Example sentences of "to [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The disaffected Vicar 's warden had been on the phone to the Archdeacon 's secretary by five-thirty on Friday evening . |
| 2 | Its pectoral fins , freed from the job of providing lift , could be used to give great refinement to the fishes ' control of movement , and their swimming skills reached near-perfection . |
| 3 | Jeanne Fermor-Hesketh came out with all guns blazing after a magazine paid tribute to the peer 's ‘ legendary charm ’ . |
| 4 | Although supporting the Act at the time of its enactment , the Labour Party 's education spokesman , Neil Kinnock , highlighted lack of resources as likely to be the major impediment to the legislation 's success . |
| 5 | This problem causes the available land to be used unevenly , and can lead to the birds ' droppings saturating the ground surrounding the house . |
| 6 | He found that although in theory , workovers should not have caused changes to the wells ' productivity , productivity had been reduced — by up to 40 per cent in some cases . |
| 7 | It made her look like a boy , or how boys used to look in the days when men had some self-respect and went to the barber 's . |
| 8 | There was no seat for Larry , so he started the trip by being strapped to the barber 's chair — the mid-upper gunner 's chair . |
| 9 | But the bees not only knew the voice of their owner but also his particular smell : one bee-keeper told the writer : ‘ Whenever I go to the barber 's I 've always to tell him : ‘ Nothing on , thank you . ’ |
| 10 | The result , according to the NSTA 's Bill Aldridge , is that fifty per cent of new science and maths teachers in elementary and secondary schools are unqualified in those subjects . |
| 11 | Eurotunnel 's only hope seems to lie in satisfying the banks ' technical adviser that his forecast can be reduced — which means at least to the contractors ' £7.5bn , if not to Eurotunnel 's own £7bn estimate . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're to go at once to the vicar 's study , ’ she announced . |
| 13 | When she got home , she answered an advertisement in the parish magazine for a baby minder ( how simple ; why had she not thought of it before — she was at home minding Charlotte anyway , so why not several more ? ) and offered herself to the Vicar 's wife for parish duties . |
| 14 | Soon Diana and Mary would leave Moor House to return to the wealthy families in the south , where they were both governesses , and St John would go back to the vicar 's house in Morton , with Hannah , his housekeeper . |
| 15 | This used to be a lot easier to do than it is now : for one thing , working in the profession means that you have to belong to the actors ' union , Equity . |
| 16 | Such was my introduction to the Decimax D12 system , designed and manufactured by Outline Technical Services of Braintree in Essex . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , to the organisers ' relief , American Davis Cup heroes Andre Agassi , Pete Sampras and John McEnroe flew in after a complicated , half-Concorde , half-private jet dash following their Fort Worth final triumph over Switzerland . |
| 18 | After the ceremony the bridal couple rushed to the photographer 's studio to have their portrait taken , before joining their guests who were waiting for the wedding meal . |
| 19 | He applied cold poultices to the sufferer 's forehead , which sent him into a coma . |
| 20 | Goldner toyed with the offer , but decided to stay on at the Getty after negotiating a new contract that allowed him to remain in his hometown of New York most of the year ( with short stays in Malibu ) , in effect managing and adding to the Getty 's collection in absentia . |
| 21 | The ace cyclist went along to the Glover 's Lane Surgery in Netherton to start a week of Health Promotion events . |
| 22 | Once when we were both contributing to The Year 's Work in English Studies ( he on Renaissance drama ) , I met him in the library and expressed anxiety about the deadline . |
| 23 | Tokyo : The yen 's continued fall after a discount rate rise led to the year 's second biggest drop in the Nikkei average , which plunged 444.73 to 34,795.34 . |
| 24 | The afternoon had been declared a local holiday , as everyone knew , and it would be a fitting finale to the year 's thoroughbred racing programme at Assiniboia Downs . |
| 25 | ‘ We know how much the awards mean to authors and illustrators ; and we know that teachers and parents all over the country use these shortlists as the definitive guide to the year 's outstanding children 's books . |
| 26 | The show was timely in another respect , for it added a definite European feel to the year 's events . |
| 27 | Rick tried to ensure their involvement by inviting each of them to contribute one unit of activities to the year 's scheme of work . |
| 28 | We have enjoyed the loyal and industrious support of our employees throughout and I thank them for their individual contributions to the year 's achievements . ’ |
| 29 | When you pick up a round stone now , walk to the dinosaur 's back and you 'll automatically go up and put a piece of roof on . |
| 30 | It can be detached from its rechargeable battery-pack and attached to the camcorder 's accessory shoe for complete portability . |