Example sentences of "[art] [noun] a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the mid-1970s a growing number of privately owned small psychiatric hospitals has been established . |
| 2 | Generous sizing allows room for movement and another thermal layer underneath if desired , making the shirt a functional garment for the outdoor enthusiast . |
| 3 | This gives the retailer a clear picture of how much is being spent , and on what . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ( 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 . |
| 6 | When combined with the sensitivity and psychic state of the experiencer a whole range of possibilities opens up . |
| 7 | During the reign of the pharaohs a popular contraceptive for Egyptian women was a pessary made of elephant and crocodile dung . |
| 8 | ‘ Is the trenchcoat a running gag by the way ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If this is the case a two-day fast on fruit juice and water will break the cycle . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Distinguishing between public and private places caused the courts a great deal of difficulty . |
| 13 | In the corner of one of the courts a small figure of Queen Nefertari is depicted standing by the feet of a colossus . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | This approach holds the promise of making the computer a valuable resource in teaching throughout the curriculum . |
| 17 | Any further hold up to the Spittalburn stretch will cost the taxpayer a six-figure sum for each week 's delay . |
| 18 | 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 " . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In the churchyard a fresh grave with flowers laid in memory of the victims … |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | On the contrary a free-wheeling interview with direction changes as key points emerge can yield unexpected but valuable evidence . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Linda Lee , Development Officer , Renfrew District Project , Alzheimer 's Scotland The AIMS of the specialist day care unit are as follows : a To provide a respite break to the carer and give the sufferer a positive place in the community where something positive can be put back into their lives and improve their awareness on a day-to-day basis . |
| 27 | The face that came before his eyes was Diana 's , soft-featured , full-cheeked , the mouth dimpled at its corners , the eyes large and dark brown , the hair a rich mass of chestnut-brown silkiness . |
| 28 | Both allow programs to pretend that they are connected to a PostScript printer and so offer the user a wider range of typefaces , GoScript comes with emulators for both the basic four-font and extended eleven-font sets . |
| 29 | ‘ The situation in which a surety is required to give a guarantee or charge property to secure the liability of a debtor to a creditor is on the authorities a fruitful area for the exercise of undue influence , particularly by the debtor over the surety to obtain the guarantee or charge the debtor needs to satisfy the creditor . |
| 30 | She got out of the taxi on Des Voeux and handed the driver a crumpled fistful of Hong Kong dollars . |