Example sentences of "of [art] [noun pl] ' [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A sign of the times ' as 20 jobs are axed at two firms |
| 2 | Indeed , one of the researchers ' most important tasks is to ascertain for my benefit what kind of conversation we 'll be likely to have — whether the guest talks nineteen to the dozen , in which case I 'll need to prepare lots of questions , or if they take ten minutes to say ‘ Good evening ’ — in which case I 'll start praying . |
| 3 | This mess of confusion is a direct result of the majors ' steadily regaining the control which was threatened by the rise of the independent labels in the late seventies . |
| 4 | Not only did the occupiers introduce gin to the island , which remains one of the locals ' most popular drinks , but in 1813 cricket was recorded as having been first played in Menorca by the surgeon of HMS Scipo — a match which received the patronage of Admiral Lord St Vincent , the Commander in Chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet . |
| 5 | General Miguel Maza Marquez , chief of the investigative police and one of the traffickers ' most vocal critics , escaped unharmed as he did from a car bomb attack last May in which seven people were killed and 50 wounded . |
| 6 | General Miguel Maza Marquez , chief of the investigative police and one of the traffickers ' most vocal critics , escaped unharmed as he did from a car bomb attack last May in which seven people were killed . |
| 7 | All foreign branches seem to have been closed for financial reasons in 1891–1892 , but Wilson , after the refloating of the union in 1894 , persisted in his international endeavours , establishing new branches in Hamburg , Rotterdam and Antwerp in the following year and an agency in New York , and accepting the logic of the shipowners ' often repeated argument that British claims to higher pay would be more convincing if foreign rates were brought up to British levels . |
| 8 | ‘ If Warner made ‘ Bonfire of the Vanities ' today it would have just one big star not three ’ , argues one insider . |
| 9 | The outboard switches lend you the power to engage or disengage all of the combos ' externally switchable options ( eg. channel selection , graphic on/off and reverb on/off ) direct from the TriAxis . |
| 10 | According to some , code-breaking was one of the allies ' most important weapons . |
| 11 | ‘ The full uncensored story of the Stones ' most notorious desperado . ’ |
| 12 | So a colourful still life seemed a suitable choice of subject for an exploration of the pastels ' most obvious potential . |
| 13 | The results were wildly ahead of the Democrats ' most optimistic forecasts . |
| 14 | 1.10 am , Birmingham Selly Oak : Anthony Beaumont-Dark is one of the Tories ' most voluble MPs and if he loses the country will be a quieter place . |
| 15 | Welcome back : It 's St Patrick 's Day , and one of the regions ' most talented musical families is celebrating with a fantasy voyage into the past . |