Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] of [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a couple of minutes an idea occurred to her . |
| 2 | After a couple of hours the German lady and I were so choked with emotion that we were scarcely able to speak . |
| 3 | It is hard to know exactly what the company were aiming at or were attempting to say , but after a couple of scenes the audience found itself tussling with one question only . |
| 4 | Take this turn and after a couple of miles the road narrows incredibly through the hedges and stone houses of the village . |
| 5 | After a couple of days the answer would come , abstrusely worried in non-rhyming hexameters : ‘ Fortunate is the man who honours his mother and keeps off animal fats . ’ |
| 6 | It might have been that way for a while , Scum argued , but after a couple of weeks the Boroughs shitkickers moved in , and the game was up . |
| 7 | They were , however , opposed by many working people on the grounds that those in need — low-paid workers , including most female workers — could not afford to contribute , and deserved after a life of labour a benefit paid from taxation rather than from their own pockets . |
| 8 | After a service of thanksgiving the children were given a ‘ substantial meal of bread and beef ’ ; to observers ‘ the whole scene was one highly creditable to the philanthropy and liberality of the people of Birmingham ’ . |
| 9 | After a period of use the heads may well have picked up sufficient debris from the disk surface to prevent a reliable reading of the magnetic information on the disk . |
| 10 | After a number of days the conference was able to reach an agreement which was set out in a communique dated 21 July 1991 . |
| 11 | The danger of harming an interest to help an individual friend demanded the greatest caution in placing ministers in rural parishes , and after a number of mistakes the Duke of Montrose became very reluctant to present any candidate without a careful sounding of opinion together with an evaluation of the merits of the candidate himself . |
| 12 | On the weekend of March 16-17 after a week of strikes the public-sector trade union ÖTV reached agreement with the federal government on a 6 per cent pay increase to be backdated to Jan. 1 , 1991 . |
| 13 | In the absence of a Ministry of Justice the Home Office has acquired its responsibilities for criminal justice piecemeal over many years . |
| 14 | Amendment No. 55 is consequential and makes clear that in calculating the 12-year limit on membership of a board of management no account is taken of any previous service on a college council . |
| 15 | I know that his party would have preferred a separate Bill for Scotland , introduced by the Scottish Office , but it understands that because of a shortage of time the only way to achieve its objective is for one Bill to cover England , Wales and Scotland . |
| 16 | Out of a stand of pine a slim grey beast emerged . |
| 17 | In order to satisfy the SGA 1979 , the definition requires that the following components be present : ( a ) Contract for the sale of goods It should be noted that within the definition of a contract of sale a distinction is drawn between an executory sale or agreement to sell , and an executed transfer . |
| 18 | The other man was in no particular rush to be anywhere , being newly-divorced and having been thrust back into bedsit-land alone and at the age of forty-two , but out of a range of possibilities the prospect of hanging around on a station platform with Joe Lucas had to rank among the lowest . |
| 19 | A cloud of charged particles having a total charge q , fills uniformly the volume of a sphere of radius a . |
| 20 | For example , coral islands such as the Maldives may keep ahead of a rise of 50-70m a century . |
| 21 | To enable investigation of a plurality of views the modelling framework will be one which is designed to answer counterfactual or ‘ as if ’ questions rather than one which attempts to predict what the position of the economy will be in a number of years . |
| 22 | Where the Act prohibits exclusion of a head of liability the clause which seeks to exclude that liability remains valid and can be enforced in relation to other heads of liability , subject to the other provisions of the Act . |
| 23 | Under the guidance of a Head of Section the postholder will enforce all Trading Standards legislation , investigate complaints and provide advice and assistance to trade , industry and consumers as appropriate . |
| 24 | Benjamin explains the fact that film reception seems to be not only critical but also ‘ distracted ’ , the form not only a succession of ‘ shocks ’ but also a wraparound cultural environment , by means of an analogy with architecture , ‘ prototype of a work of art the reception of which is consummated by a collectivity in a state of distraction ’ ( ibid : 241 ) . |
| 25 | For better or worse , he also was instrumental in promoting the blockbuster exhibition , notably the infamous ‘ Treasures of Tutankhamun ’ extravaganza of 1978 that attracted the public in droves but made tranquil enjoyment of a work of art an impossibility ( those who believe that the age of the rib-crushing blockbusters has ended , thanks in part to increased insurance costs , are herewith directed to the Museum of Modern Art 's current Matisse show — provided you have a ticket ) . |
| 26 | It is only part of a battery of equipment the cosmonauts use to counter the prolonged effect of weightlessness but it is an important one and some alternative will have to be found before women undertake long duration flights . |
| 27 | ‘ In the execution of a letter of request the person concerned may refuse to give evidence in so far as he has a privilege or duty to refuse to give the evidence — ( a ) under the law of the state of execution ; or ( b ) under the law of the state of origin … |
| 28 | On Oct. 9 , 1989 , following Rocard 's use of the procedure authorized by Article 49.3 of the Constitution ( whereby in the absence of a motion of censure a law was adopted on its first reading ) , the RPR presented a motion of censure on the arms expenditure bill which obtained only 159 of the of 289 votes required to gain a simple majority . |
| 29 | In similar circumstances in December 1989 , the LME imposed a limit of a premium of $20 a tonne . |
| 30 | In the case of a breach of condition the buyer has the additional right to reject the goods and recover the price . |