Example sentences of "and [verb] [art] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | Defending solicitor Mr. Blundell asked the magistrates to consider whether Mr. Thurgood would have played the part of peacemaker and then gone out and attacked the soldiers ' car . |
2 | Ganymede was beloved by ZEUS , who assumed the guise of an eagle so as to spirit him up to Olympus ; there he was given immortality and became the gods ' cup-bearer , responsible for giving them their daily draught of the Elixir of Life . |
3 | Energetic and many-sided , Hunt edited or sub-edited several popular magazines and journals , including the Quiver ( 1865–1905 ) and Cassell 's Magazine ( 1874–96 ) , besides founding and editing a children 's paper , Little Folks , until 1876 . |
4 | Many Suffolk horsemen , when occasionally they took their horses to Ipswich market , rose very early in the morning — three o'clock , or even earlier — to put the finishing touches to harness they had perhaps oiled the night before , and to paint the horses ' hoofs with harness oil to make them look smart . |
5 | They were rehearsing carols for Christmas Eve when they 'd move singing from ward to darkened ward and make the children 's eyes shine with awe , and the old people 's with tears . |
6 | The woodcuts are only a few inches square , and defy the artists ' desire for detail and extravagance . |
7 | The expense the school incurred in educating and maintaining the taxpayers ' sons did not add to the school 's general costs but was equal to the additional cost involved in so doing — such as meals and laundry . |
8 | A young woman from Lyons reported that she refuses to visit Paris without her friend who has been to Paris more often and understands the Parisians ' sign language better . |
9 | Mhoira Robertson was always ambitious and passed the sergeants ' examination at 24 . |
10 | She led a battle to keep local nursery schools open ( and won ) , campaigned for a skateboarding bowl for neighbourhood children ( now up for a community award ) and produced a Parents ' Guide to Oxford Pubs . |
11 | Ann pioneered children 's classes at Leatherhead Leisure Centre and produced the children 's items at Medau 's 25th Anniversary Festival at the Royal Albert Hall . |
12 | While Self knew that the pressures were great , and respected the engineers ' need to retain control of technical aspects of contracts and tender assessments , he also knew that the engineers were deliberately fending him off and impeding the agreement on procedures which he felt was essential for Central Authority financial control . |
13 | In 1874 the Mercury reported that the custom was in decline but ‘ formerly several gangs of ‘ plough-witches ' ’ , ludicrously dressed and with hideous painted faces , came in from the country and visited the tradesmen 's shops , levying ‘ ‘ black-mail' ’ and generally terminating their begging rounds with drunken orgies ' . |
14 | To receive and consider the Directors ' Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 27th March 1993 . |
15 | I hoped she would n't make a big production out of the delivery upstairs , but just in case she did I thought I would n't go anywhere where she could see me and point me out to any of the owners , so I left through the front exit gates and found the actors ' bus with its Mystery Race Train banner and faded inside into the reassembling troupe . |
16 | Assistant director Bill Wilson and technical accountant Raymond Wood did some behind-the-scenes calculations and found the consultants ' conclusions wanting . |
17 | This person will have to ensure that all members of the panel have seen and considered the candidates ' original application forms and formulated questions arising from it . |
18 | But Mr Leonard 's injuries could have been much worse if a mystery middle-aged man had not risked his own safety and stopped the thugs ' attack . |
19 | After fourteen dry nights the child has to drink two pints of fluid during the hour before bed in order to stress their bladders and test the children 's ability to wake up during the night . |
20 | The office is responsible for lobbying the European institutions and keeping the solicitors ' profession at home informed of EC developments . |
21 | Then they went upstairs and filled the children 's stockings with apples and nuts , and sugar pigs with string tails made by Mrs. Jordan . |
22 | However , it is clearly impossible for us all to stand back and watch the booksellers ' position , in total terms , being undermined by some publishers ' double standards . |
23 | There are no external examinations — assessment is internal , designed to guidelines provided by SCOTVEC , and measures the candidates ' achievement in the Outcomes . |
24 | These costumes were made in work-time , using work materials , and utilized the women 's skills as clothing makers to the full . |
25 | and let the snowflakes ' sacrament |
26 | Instead , it seems , we have relied all too heavily on agency definitions and ignored the users ' perspective . |
27 | This is an appeal from a judgment dated 30 November 1989 of the Court of Appeal of Bermuda ( Blair-Kerr P. , Roberts and Henry JJ.A. ) allowing an appeal from a judgment of Hull J. dated 14 November 1988 of the Supreme Court of Bermuda ( Civil Jurisdiction ) awarding the plaintiff , Mr. Kelly , damages in the sum of $200,000 , declaring that the defendants , a firm of estate agents trading as Cooper Associates , were not entitled to commission on the sale of the plaintiff 's property , Caliban , and dismissing the defendants ' counterclaim for such commission . |
28 | A series of interviews , simulation procedures , and concept mapping exercises are to be used to elicit and monitor the students ' knowledge . |
29 | The black leather bits that cover the toes and heels absorb heat and bake the soldiers ' feet . |
30 | The Ministry of Economic Warfare hung on the periphery and stirred the witches ' brew . |