Example sentences of "of [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Pillai was sent as assistant commissioner of the Raipur District of the Central Provinces , where he learned ‘ on the job ’ the art of administering to the needs of half a million people . |
| 32 | Its shares slumped from around $170 before the October 1987 crash and instead of recovering with the Index have just touched a seven-year low at $96 . |
| 33 | There was sadness at the absence of Steffi Graf , who had to return home without playing because , within days of recovering from the flu that had disrupted her appearance at the Hopman Cup , she went down with German measles . |
| 34 | I think what really happened then [ the third time ] there was a sort of crackling in the noises as if someone was falling down . |
| 35 | Over the years he has played league cricket and county cricket for Sussex and Glamorgan with resounding success , and on his last trip to England thrilled the crowd with a magnificent display of strokemaking at the Oval , scoring 260 as Pakistan ran up the imposing total of 708 . |
| 36 | A 27-year-old man was led from the dock protesting his innocence yesterday after being refused bail on a charge of looting during the Llandudno floods . |
| 37 | While the area had been designated a National Archaeological Reserve , he expressed fear of looting from the site . |
| 38 | Harry Pollitt reported to the Central Committee of the Party in January 1936 that : We fight to affiliate as an organised Party , campaigning for united action on the part of all workers organisations , for a change of policy that corresponds to the desires of the Labour Party members , and that also opens up the perspective of realising at a later stage one united working class political party . |
| 39 | Indeed , one might be wary of suggesting to a customer that an invoice is overdue for fear that he commit hari-kari immediately ( without paying first ) . |
| 40 | In addition to this purely functional role of planning and buying , a good media person has a more creative role , too , of suggesting to the rest of the account group new ways of using a medium , and of bringing to their attention any special opportunities that may exist . |
| 41 | Quiss felt his eyes start to smart in the fume-laden atmosphere , and as he peered through the grey , yellow and brown clouds of rising steam and smoke , thought of suggesting to the seneschal — if he ever found him — that he somehow persuade the scullions powering these airwheels that they should run rather than walk . |
| 42 | Both legal literature and the documentary evidence attest the use of what can be called trust clauses , as well as the practice of using for a single disposition the wording of both legacy and trust . |
| 43 | Another person we thought of using as a front man was Midge Ure — who I went on to work with straight after The Pistols , in The Rich Kids . |
| 44 | What distinguishes Regency houses perhaps most of all is the elaborate use of ironwork , which architects were just beginning to think of using as a matter of course . |
| 45 | It is with Zerlina that Giovanni sings the enchanting duet ‘ La cì darem la mano ’ , which later composers , including Chopin , paid the compliment of using as the basis for variations . |
| 46 | Therefore , to prove the offence of using against the employer as well as against the driver , the employer must be interviewed and questioned as follows : ‘ Are you ( or your firm ) the owner of motor vehicle … ? ’ 'Then ‘ was the vehicle being used on your ( or your firm 's ) business at … ( time ) … on … ( date ) … in … ( road ) … ? ’ |
| 47 | One of these , the Colt Patent Repeating Pistol , he had been in the habit of using throughout the siege and it was now stuck uncomfortably in the cummerbund he wore round his waist ; he was anxious that the others should not fall into the hands of the sepoys if the Residency were lost . |
| 48 | Furious at the strong wave of protectiveness that washed over him , despite all his suspicions , Guy bit out a curse that , in normal circumstances , he would n't have dreamed of using in the hearing of a woman . |
| 49 | Ramsay learnt early on the crucial importance of drawing as the basis for his art . |
| 50 | It gives me the opportunity not only of placing on the official record the Committee 's thanks to its staff for their work , not only of drawing to the attention of the House what I think is the first debate on community care to be initiated in the Chamber which is not part of a debate on another measure , but also of drawing attention to the number of firsts that we score with this report and debate . |
| 51 | These drawings stand as works in their own right , and in fact I see painting as an extension of drawing with the added dimension of colour . |
| 52 | The accepted way of drawing on a pot at Corinth in this time is different : a reversion to silhouette , but not the thin silhouette of Geometric figures adapted to geometric ornament — full , rounded forms with swinging contours , inner details marked with sharply engraved lines and patches of added colour . |
| 53 | I do a lot of drawing on the spot ; mostly the painting is done in the studio , working from drawings . |
| 54 | There are two reasons for this : first , it provides a complete and convincing display of the art of drawing in the second half of the fifteenth century , with outstanding exhibits lent by major collections worldwide . |
| 55 | If there is no wool available to them , cats with an urge to re-create the pleasures of sucking at the maternal nipple have been known to suck their own fur , sometimes their feet and sometimes the tips of their tails ; or they occasionally develop a fixation on their owner 's hair and make repeated attempts to suck on that , if they are given half a chance . |
| 56 | Among things we would like are the acceleration of helping along the Highland university , office and factory developments , marketing schemes , training programmes , and workshops . ’ |
| 57 | A DSS spokesman said : ‘ The purpose of helping with the mortgage interest is to keep a roof over people 's heads . ’ |
| 58 | For a period of six months in British Airways all personnel and training staff were taken away from their normal duties and assigned to the task of helping with the process of change . |
| 59 | From Vitebsk it was heard that a railway-wagon workshop meeting convened on 30 March with the aim of helping in the requisition of church valuables broke up because of the ‘ thunderous outcries of believers ’ . |
| 60 | In the process of reflecting on the history of the game , Hampden Babylon can barely conceal a loathing for our near and dear neighbours England . |