Example sentences of "[noun pl] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This struck me as being not only unfortunate , but also a bit like a quiz show host revealing to losing contestants the prizes they could have won . |
| 2 | It has been suggested recently by a press commentator that without the CNAA there would be no polytechnics , and undoubtedly if the Council did not exist some similar body would be necessary to give the new institutions the opportunities they need for their full development . |
| 3 | Cade founded no dynasty , but in his day he was a major operator in what R. H. Tawney [ q.v. ] called ‘ that seductive border region where business greases the wheels of politics and polite society smiles hopefully on both ’ . |
| 4 | In the Cornish mines the tutworkers who opened up the ground usually worked eight-hour shifts , with three shifts over twenty-four hours known by the mid eighteenth century . |
| 5 | In certain mines the men were not allowed to earn more than a certain sum but there is no evidence of this invidious practice at Coniston . |
| 6 | Could I just conclude Moderator by saying that those who are engaged in ACTS the churches which are participating members of this action of churches together in Scotland are engaged in a journey together . |
| 7 | The coolies inside the fetid dens immediately began to stretch their stiffened limbs and drag themselves off their sodden mats , knowing that within minutes the cai would be among them flailing heavy staves to rouse the laggards . |
| 8 | The trade magazine Electrical Review even did a calculation which showed that if only half the official objectors spoke for just fifteen minutes the hearings would continue well into 1990 . |
| 9 | After incubation at 37°C for 60 minutes the reactions were diluted to 100 ml with water . |
| 10 | Third division Crew Alexandra held high flying West Ham of the second to a goal-less first half at Upton Park , but after seventy one minutes the Hammers took the lead through Quinn and although Crewe fought well , their long F A Cup adventure was over . |
| 11 | And he removed his hat and discussed for some minutes the shortcomings of his wife Rita who had been in the land-army when they met . |
| 12 | Every few minutes the guns would halt as some obstruction worked its way down the long column . |
| 13 | After 20 minutes the officers accepted a glass of wine from their enforced hostess and one , until restrained by the other , even began to write out a receipt for what had been taken . |
| 14 | Experiments illustrated in figure 1 on fires in a storage of goods on pallets in open racks showed that in three minutes after ignition , the flames were growing at a dangerous rate , and that after eight minutes the flames had encompassed the whole height of the racking ( 18 m ) and were producing large volumes of acrid smoke . |
| 15 | A detailed study of figure 1 will show that in the first three minutes after outbreak , the height of the flames grow approximately to the height of the ‘ level ’ of racking on which the fire started , by five minutes some four levels have been involved , and by seven minutes to eight minutes the flames will be breaking out at the top of the racking . |
| 16 | After 30 minutes the dyes will have completely penetrated the reed which is then dried out on sheets of newspaper for several days . |
| 17 | A classic ‘ confrontation ’ is expected , but not a classic 90 minutes the purists would drool over . |
| 18 | After twenty minutes the groups would be asked to formulate a question to put to the panel . |
| 19 | After about two minutes the ladies resumed talking , but this time in English . |
| 20 | The advantage for the butterfly is that if a bird seizes it by the wings , and is reminded of some earlier unpleasant experience with the species and its toxin , it will release the insect unharmed : a bluejay that has never seen a monarch butterfly will readily catch and eat it ; but within 15–30 minutes the toxins in the butterfly 's body cause the bird to vomit , and one such encounter is sufficient to make a bluejay avoid monarchs thereafter . |
| 21 | Up until the final minutes the jokes fly as fast as sniper 's bullets . |
| 22 | If breathing stops , there is no oxygen getting to the brain and within three minutes the brains cells begin to die . |
| 23 | They reached the shelter of the brick-built cainca far enough ahead of their pursuers to lock themselves in , and for several minutes the coolies milled around the building , trying without success to smash the stout wooden doors and shutters . |
| 24 | After several minutes the men found some cash and left . |
| 25 | Once again Campana saw the Germans line up ; ‘ In a few minutes the slopes of Hill 265 were covered with enemy advancing on us . |
| 26 | Whatever had taken place in those few wild minutes the verderers had certainly not bothered their heads about their captives . |
| 27 | Taylor , from Birkenhead , Merseyside , struck one prison officer , taking his keys , and within minutes the rioters had erected the first of a labyrinth of barricades and begun systematically destroying the chapel . |
| 28 | Within minutes the steps were swarming with black-coated , medal-encrusted figures , all on their way to raise double gins to the fond memory of the man who had been a leader in the game of Intelligence . |
| 29 | On an acupuncture ward I watched a doctor insert long copper needles into the scalp of a one year old and saw the baby howl when every ten minutes the needles were twisted to stimulate the body energy . |
| 30 | After a few embarrassed minutes the mourners slowly departed , leaving Flaubert jammed into the ground at an oblique angle . |