Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [unc] de " in BNC.
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| 1 | On both issues she acknowledged the importance of the ‘ women 's movement ’ in promoting reform , ‘ the ever increasing activity in all agencies for the elevation of women … above all that new sense of a common esprit de corps … which is now beginning to bind all our efforts together . ’ |
| 2 | Whether because of Portuguese blood , or because of Portuguese influence , every visitor is aware of a Mediterranean douceur de vie — a quality apparent in Goans ' three-hour siestas , and in their exceptional courtesy and serenity . |
| 3 | A whole list of factors contributed to Berlin 's statist character : the relatively weakly developed guild system and mediaeval urban structures more generally ; the relative insubstantiality of a Prussian noblesse de robe ; the relatively powerless position of the mercantile bourgeoisie under absolutism . |
| 4 | Cologne 's unusually intense art scene began with what Kacprzak describes as a post-war vie de bohème , made possible by low rents in Cologne and Düsseldorf , and a rather un-German tolerance for something less than order . |
| 5 | Here was a back-to-the-wall President who BELIEVED in what he was saying and who shifted opinion overnight with a high-risk tour de force which seems to have swung next week 's referendum . |
| 6 | Whereas the former leads into a philosophical cul de sac and can not be given any definitive answer , the latter indicates the kind of approach that promises to be illuminating and fruitful . |
| 7 | At least Chris Burden , in a dangerous folie de jeunesse , got himself shot as an art event . |
| 8 | SUPERMAN Alan Shearer destroyed Watford in a personal tour de force as Blackburn coasted into their first League Cup quarter-final for 31 years . |
| 9 | Ashton enlarged this choreographic gem in The Tales of Beatrix Potter when Pigling Bland and the Black Berkshire indulge in a delicate pas de deux , both sur les pointes . |
| 10 | She was easily impressed , but Charles felt like indulging himself in a little tour de force . |