Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exhibition is not simply a display of painted nudes ( and there are only four examples of the male nude ) ; rather , as the introductory text tells us : ‘ All were painted with the nude model directly in front of the artist ’ . |
| 2 | While 28 per cent of the total sample said they are in contact with their solicitors at least once a quarter , it is weighted towards the larger business ( see table 4 ) . |
| 3 | Now , as we have already seen , the externalization of coercion and the failure of the ego to come to terms with its basic instinctual drives in the total state robs it of nearly all its opportunity to experience such triumphs . |
| 4 | During the election campaign Gamsakhurdia 's opponents had concentrated on attacking what they claimed were his dictatorial tendencies ( a week before the election his ruling Round Table-Free Georgia coalition had sponsored legislation passed by the Georgian parliament making it a criminal offence , punishable by up to six years in prison , to insult the Georgian President ) . |
| 5 | And , when the cast of The Hooded Owl met him , they could understand why . |
| 6 | The hooded eyes surveyed her with frank appreciation mingled with amusement . |
| 7 | Perhaps the hooded crows thought it was a game , perhaps they misjudged his skill and speed . |
| 8 | First comes the choral nursery rhyme , linked typographically with the italicized passages placed against the right-hand margin to differentiate them from the rest of the text . |
| 9 | The interim parliament condemned him for acting contrary to the peace process , and for a gross violation of basic human rights ; Johnson had given an undertaking to Sawyer that he would desist from carrying out executions , after previous killings of rebels and civilians . |
| 10 | Martial law , in force since the Feb. 23 military coup [ see p. 38003-04 ] , was lifted in most areas of the country on May 3 , although the interim government retained it in 21 sensitive border provinces and districts . |
| 11 | In the summer of 1945 he began to make more use of the enormous scope that the interim regime gave him to shape the future of the country . |
| 12 | Paul and Sarah Davison retained the junior doubles title they have won for the last two years . |
| 13 | Now the junior minister says she is pleased ‘ that the West Midlands County Council have accepted my proposals for a sensible and reasonable division of responsibilities . ’ |
| 14 | With a final searching look at the haunted image in the mirror she drew herself up with a deep breath and walked down the narrow passage to meet him . |
| 15 | Determined not to hold Penry up , she made her purchases at such speed that she was outside , waiting , when he came striding down the narrow street to collect her . |
| 16 | But even more vividly she recalled her own fall and Silas 's swift leap across the narrow stream to sweep her up into his arms . |
| 17 | ‘ Well ? ’ she pressed him , sitting up and looking at the broad back facing her . |
| 18 | Vernon ; then , on your left , the broad Seine conducts you into Mantes . |
| 19 | The soft lines of the sweatshirt that moulded the broad shoulders gave him an air of easy , masculine power , and the blue almost exactly matched the blue of his eyes . |
| 20 | The declared results remind us more readily of the spoiled world of Genesis 3 than those of Genesis 1 or 2 : ‘ The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth , and upon every bird of the air , upon everything that creeps on the ground , and all fish of the sea ’ ( 9.2 ) . |
| 21 | It was a proud day for ‘ The Tip ’ when the dawning of the 89/90 season saw us amongst the Multivite/Singletons elite . |
| 22 | The company formed to explore the sunken liner said it was carrying out the search with the French Institute for the Research and Exploitation of the Sea . |
| 23 | It is thought that the sound of the approaching steam train and the prevailing gale prevented him from being aware of the electric train 's presence . |
| 24 | If he is n't , it does n't matter what he knows and he can go over my head any day he likes and make the Assistant Commissioner read him the whole report if he wants to . |
| 25 | I asked the Assistant Commissioner to let me go to Helsinki and he refused . |
| 26 | Then the hotel ( ‘ Charlie sent us , ’ ) and the assistant manager drawing her to one side ( ‘ I 'm putting you in a suite for a couple of hours . |
| 27 | The evolution of Nizan 's cultural politics and cultural production after 1934 is consequently the progressive attempt to redirect his originally sectarian cultural views along more accommodating lines . |
| 28 | The highly-athletic Lewis bagged him at 197 , stooping and clutching a low drive . |
| 29 | I have no idea what Satan 's personal appearance is like — if a spirit with virtually no personhood left can be said to have an appearance — but the divine drama knows him for what he is . |
| 30 | On Thursday at the 17th Arnold knocks it up to an identical spot and says , ‘ What club is it , Tip ? ’ |