Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stafford 's Sutherland estates produced an annual income of £16,000 , but this was not enough . |
| 2 | The most significant breakthrough in this respect was the decision to implement a common tariff on imports from January 1991 , in order to facilitate the eventual removal of all barriers to intra-community trade . |
| 3 | Through his stimulus , the art of pictorial narrative experienced a major revival in twelfth-century England . |
| 4 | But there was no semblance of a fluke about the result — it was the fastest Gold Cup ever run — and as Norton 's Coin made the long walk past the stands to the winner 's enclosure he started to receive the reception he deserved . |
| 5 | This is because increasing the proportion of left handers in the overall population by shifting the criterion to the right takes in a larger segment of the RS — distribution , but this segment constitutes a changing proportion of the number of individuals to the left of this criterion ( i.e. the left handers ) . |
| 6 | Beautifully decorated inside and out , the Maria offers a good standard of accommodation and traditional family hospitality at a reasonable price . |
| 7 | Kirov took only a few more minutes to search the small studio from top to bottom . |
| 8 | There is the prospect of some government funding to compare the underpinning knowledge of NVQs/SVQs at these higher levels with that demanded for qualifications offered by the CIB . |
| 9 | From being a label past its peak , Chanel became the hottest news in fashion and Lagerfeld made the Chanel suit the number one fashion status symbol of the Eighties . |
| 10 | Isolated nuclei display an ATP-dependent uptake of calcium , of which 20% was subsequently released by InsP 3 ( ref. 138 ) . |
| 11 | We were glad enough that the weather seemed set fair for the remainder of our voyage and next morning set off on the last few miles of our northerly course to round the utmost tip of Shetland . |
| 12 | Although Kanemaru had been personally grooming Ichiro Ozawa as his successor , the circumstances of his retirement allowed Ozawa 's opponents to mount an effective campaign against his succession . |
| 13 | He turned , his blond hair gleaming a liquid gold beneath an ancient wall-lamp . |
| 14 | Ankles suffer a high rate of injury wherever poor mats are used . |
| 15 | Luce made a sweeping gesture with one arm and tried not to wince at the pain . |
| 16 | Mermaids have been sighted there and a ghost haunts a derelict bothy near the loch . |
| 17 | Labels were shifted about , the Higher School Certificate became the General Certificate of Education at Advanced Level , but it was many years before new pressures distorted the ancient simplicities . |
| 18 | MacGregor 's bowerbird builds a complex bower of the ‘ maypole ’ type . |
| 19 | It is a good idea to practise this technique using the same piece of music each time and the length of one side of a cassette or record ( usually about twenty minutes ) is just about right for this exercise . |
| 20 | 16.14 In chapter 7 we say that literature plays an important role in improving abilities in speaking and listening , and in writing , as well as in reading . |
| 21 | For Piaget , the activity of play represents a major advance in the ability of the child to control its own environment and engage in a variety of strategies . |
| 22 | ‘ The death of Marcos offers a momentous opportunity for the Aquino government to rally the people behind the ideals which swept it to power : freedom and democracy , bread and justice . |
| 23 | Under the former ‘ rate support grant ’ ( RSG ) arrangement , as a local authority increased its expenditure , government grant met a constant percentage of the additional expenditure . |
| 24 | Minton became a regular visitor to the Moynihans ' house in Old Church Street . |
| 25 | Amused speculation on whether the new vicar could really be casting lustful glances at the choir-mistress produced an effective antidote to the emotional tension a few minutes earlier . |
| 26 | Megatek Corp , San Jose announced the newest member of its X-Cellerator family , a $1,500 Esprix CL accelerator supporting multiple workstation users on a single Sparc CPU , enabling for independent users on a Sparcstation 10 . |
| 27 | Megatek Corp , San Jose announced the newest member of its X-Cellerator family , a $1,500 Esprix CL accelerator supporting multiple workstation users on a single Sparc CPU , enabling for independent users on a Sparcstation 10 . |
| 28 | Because the scale is logarithmic , each whole number increment represents a tenfold change in acidity ; thus , solutions of pH 6 , 5 and 4 contain 1 , 10 and 100 microequivalents of acidity ( Hsup+ ; ) per litre respectively ( abbreviated u eq/l ) as illustrated in figure 4.2 . |
| 29 | The University commissioned a new piece of music by Irish composer Elaine Agnew for the first of these concerts , which not only gave a young composer her first opportunity to write for a full orchestra but also provided an affectionate tribute to the former Chancellor 's memory . |
| 30 | It is often complained of by many that a meeting will take five minutes to agree the expenditure of ten million and two hours to debate a minor item worth only a few thousand . |