Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right again on M completing the four sides of a small square and right into the first leg of the alley again . |
| 2 | They took the corner in a skidding turn , and rocketed into the dark mouth of the alley only a few yards ahead of the second police car , which was racing up from the opposite direction . |
| 3 | Pintsch had become an addict of the hobby early in the thirties , as had most of his friends . |
| 4 | Of course we must have cartwheels and the maiden to whose lot it had fallen to perform this important feature of the dance so very neatly and prettily is recalled . |
| 5 | The freshness and innovation of the dance underground has shown remarkable powers of survival in the face of media attempts to drag it kicking into the mainstream . |
| 6 | His ‘ forest of the future ’ , bar a few outcrops , has been felled and logistics of the battle more comprehensible . |
| 7 | They 're usually purchased over the counter with no instructions , but last week I bought one in a plastic sleeve , on which the following instructions were printed : ‘ This voltage indicator is suitable for testing AC voltage from 100 volts up to a maximum of 500 volts against earth The metal part on top of the indicator must be touched to operate it , and the earthing position of the user largely determines whether it lights up or not . |
| 8 | The identity of the user currently responsible for the DC ( if different from the originator ) . |
| 9 | The sheer abundance of the commercial use of Bruce Weber 's imagery brings us to another feature of the selection here . |
| 10 | 2 Find the area and perimeter of the shape opposite . |
| 11 | It is precisely because of this view that we discover the highest purpose of PATTERN PRACTICE : TO REDUCE TO HABIT WHAT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO HABIT IN THE NEW LANGUAGE , so that the mind and personality may be freed to dwell in their proper realm , that is on the meaning of the communication rather than the mechanics of grammar . |
| 12 | Examples of the contrast most commonly given use relative clauses as in ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , containing a restrictive and a non-restrictive relative , respectively : ( 1 ) silk which comes from Thailand is taxed more heavily than Malaysian silk ( 2 ) silk , which is a natural fibre , incurs less tax than artificial fabrics There are , of course , certain linguistic devices in English which can help to indicate which interpretation is intended ( though surprisingly few , given that the difference in effect can sometimes be considerable ) . |
| 13 | Thus : ( 77 ) This side of the box can mean " the surface of the box that can be called a side which is nearest to the location of the speaker at CT " , but : ( 78 ) This side of the tree simply means " that area of the tree visible from the point where the speaker is at CT ( or the space between that area and that point ) " . |
| 14 | The database is searched by following the ‘ branches ’ of the tree downwards . |
| 15 | What do you think of the tree then ? |
| 16 | And I knew that he had been watching the death of the tree too . |
| 17 | Another adviser saw the purpose of the self-appraisal chiefly in terms of providing documentation and allowing schools to explain what they are doing : |
| 18 | But owing to the rise of semi-literacy ‘ serious ’ hardback novels , and indeed books in general , are nowadays bought on impulse on the design of the jacket alone . |
| 19 | When he woke from an exhausted sleep Greg had — he felt — one piece of the jigsaw definitively in place : the letter from Walter Machin to Hilda dated 2 June 1939 was a fake . |
| 20 | Rachel sits quiet in her corner , putting pieces of the jigsaw together . |
| 21 | Having seen just one or two pieces of the jigsaw , but the police did n't act on one or two pieces they put the rest of the jigsaw together and what did they have . |
| 22 | ‘ You and I — and quite a few of the nightclub staff — will be required to help the police put all the pieces of the jigsaw together , ’ said Adam . |
| 23 | Er , then then it , when you 're looking at the back , unusual part of the Lotus again , you know which page of the manual to go , or all of the help screens . |
| 24 | As soon as we are exposed to light , production of the hormone abruptly ends . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , ’ Southgate declared , as we gathered outside the door of the church again . |
| 26 | He found the back door of the church already open and Mister Tom talking to a tall , lanky man with piebald black and grey hair . |
| 27 | Most Christians would claim that the celebration of the Eucharist is one of the most important moments within Christianity , both in its beginnings at the Last Supper and in the life of the Church today . |
| 28 | In his opening address , Rev Dick Avi , General Secretary of the PCC and Chairperson of WACC 's Pacific Regional Association , stressed the importance of communication in the mission of the Church today . |
| 29 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 30 | Although I do not propose to go into the details of the church here , suffice to say , it struck me as a very curious place with many things strangely out of kilter . |