Example sentences of "[art] [noun] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Hosts : Dog , cat and fox Site : Small intestine Species : Uncinaria stenocephala Distribution : Temperate and sub-arctic areas ; the " northern hook-worm " A small worm , up to 1.0 cm long , it possesses two cutting plates on the border of the buccal capsule ( Fig. 38 ) and at the base a small pair of teeth .
2 Since the mid-1970s a growing number of privately owned small psychiatric hospitals has been established .
3 Generous sizing allows room for movement and another thermal layer underneath if desired , making the shirt a functional garment for the outdoor enthusiast .
4 This gives the retailer a clear picture of how much is being spent , and on what .
5 It may be possible to close the accounts a few days before completion and open separate bank accounts .
6 The parallels between the methods used to suppress unrest in Lhasa and those used to put down the student-led demonstrations in Peking made the award a double indictment of China 's human-rights record .
7 ( 2 ) Where a competent objector desires to object in relation to any application , he shall , not later than seven days before the meeting of the licensing board at which the application is to be considered : ( a ) lodge with the clerk of the board a written notice of objection which be signed by the objector or his agent and shall specify the grounds of his objection and ( b ) intimate his objection to the applicant in the manner provided by subsection ( 3 ) below , and an objection shall not be entertained by the licensing board unless it is proved or admitted that such objection was intimated to the applicant as aforesaid .
8 When combined with the sensitivity and psychic state of the experiencer a whole range of possibilities opens up .
9 During the reign of the pharaohs a popular contraceptive for Egyptian women was a pessary made of elephant and crocodile dung .
10 ‘ Is the trenchcoat a running gag by the way ?
11 At the time of the preliminary naval bombardment the Turks had only two divisions at the Dardanelles ; these had been raised to four when the naval attack began and six by the time Hamilton made his first landings , giving the defenders a numerical superiority of six to five divisions .
12 If this is the case a two-day fast on fruit juice and water will break the cycle .
13 This latter formulation would give the courts a greater scope for substitution of judgment , with the additional risk that they would not have to articulate their rationale as clearly as under the heads of purpose and relevancy .
14 Distinguishing between public and private places caused the courts a great deal of difficulty .
15 In the corner of one of the courts a small figure of Queen Nefertari is depicted standing by the feet of a colossus .
16 While the courts are chary of ‘ trespassing upon the province of Parliament ’ , because of the doctrine of the supremacy of Parliament , it appears that Parliament is not so willing to accord to the courts a rightful province upon which Parliament should not trespass .
17 In research completed this year , one of us ( Randles ) has shown that the ‘ mystery helicopter ’ is a typical UAP and has verified in the field a substantial number of Persinger 's postulates .
18 This approach holds the promise of making the computer a valuable resource in teaching throughout the curriculum .
19 Any further hold up to the Spittalburn stretch will cost the taxpayer a six-figure sum for each week 's delay .
20 The IRA 's bombing campaign cost the taxpayer a staggering £102.5m in compensation claims over the last 12 months .
21 The IRA 's bombing campaign cost the taxpayer a staggering £102.5m in compensation claims over the last 12 months .
22 The Bulgarian Communist Party renamed itself the Bulgarian Socialist Party on April 3 , calling the decision a clean break with " the dictatorship of the time before Nov. 10 , 1989 , which was a dictatorship not only over the people , but over the party as well " .
23 In practice , where a public company has a wide spread of shareholders , a significant minority shareholding may give the holder a decisive degree of influence over the company 's activities .
24 In view of the approach taken by the courts to this implied term it is probably fair to regard it as imposing on the seller a separate obligation to pass to the buyer a good title to the goods .
25 In the churchyard a fresh grave with flowers laid in memory of the victims …
26 Norway and Sweden announced on Aug. 6 that they would not contribute to an appeal for assistance to relieve the effects of the drought , in protest at the purchase a few days before the launch of the appeal of a US$29,000,000 presidential aircraft .
27 Not only was the chart a perfect picture of a fire with consequences way beyond structural damage , but the repetition of the Queen 's horoscope made clear that this was an event targeted at the heart of the monarchy .
28 But both Pound and Lewis were American or Americanized enough to have on the contrary a professional attitude to their respective arts , in the quite precise sense that they saw the continuity of art traditions ensured by the atelier , the master instructing his prentices .
29 On the contrary a free-wheeling interview with direction changes as key points emerge can yield unexpected but valuable evidence .
30 There were still to be found on the roads a vagrant population of Celtic wanderers from Scotland or Ireland , and those who followed the travelling occupations like chapmen , pedlars and itinerant entertainers , as well as the true travelling people , the gypsies and tinkers .
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