Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ I just hate categories and sometimes new age can connotate airy-fairy , ridiculous things , whereas the synchro-energiser is based on scientific research . ’ |
| 2 | This edge of the park is planted with large pine-trees , whose trunks and branches are red-ochre , the foliage green gloomed over by an admixture of black . |
| 3 | The opportunity was seized by European trading houses such as Lever Brothers , Union Miniere , the British-South Africa Company , and Lebanese , Syrian and Indian merchants . |
| 4 | The opportunity was taken during programmed maintenance and repair works to restore the appearance of the bridge , thereby enhancing its environs and creating a noticeable landmark to motorists and pedestrians passing under the bridge on route to the Capital 's city centre area . |
| 5 | The openings are controlled by incorruptible intelloids , and only they know which inner vaults hold valuables , and which valuables are stored where . |
| 6 | That figure is true as regards loans made in the 1991 fiscal year , and means 69% ( worth $1.8 billion ) of the contracts were won by non-Japanese companies . |
| 7 | The Acts are arranged in chronological order under the heading , so the Children Act 1975 is found near the end of the group . |
| 8 | More than anything else , Simon 's report put an end to any immediate prospect of the acts being extended to civilian towns . |
| 9 | Cable & Wireless holds around three-quarters of the shares , the Hong Kong Government another 7 per cent and the remainder are held by outside shareholders . |
| 10 | After dewaxing , one section from each series was stained with haematoxylin and eosin for histological evaluation ; the remainder were subjected to paired immunohistochemical staining ( see below ) . |
| 11 | Most of the remainder was sold in separate lots in 1949 . |
| 12 | The remainder was divided between increased capitation for all schools , refurbishment of some twenty-five of them , and in-service support . |
| 13 | About half the rear of the guitar is covered by shielded black plastic ; this includes the battery compartment which houses a single PP3 battery , wrapped in foam to stop it rattling around . |
| 14 | Any minor problems that exist are much more noticeable when the guitar is used with huge amounts of gain . |
| 15 | The attitudes held by the modern racists are deracialized in that the attitudes are justified by traditional values , such as equality and fairness , and not by oven racial themes . |
| 16 | From January 1991 until recently , the suite was occupied by Representative Bill Orton , freshman Democrat from Utah . |
| 17 | The incubation was terminated by rapid centrifugation , following which the supernatant was analysed for the presence of Ac-ASA by high performance liquid chromatography ( HPLC ) . |
| 18 | That the link is distorted by human power relations and serves human group interests is also important in establishing a link between knowledge and power . |
| 19 | The link was devised by American scientist Robert Ballard , who first surveyed the shipwreck of the Titanic . |
| 20 | The funding is decided on future growth . |
| 21 | The prince was positioned between German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Spanish Prime Minister , Don Felipe Gonzalez . |
| 22 | The Prince was accompanied by other high-ranking SNC members , including Khieu Samphan , Hun Sen , Premier of the State of Cambodia ( SOC ) or Phnom Penh regime , and Son Sann , leader of the Khmer People 's National Liberation Front . |
| 23 | Consequently , it was stated , a one-year " notice of termination " was being served on the USA on Dec. 31 , requiring that the base be returned to Philippine control before the end of 1992 . |
| 24 | When the base is squeezed by open-market operations , etc. , the banks may be able to economize on cash balances by encouraging customers to switch to time accounts which have less risk of large cash withdrawals . |
| 25 | A trench one to 1½m in depth is dug , and the base is lined with loose stones to prevent the roots going through to the hard soil beneath . |
| 26 | Moreover , the direction is set by powerful clues or ‘ logics ’ gradually established in the organization which enable subsystems to bound their search for strategies . |
| 27 | The most obvious indication of this transition was the replacement of the chain of being ( the simplest possible grid in which all the pigeon-holes are arranged in linear pattern ) by an open-ended branching system of relationships . |
| 28 | In some abortion was tolerated , but considered so serious that the fetus was buried with full ceremony . |
| 29 | Early risers can also have cheap electric showers ( not quite so early in the summer , as the clock is not altered when the change is made to British Summer Time ) , while fridges , freezers and outside lights will cost less to run . |
| 30 | The change is marked by improved technique , introduction of new and tauter pot-shapes , and the replacement of old decorative motives , derived from naturalistic floral and marine designs of the earlier age , by purely abstract drawing : triangles and other rectilinear forms , hatched or crosshatched , and especially concentric circles or semicircles drawn with compass and multiple brush . |