Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [art] grace " in BNC.
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| 1 | Billingsgate has presided over this decline with all the grace of an oligarchy that sees its power declining . |
| 2 | In its earliest history the building housed the guardian of the eastern gate , but it was taken over by the Fontana family and completely remodelled , a reshaping that was carried out with all the grace of Renaissance art . |
| 3 | Dirk himself is wonderfully animated — running , jumping , climbing ropes and throwing daggers with all the grace of a real cartoon character . |
| 4 | Predictably , a modern dynamic range benefits both the thrilling theatre of that invocation ( culminating in a triple forte cry of ‘ Printemps ’ as powerful as anything in The Rite ) , as well as the still calm of Persephone 's spoken lines rolling off the tongue with all the grace and ease exclusive to a native française , in this case Anne Fournet ( daughter of the conductor , Jean Fournet ) . |
| 5 | With all the grace and spontaneity of a wooden puppet , but in the most civil and soft of voices , he said : ‘ We shall both be delighted if you will . |
| 6 | In some of these shops I observed one or more females , stript of their upper garment , and not overcharged with the latter , wielding the hammer with all the grace of the sex … struck with this novelty , I enquired , " whether the ladies of this locality shod horses ? " but was answered , with a smile , " they are nailers " . |
| 7 | In some of these shops I observed one , or more females , stript of their upper garment , and not overcharged with their lower , wielding the hammer with all the grace of the sex … |
| 8 | ‘ For li the grace of God I am the Reviver of ADORATION amongst ENGLISH-MEN . ’ |