Example sentences of "of [art] city [unc] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blanche looked up and searched the sky , seeking some prophecy of success or failure , but found only a sprinkling of stars brave enough to outshine the lemon gleam of the city 's lights . |
| 2 | From one of the city 's belfries midnight chimed . |
| 3 | The army commanders demanded clothing , provisions , horses and other items from the city and to ensure that their demands were met they took two of the city 's Magistrates as hostages . |
| 4 | Like many of the city 's estates , it was built for car factory workers . |
| 5 | Posting some of the city 's bills to another address — ‘ load-shedding ’ , as it is called — is a remedy that appeals to New York politicians . |
| 6 | The plan is the result of a joint study of the future of the city 's railways by British Rail and the Greater Manchester Council . |
| 7 | The theatre was very badly , damaged by the bombings of 1943 and the first of the city 's monuments to be rebuilt , when the original was faithfully recreated . |
| 8 | He had been unpopular in the city since an inquiry in 1321 which led to the curbing of the city 's liberties ; the citizens had probably helped Mortimer to escape from the Tower , and Froissart , who was a Hainaulter himself and may have written on good authority , said that even before Isabella landed she had received secret assurances of support from them . |
| 9 | Most are attracted by the splendour of the city 's colleges , but they also prove a magnet for organised crime . |
| 10 | Joshua 6 ends with a curse pronounced over the charred corpses of the city 's inhabitants , promising anyone who might rebuild the city that he will do so at the cost of the lives of his own children . |
| 11 | ‘ Normal ’ life was not lived there , but it continued to exist in surroundings which were less elegant , while remaining better suited to the everyday needs of the city 's inhabitants . |
| 12 | For years the Labour party has been the victim of the City 's fears of its policies . |
| 13 | Now the government is the victim of the City 's fears of Labour 's policies . |
| 14 | According to one of the city 's laws no man is allowed to make love with the smell of garlic , onions or sardines . |
| 15 | Only his swift conclusion of a non-aggression pact with Poland saved Danzig from a final resolution of the city 's problems in Poland 's favour . |
| 16 | Waves of smell hit you as peasant women cycle past towing brown-encrusted oil drums filled with the precious produce of the city 's latrines . |
| 17 | But she longed for a little more excitement , and fell for the glitter of work as a croupier in one of the city 's casinos . |
| 18 | Failure at the polls had exposed Danzigers to the true state of the city 's finances . |
| 19 | They include Felix Rohatyn , an investment banker , who , as chairman of the Municipal Assistance Corporation , led a rescue of the city 's finances in the 1970s . |
| 20 | As with many of the city 's churches , San Nazaro was gutted by fire in the early Middle Ages , when light could only be provided by open flames and work on roofs meant using braziers to melt lead . |
| 21 | For a frenzied seven months in 1944 , Raoul Wallenberg , special envoy of the neutral Swedish government at its embassy in Nazi-occupied Budapest , waged a perilous struggle on behalf of the city 's Jews . |
| 22 | Richmann had found a couple of his men in one of the city 's bars , and dragged them out to take up position around a junction in the northern poor quarter . |
| 23 | ‘ There are real advantages to the facilities being within a ‘ Manchester ring ’ , ’ admitted Norman Wilkinson , assistant director of the city 's sports and leisures services . |
| 24 | I am confident that we will deliver projects and programmes using all of the city 's assets to do just that . |
| 25 | 75% of the City 's offices are pre-1970 . |
| 26 | Something similar happened in Vienna later , when the Emperor Franz Josef ordered the removal of the city 's walls , and replaced them with the famous Ring , with its parks , university , public buildings and what is now the Vienna State Opera . |
| 27 | But there were only the familiar guard towers , the blunted edge of the City 's walls , the setting sun . |
| 28 | Two measures should do a good deal to grease the wheels of the City 's securities business . |
| 29 | With only about 20% of the city 's beds , the Health and Hospitals Corporation in the early 1980s provided over half of all organised outpatient visits and 40% of all emergency care in the city . |
| 30 | Each of the journeys has been chosen to visit one of more of the city 's parks or quiet areas where the visitor can pause and take stock . |