Example sentences of "of [noun pl] and [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In retrospect , for instance , he thought that Suite had choreography rather like Balanchine 's in the phrasing of sequences and repeats to the music , and in the lines , which were not straight like a corps de ballet of swans or sylphides but went off suddenly at an angle . |
| 32 | And anyway , why would the Cathedral jackdaws suddenly break the habit of centuries and come to the south side when their haunt had always been on the north ? |
| 33 | They reached the bank of lifts and stepped into an empty one . |
| 34 | Moldovan President Mircea Snegur imposed a state of emergency and direct presidential rule on March 28 , and called on the population to prepare to fight for the " motherland " , following a month of skirmishes and fighting in the self-proclaimed Dnestr republic [ for formation in September 1990 see p. 37723 ] . |
| 35 | At her farewell , GM gave a vote of thanks and presented with a nest of mahogany tables on behalf of the company . |
| 36 | The river was high and sparkling , piling light debris of branches and leaves against the piers of its four stone arches ; and beyond , the walls of the town rose , and the tunnel of the open gate . |
| 37 | A rapid and widescale communication network is thus provided , and good chants can be taken over from one set of fans and used against a different set the following week . |
| 38 | The lack of welfare officers , the rarity of home leave , the concept of visits and letter-writing as a privilege which could be withdrawn as a punishment , and the denial of permission to keep family photographs , were all indications of an absence of serious interest in helping to maintain a prisoner 's contacts with the outside world . |
| 39 | As a fellow Chairman of these Tribunals I find myself in general agreement with him , although is until some way is found to eliminate obviously frivolous appeals from the Local Appeal Tribunal 's decisions I doubt the practicality of having appeals to a Tribunal of Commissioners and blanch at the thought of their Lordships of the Court of Session 's comments if asked to deal with some of the material placed before a single Commissioner at present . |
| 40 | Shortly after the official opening ceremony a collection of no less than 11 Norseman floatplanes that had gathered at Red Lake , started-up , taxied around Howey Bay , took-off ( a tremendous effect as the sound of 11 Pratt and Whitney R–134s revving at full power reverberated around the bay ) and performed a series of fly-bys and overshoots over the bay in salute of CF–DRD and the weekend events . |
| 41 | Pupils at Grange Primary School in Hartlepool have collected a huge amount of toothbrushes and toothpaste for an orphanage in Romania . |
| 42 | They swarmed on board with the agility of rats and leapt for the defenders . |
| 43 | The village is in a beautiful situation , and attracts great numbers of visitors and sightseers during the summer when Sledmere House and grounds are open . |
| 44 | He swam up and away from the tangle of lines and disappeared on the other side of the iceberg . |
| 45 | You cross a series of bridges and get into the swampy meadowland known as Arthog Bog . |
| 46 | It stands in gardens landscaped over a period of two years ( which were designed to ensure an array of colours and scents throughout the year ) , and woodlands resplendent with over one hundred species of trees and shrubs , the home of owls , badgers , green woodpeckers , pheasants and foxes . |
| 47 | They contribute to the enrichment of the quality of life of individuals and contribute to the general economic development of society . |
| 48 | In most cases , they are constructed mainly of bryozoans and capped by a unit of stromatolites ( Füchtbauer 1972 ; Smith 1958 and 1981 ; Peryt 1978 ) , but locally they are formed entirely of stromatolites ( Paul 1980 ) . |
| 49 | With a swiftness prompted by desperation she weaved a path through the crowds of guests and plunged into the relative quiet of the old house . |
| 50 | ‘ Well , Jane , what is it ? ’ he asked , when we had left the room full of guests and gone into the library . |
| 51 | The rebels believe that Mr Major 's credibility is in tatters after a series of defeats and retreats as the Maastricht Bill lumbers through Parliament . |
| 52 | There 's no doubt that by revivifying the programme of Descartes and Hume in an extremely forceful and effective way , and arming it with new logical weapons , he did make a very substantial contribution to the theory of knowledge and activated the thinking of a lot of other people . |
| 53 | The price increases sparked off a series of protests and strikes across the Soviet Union , particularly in Byelorussia [ see p. 38129-30 ] . |
| 54 | Detailed histological assessment showed a significant increase in the number of capillaries and fibroblasts in the granulation tissue of rats treated with bFGF compared with that in vehicle treated controls . |
| 55 | The number of capillaries and myofibroblasts in the granulation tissue at the ulcer margin in vehicle treated rats were 16 ( 0.8 ) and 104 ( 6 ) respectively ( Table III ) . |
| 56 | Blenheim in a couple of weeks and sandwiched in the middle are the European Championships in Germany … |
| 57 | ‘ There have been lots of promises and pats on the back but little else . |
| 58 | Students like yourself have decided how and why it should be written ; the authors have merely put together a series of explanations and answers to the questions that these students have asked . |
| 59 | Madeleine came up to see me last Monday for a couple of days and arrived with a sore throat too , so she had a well deserved rest after the excesses of their very social Christmas and life and also encouraged me , the weather and the throats keeping us indoors , to do some MUCH needed turning out . |
| 60 | ‘ The recent flirtation of nods and winks between the Labour and Liberal campaigns would become a way of life , ’ he added . |