Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The porter was standing on the platform , his hands dug into his overall pockets . |
| 2 | The principal argument for the defence was summarised in the judgment of Winneke C.J. and Pape J. , at p. 355 : |
| 3 | But the major plank of the defence was provided by the remarkable lady journalist Suzanne Cronjé . |
| 4 | Resting gall bladder pressure was the mean pressure recorded over a five minute period immediately before an intravenous bolus of either CCK-8 or bethanechol , and the response was defined as the maximal change in intraluminal pressure recorded during the first five minute period after the bolus . |
| 5 | It was held that the brothers " were the architects of an arrangement within the definition of s437 " ( now TA 1988 , s663 ) ( Vinelott J at p685 ) thus , when dividends were paid on the shares to the children that was income arising from a transaction which had the necessary element of bounty and the income was taxed upon the settlor ( as the children were minors ) . |
| 6 | He expected Mr Major to turn up at another party on Thursday night — even sneering : ‘ This is the vomit party , tomorrow 's is the cream ’ — but the Premier was flying across the Atlantic for a high-profile visit to Canadian leader Brian Mulroney . |
| 7 | Ditton is a hamlet of Stoke Poges , and the park was owned by the Montagus from the end of the 17th century . |
| 8 | She was about to ask him , tartly , if he found her presence offensive or embarrassing , but the opportunity was lost with the rector 's return , accompanied by his daughter . |
| 9 | Maughan and Rutter ( 1987 ) report on an extension of Fifteen Thousand Hours where the opportunity was taken of the existence of the original 1970 data set to follow the progress of some of the pupils throughout their secondary education in either comprehensive or grammar schools . |
| 10 | The majority were established by the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church but others were established by , for example , the Methodist Church and the Jewish community . |
| 11 | The club , in Normanby Road , and its stand have been the scene of a series of unexplained fires , the latest being last Friday when the stand was gutted for the second time . |
| 12 | Er , and the shelves were spiked onto the sa stand and , and the stand was butted to the floor . |
| 13 | But we found out that most of the vandalism was done in the daytime when we were away . |
| 14 | A further problem for the genealogist was caused by the decision to round down ages over fifteen to the nearest five . |
| 15 | Most of the patients were referred for investigation to the Department of Gastroenterology of Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital , and the remainder were seen at the Third Department of Internal Medicine , Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine . |
| 16 | The reduction was helped by the strength of sterling which became increasingly attractive as an oil-backed currency . |
| 17 | The drip was coming from the bathroom on the other side of the landing opposite this room . |
| 18 | It was virtually a hundred-and-eighty-degree turn and very sharp , the culvert blocked with stone and the remains of a small tree , so that the full volume of the water coming down the gully was swirling across the track to disappear over the edge , thundering down into the main gorge of the Jequetepeque . |
| 19 | The stairway was lit by the Lumiance Giotto Major Circo E emergency light which switches on and off as normal but , during a power failure , a battery pack comes into operation . |
| 20 | He remembered , just in time , not to shave — the beard was needed for the Edwardian Ball . |
| 21 | why the housewife was chosen in the sample ; |
| 22 | The charge came after the peer was asked about the £4,700 of taxpayers ' money put towards Mr Lamont 's legal bill to evict a sex therapist from his flat . |
| 23 | One jolting tackle and the link was made with the big screen 's violent he-man . |
| 24 | One jolting tackle and the link was made with the big screen 's violent he-man . |
| 25 | v Why the link was split by the formation of the Department of Trade and Industry and the Procurement Executive of the Ministry of Defence . |
| 26 | The Prince was infuriated by the reports . |
| 27 | The Prince was hitting at the running men with the flat of his sabre , but they feared an emperor far more than they feared a prince and so they kept on running . |
| 28 | The Prince was hurt in the fight , but got better and was hurried back to Ruritania . |
| 29 | The two parts of the base were joined in the same way , the lower loops of the ropework being added at the same time . |
| 30 | Nearly everything surrounding the base was commandeered by the Ministry of War . |