of Indonesia 's parliamentary bodies , the People 's Representative Council and the Supreme Deliberative Assembly . |
| 11 | They all consist of a durable two part coupling system — one side with rows of hooks , the other with a mass of loops , which join together to make a secure fastening — the nylon hook and loop tapes are also sold separately so you can buy exactly what you need . |
| 12 | Around this table , we all know of a dozen or so watch schemes out in the dark |
| 13 | We all know of the hon. Gentleman 's concern for environmental protection and for tropical and rain forests , but the article in The Guardian — I stress , The Guardian — drew attention to the fact that the proposal was to take only 20 cu m of wood per hectare , which is only eight trees , every 20 years . |
| 14 | We all know of the dramatic effects of the venoms of snakes and spiders , the savage stings of wasps and jellyfish and the virulent poisons of scorpions and stingrays , but there are many other examples in the animal kingdom and some of them are even more lethal . |
| 15 | The social communities and nests of bees and termites , the aquatic homes of sand grains and sticks built by caddis fly larvae , the webs and traps of spiders , the nests of some fishes , the huge pits over three feet deep and six feet in diameter of the green sea turtle , the ramifying burrows and nesting chambers of wood mice , the holes and domestic quarters of foxes , badgers , moles and rabbits , the amazing engineering feats of the dam and lodge-building beaver — all these and many more tell of an inner instinctive pattern of mental motivation lying beyond the realm of brain cells alone . |