Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The field in front of the cottage was of indefinable colour , the grasses stained with the delicate tones of buttercups , primroses and cowslips . |
| 2 | Part of the battle was over the carcass of 1 Special Service Regiment already alluded to . |
| 3 | In a gallery above the foundry , a quarter sized model of the elephant is for sale for £11,000 , a trunkful of money . |
| 4 | In a gallery above the foundry , a quarter sized model of the elephant is for sale for £11,000 , a trunkful of money . |
| 5 | And the Mark of the Dragon was on it . |
| 6 | The church is to reflect the mystery of the divine communion : members of the church are to be personally related to each other and , through the Holy Spirit , to Christ the head . |
| 7 | There is a plain and severe bell tower to the right , which is later than the main part of the building , and a projecting , half-roofed porch to the left ; the nave of the church is between the two , with its tiled roof sloping steeply down unilaterally from the tower to the porch . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm afraid Charles Wheeler 's vision of the Church is as a vehicle for his own self-advancement , ’ said Theodora with unwonted severity . |
| 9 | One thing I have noticed is that the exterior of the church is in need of repair and redecoration . |
| 10 | The earliest mention of the church is in 1115 when the church and titles were given to the Abbey of St Martin in York . |
| 11 | So , the , the other thing which is er erm , a real problem , partly because of that , is , is when one talks about an increase in in giving , increase in percentage i , or a contribution of the church is in er , we were talking about twenty percent la , twenty one percent last year that would be alright if everybody gave twenty one percent ! |
| 12 | Dáil members would act on a decision of the hierarchy once that hierarchy had said the teaching of the church was at issue , providing of course that the area in question was a grey one , a new territory not previously covered by the generally accepted sacred-profane spheres . |
| 13 | 28:19 ) suggests a later date as the evidence from the Acts of the Apostles suggests that baptism in the earliest days of the Church was in the name of Jesus only ( Acts 2:38 ) . |
| 14 | Despite the repairs in 1958 the walls of Cell-y-bedd had continued to deteriorate and the rest of the church was in poor condition . |
| 15 | Working out the visibility was easier as we did have guidelines here — a tree on the other side of the airfield was at 1,000 yards , a distant farmhouse 2 miles , and if you could n't see the briefing room it was foggy . |
| 16 | Beyond this the practical stress of sanctions is seen as unhelpful in the development and maintenance of law , since the person who is threatened is not only psychologically less open to accepting the ethical demands of law but may indeed by virtue of the threat be under a reduced ethical obligation to conform to the sanctioned law . |
| 17 | In the case of the Hundred Years War , the causes of the conflict were to be found both in the long historic links between England and France , links which were gradually becoming weaker , and in the need to express in new terms the relationship between the two countries ( arguably the two most powerful in western society in the late Middle Ages ) taking into account elements such as national consciousness and diverging methods of government ( to name but two ) which historians recognise as being characteristic of late medieval European society as a whole . |
| 18 | One of the most spectacular parts of the route is on the stretch from Port St Mary to Port Erin where the rocky cliffs soar from the sea . |
| 19 | Part one featuring the first four days of the route is on page 18 and we 'll be publishing parts two and three in our August and September issues , so September might be a good time to do the whole thing — if you can wait that long . |
| 20 | The great strength of the Faculty is in fundamental research into areas of applicable science and the projects conducted by staff in the Faculty receive an outstanding measure of financial support from Government Research Councils and charitable trusts . |
| 21 | The beauty of the flower was for God . " |
| 22 | But this year the condition of the soil is on our side . |
| 23 | On the other hand , in administration terms , suppliers , customers and employees will need to know which part of the operation is in which place and when it will be there , otherwise communication between the different sites may become confused . |
| 24 | ‘ The success of the operation was worth all the suffering ’ |
| 25 | The purpose of the order is of high importance and it deserves the support of the House . |
| 26 | The Secretary of State must be convinced before confirming such an order that the granting of the order is in the public interest . |
| 27 | In all contempt cases , justice requires the court to take account of the interests of at least three categories of person , namely , ( a ) the contemnor , ( b ) the ‘ victim ’ of the contempt and ( c ) other users of the court for whom the maintenance of the authority of the court is of supreme importance . |
| 28 | One way contemporaries sought to curtail the influence of the Court was by securing free and frequent Parliamentary elections , and therefore electoral reform became a key element to the Country platform . |
| 29 | The defendent appealed , argueing that he had been lead to make his statement by being promised bail , and had been mislead by being falsely told that his companion had confessed ; but the judgment of the court was against him . |
| 30 | The other members of the court were of a similar view . |