Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [pron] [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In this case Woolwich would , in relation to the revenue , have been no worse off if they had refused payment of the tax claimed and raised the defence which subsequently proved successful .
2 His book starts , for instance , by making a sort of sense out of a nonsense letter of Lear 's of 1862 and proceeds from there , through a rag-bag of examples , towards a theory of the Remainder which now becomes central rather than marginal , or at least just as central as the rules of Langue .
3 Why do n't the artists who consistently produce good music get that reward ?
4 Thus calligraphy was the source of the ornaments which still decorate most type-faces , despite efforts earlier this century to dispose of them ( see box ) .
5 This not only interfered with control room instruments but disabled two back-up systems and knocked out the computer which normally logs all changes in operations .
6 It was a strange fact that the Germans who so admired soldierly qualities could never understand soldierly integrity in a prisoner of war , whereas the British , least military of all nations , were probably the most spirited prisoners .
7 Having made the decision he now felt elated again .
8 and the one one for the Libs he only used twenty seconds , twenty two seconds !
9 Firstly , the rules which sharply reduced those eligible for housing benefit , thereby removing benefits from pensioners with limited savings , were opposed by many Conservative MPs .
10 She 's now head of the university she officially opened sixteen years ago , and her first task was to confer honorary doctorates on some of her old friends .
11 The associated DC user will be the user who actually calls this procedure .
12 The associated DC user will be the user who actually calls this procedure .
13 The associated DC user will be the user who actually calls this procedure .
14 Fate dealt its hand when both Carole , my wife , and I went shopping separately to nearby towns and on returning to the cottage we proudly presented each other with same piece of estate agent 's literature — FORMER RAILWAY STATION FOR SALE - LLANBRYNMAIR !
15 The energy required to remove the electron depends only on the energy of the level it originally occupied relative to that of an unbound electron , so photoelectron spectra are in principle much simpler than electronic excitation spectra .
16 The paragraphs which now follow single out some of the more important , more specialised , local collections , and particularly those which are likely to be of value to researchers working over a fairly wide geographical area , or concentrating on a single subject .
17 As he looked over at the stranger he suddenly became aware of someone else in the room .
18 It is this influence of the mind which ultimately gives each animal its unique view of the world .
19 The Sheikha herself usually chose this role , thus limiting her own travel .
20 There was the other side , the reality , the disciplines , the demands , the side I never seemed good enough at .
21 ‘ When I first saw the head in the font it just looked familiar — I could n't sort out why .
22 And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here .
23 Prior knowledge ranged from seven of the subjects who previously knew all 40 of the junctions down to one subject who previously knew just six , the mean number known was 29.6 .
24 The whirling kaleidoscope of factional politics , the patronage which now included financial inducements , the intensity of concern and confusion about foreign policy , were a new experience for the Scots ; it was familiar enough territory in other kingdoms of early modern Europe .
25 and I was thinking of the benefactor who actually offered this er
26 The venturer who successfully completes this abc journey will have experienced a logical but unexciting event .
27 Much of this information is held on the back of the chart , unlike the Admiralty who only use one side .
28 Somehow I managed to get Joe out of the house , and in the daylight he gradually became normal again .
29 She had instinctive good taste , especially in her dress , and whatever the setting she always looked right .
30 The miners themselves probably found some sort of lodgings in the area but also spent most of their time living in small draughty shelters or " hutts " built near to their work places only severe weather shifting them down to the valley bottoms .
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