Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As the audience saw themselves on screen they began to ‘ perform ’ for the cameras and within minutes the whole audience was cheering , singing and even dancing in the aisles . |
| 32 | East London was chosen for the pilot because of its high levels of unemployment and diversity of ethnic groups and because of the opportunities provided by financial deregulation and computerisation in the City ( the " Big Bang " ) and Docklands Development . |
| 33 | Can the Secretary of State give the fabrication start date , an important issue for the progress of work for the yard and for the timetabling of entry into service ? |
| 34 | He played numerous cameo roles both on the large and the small screen : in The Charge of the Light Brigade and Hamlet for the cinema and in Hess , Disraeli and Suez for television . |
| 35 | ‘ I suppose it is part of the old wrecking tradition of brandy for the parson and baccy for the clerk but of course it is not legal . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ I suppose it is part of the old wrecking tradition of brandy for the parson and baccy for the clerk but of course it is not legal . |
| 37 | A charter of Charles the Bald in 875 exempted the peasants of St-Philibert , Tournus , in Burgundy from market dues " whether they are trading for the abbey or for themselves " . |
| 38 | The questions involved did not relate to the guilt or innocence of the defendants but whether they had been wrongfully deprived of material which should have been available to them in preparing for the trial and for use at the trial if relevant . |
| 39 | Well , then out came the champagne , but not for him — for the press and for his friends . |
| 40 | An exercise programme is a useful addition for the majority and for certain patients can produce a significant improvement in their physical capacity . |
| 41 | This is an excellent choice for the aquarium and by buying these captive bred animals each of us can contribute to the conservation of an important commercial food animal . |
| 42 | The results represented a success for the Moderates and for two parties who exceeded for the first time the statutory 4 per cent threshold for parliamentary representation — the Christian Democrats ( whose only previous representation had been in 1985-88 when one of the Centre party 's seats was allocated to Christian Democrat in an electoral pact ) , and the New Democracy Party . |
| 43 | The business was able to carry on but the flat he sometimes used was uninhabitable ; he came up to London only on Tuesday nights and " camped out " for the fire-watching while for the rest of the time he commuted between London and Surrey . |
| 44 | Outside , Baker Street was closed down for the weekend except for the Barracuda Club , which had taken over from the original School Dinners restaurant after it moved across the road to usurp the No. 34 Wine Bar . |
| 45 | In 1344 , Edward III swore to emulate King Arthur and founded a Round Table for the knights and in 1348 he established the Order of the Garter , a brotherhood of twenty-six knights . |
| 46 | Entire villages turned out for the spectacle and in Györ , the Bishop himself headed the assembled burghers . |
| 47 | Instead , the work should consider what has culturally negotiated this experience for the artist and for other women whose personal experiences so closely echo her own . |
| 48 | He had raised his glass civilly enough in recognition of Vernon 's presence whenever their eyes had met across the floral displays , and he had always been very effusive if they chanced to meet in the queue for the cloakroom or on the pavement outside the State Restaurant , but he had held his distance in mixed company , had never introduced him , for instance , to Mrs Harcourt . |
| 49 | The ‘ expense incurred in or in connection with ’ the provision of in-house benefits may be either the marginal cost caused by the provision of the benefit in question or a proportion of the total cost incurred in providing the service both for the public and for the employee ( ‘ the average cost ’ ) . |
| 50 | He concluded : ‘ the cardinal rule of library stock control is that both the loan period and the duplication policy should be related to the level of demand for the title and to each other . ’ |
| 51 | But there was some comfort in the figures for the Government and for an already hard-pressed pound , which could have faced another battering if the deficit had been worse than the expected £1.5billion . |
| 52 | ‘ I did the job for the Government and for Britain and I was left with a lot of disbenefits including holes in the fields and a concrete standing area for lorries which I do n't want , ’ he said . |
| 53 | Of course it says things that are uncomfortable for the Government and for local authorities . |
| 54 | Servants were people who worked for the government or for a company : in Kufra 68 per cent , in Ajdabiya 52 per cent of men were government servants , about one third of them conscripts . |
| 55 | Thenceforth he played many games not only for the MCC but for a variety of sides . |
| 56 | The undecided ( Leicestershire and North Derbyshire ) where a majority were early supporters for the strike but within six months about half had returned to work . |
| 57 | The government continued to refuse to talk to the Ulster Workers Council in spite of increasing support for the strike and in consequence the Executive resigned on 28 May . |
| 58 | This might plausibly be dismissed as ‘ Victorian stupidity ’ were it not for the tact that in Britain in 1988 a similar view was actually inscribed in law . |
| 59 | It ascertained that centres had formally sought Scottish Education Department and , where applicable , Local Authority approval , and also considered the resource implications both for the Council and for the presenting centres . |
| 60 | The evidence would suggest that devolution can be seen as a chore for the head or as an opportunity for the school . |