Example sentences of "as [art] [noun prp] de [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was never quite so successful an undertaking as the Bois de Boulogne , because the army insisted on retaining part of the area as a training ground and artillery range , but it had lakes , waterfalls , grottoes and cafés in the same way as its more chic counterpart . |
| 2 | W. de Brail' is almost certainly identifiable as the William de Brailes named in five Oxford property deeds of c .1230–60 . |
| 3 | They were known as the Garonnais de plaine and the Garonnais de côteau , respectively , until 1922 when the Quercy , which had Limousin blood at the turn of the century , became separate . |
| 4 | Two bison , painted 15,000 years ago in a cave known as the Grotte de Mayrieres near Bruniquel , France , were virtually erased when Boy Scouts decided to give them a spring clean under the impression that they were graffiti . |
| 5 | From about 1205 onwards , the Plantagenets began to exert tighter control over them by granting them the constitutions known as the Etablissements de Rouen . |
| 6 | One of these , which you can go round , is known now as the Maison Louis XIV , because that remarkable king lodged there in 1660 when he came to Saint-Jean to be married to Maria Theresa , the Infant a of Spain ( the bride stayed across the road in a charming pink brick and stone house known ever since as the Maison de l'lnfante ) . |
| 7 | To the right of the cirque there is a large indentation or cleft in the rim known as the Bréche de Roland ( see Plate 3 ) . |
| 8 | Leaving Lake Como via the Porlezza Pass we soon reach Lugano , often referred to as the Rio de Janeiro of the Alps . |
| 9 | But this volcanicity also testifies to the great tensional stresses that were still affecting Europe , producing vast fissure eruptions and long straight lines of volcanic cones , such as the Chaine de Puys near Clermont Ferrand ( plate 8.2 ) and the puy-like volcanoes in the " Czech Auvergne " on the west side of the Bohemian Massif ( plate 8.3 ) . |
| 10 | Educational courses run by these religious groups , such as the Sociedad de Senoras de la Caridad de San Vicente de Paul ( founded 1892 ) , place great emphasis on the need for social integration and obedience to God 's will . |