Example sentences of "which [is] [vb pp] against [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cost is obviously a factor which is balanced against the need for special skill or expertise , but it was an appreciation of the fears of the public about the financial consequences of visiting a solicitor which led the Royal Commission on Legal Services to recommend the ‘ free initial half-hour ’ despite the possibilities of abuse . |
| 2 | He peers out at us from the photograph on the front cover of his catalogue raisonné : all we see is his deadpan baby-face , hovering horizontal about a foot above the studio floor , the rest of his body is concealed nay , shrouded by one of his crinkly gesso ‘ achrome ’ paintings which is propped against the studio wall . |
| 3 | A hacksaw may be the only possible tool to cut existing pipe which is installed against a wall ; however , the disadvantages of a hacksaw are that it produces fine copper filings ( and care must be taken not to get these into the pipes ) and that it will tend to flatten the pipe slightly — particularly if this is held in a vice . |
| 4 | Their Artistic Director , Emelie Fitzgibbon , directs this specially-commissioned play which is set against the background of the Medieval Crusades . |
| 5 | Cenerente is a small village about three miles from Perugia which is silhouetted against the skyline on a hilltop 1000 feet above the Tiber plains . |