Example sentences of "the circle [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the circle of a fairy ring . ) |
| 2 | As the bikes bowled down the dark lane , so the circle of the sky seemed to wheel the other way . |
| 3 | A low wooden balustrade was raised on pillars above a tangle of sculpted rock , forming a square about the circle of the lake , the wood painted bright red , the pictogram for immortality cut into it in a repeated pattern . |
| 4 | This happened in the circle of the Pioneers , where many shapes were reworked and new ones created . |
| 5 | Already as a young man of twenty-four he had pressed Eliot 's claims upon his seniors , John Crowe Ransom and Donald Davidson , in the circle of the Nashville ‘ fugitives ’ ; and this initially provincial dispute was played out on a national stage as early as 1923 when , in the New York Evening Post Literary Review , Ransom , with the courtly composure that was to be his hallmark , tried to promote Robert Graves before Eliot , only to be taken to task in the same columns by his younger associate . |
| 6 | Behind her was the circle of the roof and the deeper darkness where … |
| 7 | As she dipped the hook into the web , looped the stitch , drew out the thread , augmented the next stitch to move round the circle of the mat , and repeated the process , sitting in the cool dark room , she considered feats of courage and cleverness . |
| 8 | The circle of the Albret affinity was wide and included most of the lesser seigneurs of the Bordelais and Bazadais . |
| 9 | The circle then disappears wholly , and a glowing red ring of light within marks out the circle of the portal . |
| 10 | So we come back around the circle to the capital side of the balance of payments , and the operationally interesting question : for how long can we expect the world 's savers to make up our domestic shortage ? |
| 11 | The beetles immediately started running around in circles chalking the ground , and falling over themselves as they stretched the tape measure across from one side of the circle to the other . |
| 12 | He then laid the tape across the diameter so that it exactly stretched from one side of the circle to the other . |
| 13 | John heard Cissie Iris , the elder girl , singing a song with the principal boy from the circle during the show . |
| 14 | The church is noticeable for its dowdy appearance , the barely visible fresco of St Peter in the circle above the door and its general air of being run down . |
| 15 | This would have meant putting a safety rail across the front of the circle across the sightline of other members of the audience . |
| 16 | The top right hand corner icon , the circle with a cone in it , represents multi-threaded SQL server . |
| 17 | He was going to take a leak on the girl , but Amelia pulled him out of the circle with a cry of ‘ not on my carpet ’ . |
| 18 | They entered the Circle by the South Gate , the Hearthware lieutenant Dunan greeting them as they arrived , and walked the tired horses with their injured riders up alongside the Rorim 's stream to the Inner Circle , and the Manse with its blue pennants snapping in the brisk wind . |
| 19 | A set of keys is placed in the circle by the teacher . |
| 20 | He also seems to have developed connections with the circle around the prince . |
| 21 | He also seems to have developed connections with the circle around the prince . |
| 22 | The two men had become increasingly resentful of the circle around the king , and their rebellion was specifically directed against the ‘ covetous rule and guiding ’ of this group , identified in the rebels ' manifesto as the family of queen Elizabeth Woodville , the earls of Devon and Pembroke , John lord Audley and Sir John Fogge . |
| 23 | The two men had become increasingly resentful of the circle around the king , and their rebellion was specifically directed against the ‘ covetous rule and guiding ’ of this group , identified in the rebels ' manifesto as the family of queen Elizabeth Woodville , the earls of Devon and Pembroke , John lord Audley and Sir John Fogge . |
| 24 | Before reaching London , Gloucester apparently wrote to the council and to the city 's mayor , explaining that he had taken possession of the prince because the circle around the boy had been inimical to the safety of king and kingdom . |
| 25 | Before reaching London , Gloucester apparently wrote to the council and to the city 's mayor , explaining that he had taken possession of the prince because the circle around the boy had been inimical to the safety of king and kingdom . |
| 26 | Nonetheless , Franco agreed that the Italians could spearhead the attack on Madrid from Guadalajara , as part of an ambitious Italian plan to tighten the circle round the capital by advancing in a south westerly direction towards Alcalá de Henares , where they would meet up with Spanish troops marching north-eastwards from the Jarama , across the Madrid–Valencia road . |
| 27 | Then he moved back towards the circle in the grass on the other side of the road . |
| 28 | He read the letters interlaced with hearts ; he lit a cigarette , exhaled slowly , watching the smoke nudge across the roof until it found its way out into the sky through the circle in the roof like a full moon ; he lifted the door open , and looked across the olive grove . |
| 29 | For instance , there is a contradiction , in a strict interpretation of : ( 29 ) the circle in the left of the picture is essentially another rectangle The sentence could not be a usable part of the language if language adhered to logical conventions . |
| 30 | First , however , the Leader must enter the Circle in the Applause competition detailing the type of project being worked on , and the success of its initiatives . |