Example sentences of "[prep] [art] house [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It is a choice for the House whether we go in or stay out .
2 In that case , Lord Reid , obiter , gave as an example justifying the assertion by the House of total jurisdiction a situation where the Court of Appeal had resolved the point of law subsequently certified for the House but had left outstanding other issues which might result in acquittal :
3 We could be back to the boom that led to the crash that lost the job that paid for the house that Jack bought .
4 Sometimes you see , I quite often oh I like that and that , beautiful things for the house or
5 The grandparents took on responsibility for the house and the children together : ‘ my mother went to work all the week , she never done no cooking . ’
6 Lord Rosebery responded quickly by saying that he would still sell to the nation , but was increasing the price from £2 to £3 million for the house and contents .
7 In 1954 the breed 's South African journal made the point that wool farmers wanted a breed of cattle that needed no coddling to produce milk for the house and top-price slaughter oxen whose main role was to keep the veld short for sheep , while the mixed grass veld farmer wanted a good cream cheque , a bullock to work and a profitable steer which could be fed on surplus grain .
8 Mr Beecham 's voice was stiff now as he replied , ‘ We have always acted for the house and I shall be happy to continue doing so .
9 I 'm the one who 's sacrificed my life paying for the house and its repairs and its decoration , and all the rest of it … . ’
10 Remember also that cutting blooms for the house and dead-heading are forms of pruning , and the general principles should be observed , particularly with regard to leaving spurs .
11 Your list will include mortgage or rent , rates , gas and electricity , insurance and maintenance for the house and car , clothing , school fees and telephone bills .
12 It has to be said that the prospects for the house and farm buildings did not seem promising when Gordon Pratt of Hawes Auction Mart opened the bids on 28 October 1988 .
13 Candidates whose spending remained below the thresholds of $600,000 for the House and $5,500,000 for the Senate , would be eligible for federal campaign funds .
14 I know the house was only erm we used to have to run down to offices there to pay the rent once a month and it was twelve and six a month for the house and that 's about what it was worth too in them days .
15 Charlotte only wants to marry him for the house and comforts he can provide her later in life .
16 and she said my sister spends I mean , we 're now talking about nineteen seventy my sister spends twelve and six a week on things from for the house on the hire purchase if she ever truly runs into debt she 'll save part of the cost of the thing , you know and then she knows that she 's always going to have to put twelve and six a week aside but she does that and buys things for the house and you see if you 've got if you 've got that little bit of extra coming in it 's quite well it 's like my lodgers , Brenda if I could n't if I could n't get what I need from my lodgers well Neil pays me Neil 's house rent which thirty pound a week
17 As the house and garage are circa 1930s it blends in nicely , looking ‘ old ’ from the start .
18 Children might recognise similarities between the house or flat in which they live and one illustrated in a book or noticed on a visit .
19 On a strip of land between the house and the kitchen garden over ninety species of wild flower now grow .
20 Between the house and the barn is the smallest of the three buildings which has been reconstructed as a cattle byre ( animal house ) .
21 Often there are people on the grass between the house and the lake .
22 These sporting contests between the house and the village ended with the arrival of a character who could have been dreamt up by central casting .
23 It is possible , however , that the search which then began for communal standards was prompted not only by this evident nadir of design , but by a wish to re-establish contact between the house and the community .
24 No front garden , just two feet of concrete between the house and the pavement , with a little wall to separate us from the road .
25 The kitchen door stood open revealing a strip of bumpy grass and yellow sandy gravel wide enough for a coach and four to turn in between the House and the stable block .
26 ‘ What about the house while we 're out of it ? ’
27 The price was about the only thing about the house that was right , but we 'd both fallen in love with it right away .
28 If you , too , have a dust-covered garter bar somewhere about the house that you are feeling guilty about , you might like to find it again , dust if off and try the following techniques :
29 There was a coldness about the house that showed it for what it was — a rental for two people whose life together had hardly begun .
30 A lumpish Belgian girl called Lise who did menial tasks about the house but hardly ever spoke was grating cheese over a rice dish .
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