Example sentences of "of [art] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Piper Alpha disaster or one of the horrific plane crashes are coming to mind , think again . |
| 2 | These sandstones form the bulk of the stark Assynt peaks : Quinag , Canisp , Suilven and Ben More Assynt ; and they are topped with sparkling quartz of the Moine Series , thrust to the surface by the tremendous geological forces which shook planet earth some 430 million years ago . |
| 3 | Physiognomical differences between racial types might affect pronunciation of the foster mother tongue . |
| 4 | After the arrival in France of the advance reconnaissance party on 6 June 1944 , Major Fraser had taken off with the main recce party on 10 June . |
| 5 | Guy quickly evened the score by removing , through stealth , one Dave Shannon from the PFF Training Unit at Warboys , to become one of the outstanding Dam Busters . |
| 6 | Lenihan , one of the outstanding lineout players in the Five Nations Championship , was a member of Lions ' touring parties in 1983 and 1989 without ever making a Test appearance . |
| 7 | Lenihan , one of the outstanding line-out players in the Five Nations during the 80s , was a member of two Lions touring parties without making a Test appearance . |
| 8 | On Friday , Sept 13 , Seb Grieve made the first ascent of the outstanding rib right of Dangerous Crocodile Snoggin at Ramshaw . |
| 9 | MAI was also released from its guarantee of the outstanding bank loans of MAI Deutschland , its former German subsidiary , which was about $8m as of March 15 . |
| 10 | The equity method is generally used for a holding of 20-50% of the outstanding voting shares ( that is , shares which have been issued and which are currently held by shareholders ) because it is assumed , on the basis of this level of ownership , that an investor has the ability to exert significant influence in the affairs of the company . |
| 11 | This is almost always a parent-subsidiary relationship where one company ( the parent ) owns more than 50% of the outstanding voting shares of another company ( the subsidiary ) . |
| 12 | The government blamed the unrest on the activities of several small left-wing groups intent on creating general instability ; Douglas Bravo , a veteran of the 1960s guerrilla war and current leader of the Venezuelan Revolutionary Party ( PRV ) , was arrested on May 28 . |
| 13 | In his memoir of the 1960s Ali records how , following the review , Goodwin rang him , they met for lunch , and the literary agent explained that he wanted to start the new paper . |
| 14 | The company had been well placed to take advantage of the 1960s consumer boom , and was already prospering by the time Horsley joined the Board in 1963 , at the age of twenty-nine . |
| 15 | Actual demographic trends also contributed to the outward movement , as the rearing of the 1960s baby boom children increased the demand for houses with gardens and as falling average household size reduced the population capacity of cities that had only limited sites available for new housing construction ( Champion , 1987b ) . |
| 16 | The addition was believed to relate to his passion for the music of the 1960s protest singer . |
| 17 | The efflorescence of rock 'n' roll , and of the 1960s rock movements , took place against the background of a new social-historical phase , that of the ‘ long boom ’ , ‘ welfare capitalism ’ and an ideology of liberal tolerance . |
| 18 | they are to the advantage of the least well off ; i.e. changes that improve the position of the least well off are to be recommended ( this is the so-called maximin rule , maximizing the position of the minimum welfare individual ) , and |
| 19 | In 1959 , the Crowther Report forecast that with the raising of the minimum school leaving age to sixteen , more affluent parents would persuade their more intelligent offspring to stay on for A levels at eighteen . |
| 20 | Even then Wilson refused to sign the budget bill until congress had passed enabling legislation which provided for a suspension of the minimum school financing requirement ( which , under the terms of a 1988 initiative , had been set at 40 per cent of the state 's general fund ) should the education loan be ruled unconstitutional in court . |
| 21 | The amount capitalised is the present value of the minimum lease payments payable over the term of the lease . |
| 22 | The amount capitalised is the present value of the minimum lease payments payable over the term of the lease . |
| 23 | The amount capitalised is the present value of the minimum lease payments payable over the term of the lease . |
| 24 | One of the main arguments for Big Bang was that the abolition of the minimum commission system would result in competition and hence a reduction in commissions and overall transactions costs for investors . |
| 25 | of the poll tax — for a family of two adults and two primary school children who use the cheapest form of fuel and do not ’ waste ’ their income through smoking and drinking , constituted two thirds of the minimum sum experts have identified as sufficient to meet their living requirements . |
| 26 | Copies of the minimum standards requirements and the booking code can be obtained from Brighton Arts & Leisure Dept , Marlborough House , 54 Old Steine , Brighton BN1 1EQ , and Hove Leisure Services , Town Hall , Church Road , Hove BN3 4AH . |
| 27 | Measures included ( i ) the elimination of taxes on fuel and gas oils and on kerosene ; ( ii ) extended tax rebates for exporters , calculated to be worth between US$670,000,000 and US$1,100 million per annum ; ( iii ) the reduction of the highest import tariff from 35 per cent to 20 per cent ; ( iv ) tariff increases for many intermediate industrial products , but the maintenance at zero of the minimum import tariff , which applied to fuels and capital goods not domestically produced ; and ( v ) a " temporary " increase , from 3 to 10 per cent , in a statistics tax levied on nearly all imports . |
| 28 | The Admissions Committee regrets that it can not consider SCOTEC , SCOTBEC and other National Certificates and Diplomas , nor nursing qualifications nor Open University credits as alternatives for all or part of the Minimum Entrance Requirements . |
| 29 | George looked round his team , and they were all massive countrymen , well in advance of the minimum police requirements . |
| 30 | A striking price is arrived at which will be in excess of the minimum offer price if the issue is oversubscribed otherwise at the minimum tender price , and the issue is allocated in proportion to the size of the bids regardless of the price bid ( except those that underbid the striking price ) . |