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

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1 We are not in the business of putting on the backs of the poor the cost of the 50 per cent .
2 Finally , in the second half of the eighteenth-century the palazzo was returned to the city and used as an extension of the town hall .
3 With the urbanisation and expansion of the middle-class the pattern began to change .
4 the other question , how seriously do you view the likely impact of the new the budget er change come coming into force in the spring on purchases of consumer durables such as yours bearing in mind your and your customer profile ?
5 Certainly it had a freshness and credibility about it which was in stark contrast to some of the other end-of-the year events which , however exciting or impressive some individual performances and achievements may have been , still involved direct or incidental features which do little for the public perception of the sport .
6 Taken by surprise and fear of the other the boy lost his balance and tumbled down the grassy bank towards the stranger but to the boy 's incredulous gaze the figure melted into thin air .
7 We could by measurement give a numerical specification of each of the parts of the causal circumstance-the operation of the heater , its relative location , and so on-and also such a specification of the effect .
8 Jimmy Cornell traces the route of the round the world Europa 92 rally , featuring each port of call in detail
9 Twenty-eight-year old Yvonne is one of the more experienced members of the crew , having taken up sailing J/24s six years ago , and like most of the others had been seduced by the prospect of the round the world challenge after seeing the feature on the British Steel Challenge on the News at Ten .
10 Rob has recently completed the first leg of the Round the World Yacht Race .
11 At the end of the mid-Pleistocene the onset of the Elsterian glaciation brought major changes .
12 The general melting of the ice sheets of the last glacial period has resulted in widespread drowning of coasts , but at earlier stages of the Pleistocene the sea level was higher than at present as is witnessed by remnants of raised beaches .
13 Tours of the UNEXPECTED AN INSIGHT INTO INDUSTRY Northamptonshire Rose of the Shires
14 Tours of the UNEXPECTED AN INSIGHT INTO INDUSTRY
15 Tours of the UNEXPECTED AN INSIGHT INTO INDUSTRY
16 The editor of the monthly The Child 's Companion concluded one of her homilies , entitled ‘ Do Not Mock ’ , with these minatory words :
17 Two years ago Allan Bloom , author of the notorious The Closing of the American Mind , visited London to conduct a seminar .
18 To obtain payment of the fine the court sequestrated against assets held in the political fund of the union .
19 On the Isle of the Dead the Elf sorcerers died , one by one .
20 ’ ‘ . In respect of the dead the idea was to prevent decay of the body .
21 In the eyes of the British the boy had their citizenship , but we see the matter differently .
22 At the close of a moot the judge or judges declare which counsel or side performed best ; he , she or they then go on to the next round .
23 One unconsidered move and too little or too much colour could give the complexion of a rustic the appearance of a corpse and transform the face of an angel into the countenance of a harlot .
24 Of a sudden a gull which has died on the wing crashes to the sand at my feet , its feathers brushing my forehead as it falls .
25 ‘ Forgot a lot o' things , did old Blackberry ! ’ observed Forest , addressing Richard as if he were of a sudden a force to be reckoned with .
26 Of a sudden the fräulein tucked her arm into his .
27 Of a sudden the room was quiet , and when she turned from the mirror and stood before the three elderly sisters , it could almost be said there were tears in their eyes , and in her own .
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