Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He longed for the austerities of the mission field . |
| 2 | to provide computer assistance for the lexicography of the New OED |
| 3 | There is a precedent for this : the Marquess of Linlithgow ( a Lowland family and therefore without its own tartan ) introduced a ‘ new ’ tartan for the warders at Hopetoun House , outside Edinburgh . |
| 4 | For the chill of divine retribution , listen to Russ Brown 's 1986 track , ‘ Got ta Find A Way ’ : ‘ I must let you know that judgement is here below . |
| 5 | Led by Hepworth Band they march through the village to Scholes , with stops en route for the singing of hymns . |
| 6 | However the mass at Our Lady of Lourdes , Leasowe , on Saturday November 14 , will also be an occasion for the singing of Byrd 's Mass for Four Voices . |
| 7 | So we are all set up with booze , sex , unrequited love , thoughts of separation , ambiguous sexual status , a grand piano for the singing of old songs and a sniffy Law dispensing trifle with a gimlet stare . |
| 8 | IT WAS Wednesday 8 September 1943 , the second great festa of the year for the Madonna of Fontanellato . |
| 9 | We are always ready to arrange special rates for groups and offer a free place for the organiser with any group of 20 or more . |
| 10 | The events are a good reason for the enthusiasts of this largely non-social past time to gather and renew acquaintances . |
| 11 | But the old religion had elements which prepared its adherents for the symbolism of the new : the death and resurrection of Osiris , the representations of the mother goddess Isis with her son Horus on her lap , the symbol of life in the form of a cross , the Egyptian ankh . |
| 12 | Mr B 's altered appetite — for improvements as distinct from ladies ' maids — is proof of his moral reformation , for the villainy of Lovelace in Clarissa ( 1748–9 ) is signified by his neglect of his country seat ; while the excellence of Sir Charles Grandison , Richardson 's pattern hero , is indicated by his obsession with mortar , creating a little heaven on the earth of his estate . |
| 13 | I turned and started to head for the dunes at a slow run . |
| 14 | He gave instructions for the playground to be searched . |
| 15 | The boys ' physical welfare was by no means neglected : the Headmaster was pleased to accept " what is called , I believe , a wrestling bar , i.e. a horizontal bar with suitable uprights " for the playground from Mr. Emery of Stepping Hill . |
| 16 | Susan Suleiman points out , however , that Iser 's claim for the multiplicity of ‘ correct ’ readings is in fact not borne out by his readings themselves ( Suleiman 1980:24 , cit . |
| 17 | Donleavy tried to make up for it later by arranging a champagne thank-you weekend for the Colemans at the DIA 's expense in an exclusive little Georgetown hotel , but by then they were almost too tired to enjoy it . |
| 18 | Mr had opted for the figure nineteen , for the multiplier in the pleadings in this case . |
| 19 | They were however years of pleasure compared with the five which were to follow , when , with his successor Neville Chamberlain first out of 10 , Downing Street and then dead in six months , Baldwin became a target of resentment for the perils to which the nation found itself exposed . |
| 20 | He put the chicken in a roasting bag and felt in his pocket for the vial of thallium . |
| 21 | Just like Mr Kinnock , Mr Clinton , having ‘ schmoozed ’ for years with the Left-liberal intelligentsia , abetted by a pushy and progressive Glenys-style wife , is determined to shove the Democrats to the centre for the showdown with Mr Bush in November . |
| 22 | But Europe 's Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher will be a happy man if Woosnam and Lyle can maintain this form as both will be needed for the showdown with the United States at the Belfry in September . |
| 23 | On the last day of 1921 the Party Central Committee appointed Feliks Dzerzhinsky , the head of the Cheka and Commissar for Transport , to the commission for the dispatch of food supplies and grain seed from Siberia and the Ukraine . |
| 24 | Once in Siberia he realized that estimates made on paper in Moscow for the dispatch of 250 wagons a day to the Volga were completely unrealistic . |
| 25 | The second reason for the dispatch of Dzerzhinsky to Siberia was to clear up the situation after the Civil War , and to deal with Siberian peasant revolts . |
| 26 | Six weeks should be allowed for the dispatch of tickets . |
| 27 | The US resolution was not supported by the PLO which had pressed for the dispatch of a mission reporting directly to the Security Council ( i.e. not to the UN Secretary-General ) . |
| 28 | At the time of the signing plans were already well under way for the dispatch of a UN Advance Mission to Cambodia ( UNAMIC ) . |
| 29 | I was keen to stay close to Harvey while he made preparations for the dispatch of this agent , but Harvey left the flat before breakfast . |
| 30 | He also used the flower as the starting point for The Tuft of Primroses — Poetical Works , v , p. 348 ff , written in 1807–8 . |