Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The middle piece of the chromosome falls out . |
| 2 | The middle piece of the chromosome falls out and rotates through 180 degrees and then rejoins . |
| 3 | In the semi-darkness the houses around the village and the church in the centre of the green stood out like monuments with their shadows changing their shapes from time to time as a cloud obscured part of the moon . |
| 4 | With the noise of the battle drowned out by his aircraft 's motor , ‘ it is a weird combination of stillness and havo … ’ . |
| 5 | They remember that the guardians of the tree run back through time to the one who only sang and never spoke , who used to keep vigil by the tree , where the sorceress Sycorax ( but they have forgotten her name ) lies deep with her grave goods . |
| 6 | The wolves clustered around the base of the tree looked up with interest at their next meal talking to himself . |
| 7 | But then she dropped into the makeup chair , all of the steam going out of her . |
| 8 | Suppose the pieces of the jigsaw start off in a box in the ordered arrangement in which they form a picture . |
| 9 | The handle of the can pushed up by her right ear , the child drank , and then , her mouth dripping , she smiled at Aggie , saying , ‘ It 's lovely , cold . ’ |
| 10 | It is said that the blood of the dragon flowed out and made the hill-top sterile . |
| 11 | The recorded history of the church goes back to the mid-12th century , and in this study the Author describes church life in Foleshill from the outbreak of World War Two , right through to the restoration of the Old Church ( as it is known locally ) . |
| 12 | Yet every time he gets up to make an impassioned speech about the important issues of our time the elitist establishment of the church rushes in to gag him . |
| 13 | ‘ Among the overwhelming majority of people 's comrades , ’ reported the SD in Berchtesgaden , ‘ the content of the proclamation whistled by like the wind in the empty boughs . ’ |
| 14 | There are provisions enabling the contravener to be stripped of the profit made out of the transactions and for the profit to be distributed among the investors . |
| 15 | If we go on to books erm , I think that Longman performance is exceptionally good erm , of course for book business it 's very much first half , second half , most of the profit coming in second half , but er , erm , Longman only dropping seven percent on the year before seems to me a particularly good performance given the environment and in fact it generated more operating cash flow than the year before . |
| 16 | In Judaeo-Christian tradition , the antithesis between them is another manifestation of the conflict dating back to Cain and Abel . |
| 17 | And , somehow , the work of the Settlement goes on . |
| 18 | The light from the top of the lighthouse flashed out over the water , and for thirty seconds she could see very well . |
| 19 | If it were possible to store all the different types of primary data in computer-readable form then it would become feasible to use the speed of the computer to carry out the required searches , comparisons , overlays and numerical modelling . |
| 20 | For the Rangoon General Hospital , which will be built on loose sandy soil , Ove Arup proposes to solve the liquefaction problem by laying the foundations deep in the ground , so that the weight of the building will roughly equal that of the soil dug out . |
| 21 | Whitlock said , pausing in front of the desk to look down at Kolchinsky . |
| 22 | March 6 : 50th anniversary of the operation to shoot down Admiral Yamamoto , featuring the A6M5 Zero and P-38 . |
| 23 | Perhaps this may help to explain the determination of the anorexic to go on starving herself : without anorexia , I should have been nothing . |
| 24 | In any event many contracts for the provision of the service come up for regular renewal , giving you the chance to tender when they do . |
| 25 | The cost of the service turned out to be much higher than had been predicted . |
| 26 | Duncan Graham was the first boss of the council set up by the Government to decide what should be taught in schools . |
| 27 | The Council , as Eadmer describes it , was arranged round the tomb of St Peter , with Urban II and the cardinals ( among whom Anselm had been placed in a seat of honour ) sitting in the apse behind the altar , and the remainder of the Council spread out in front of them . |
| 28 | I move that the minutes of the meeting of the council held on thirtieth of June nineteen ninety three , copies of which have been circulated to members , to be taken as read , confirmed and signed . |
| 29 | The recorded history of the country goes back 5000 years to the first known pharaohs ; and though for 2000 years there had been waves of invaders bringing one foreign ruler after another , for most of the peasants ( the fellahin ) life continued much as it had for centuries , regulated as much by the Nile and the miracle of its annual flood , as by successive new masters . |
| 30 | He explained that , since he wrote that advice , it was getting more difficult to arrange a DIY funeral because of the growing number of takeovers ; in fact , three companies between them had large parts of the southern half of the country sewn up . |