Example sentences of "[art] [noun] and [verb] " in BNC.

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1 There was no other way in except to walk through the priory , but a stranger would be stopped by the porter and seen by any of the community , be it nun or one of the lay workers .
2 Athelstan turned to the porter and tossed him a silver coin .
3 So I 'm afraid you 'll just have to contain your Aries impatience a little longer — unless , of course , you intend to call the porter and have me put out … ’
4 The extent to which they report the activities and reflect the views of other parties and political opponents varies .
5 They had defined the activities and work committees , carried out a financial review and reorganisation of staff at Radford Park and the recreation ground .
6 Townsend measures deprivation in terms of the inability or incapacity to participate in ‘ the activities and have the living conditions and amenities which are customary , or at least widely encouraged or approved ’ because of a lack of ‘ resources ’ ( 1979 , p. 31 ) .
7 Students , in addition to monitoring progress in their chose pursuit(s) , will be expected to identify the skills they have used in planning , undertaking and reviewing the activities and to recognise the transferability of these skills .
8 In the next attack Toman again ran at the defence and laid the ball off for the supporting Les McJannet ten yards out , but the full back was denied by a last ditch tackle .
9 I think Colin Cooper just got round the side of this a brilliant run from Young good turn and he 's a he 's attacked the heart of the defence and look at Cooper 's position now I think he 's just slightly nearer to the keeper than Laws .
10 ‘ Every day he works with the defence and makes sure everything is tight .
11 Northumberland National Park were pleased at the response and felt it was a very worthwhile event , while in the Peak District 17 schools took part .
12 To endorse the response and to decide how it should be promoted .
13 To achieve more precise control over the response and quantify it , the researchers immobilized the slug by pinning it to a stage and standardizing the tactile stimulus by using a jet of water delivered with a water-pick .
14 By providing this service you can monitor the response and encourage more sales .
15 ( See Hall v Marians 19 TC 582 , Wild v King Smith 24 TC 86 , IRC v Gordon 33 TC 226 cf Lord Radcliffe in Thompson v Moyse 39 TC 29 at 337 ; it is not felt that Harmel v Wright 49 TC 149 at 159 alters the position because if one is " keeping one 's eye " ( p157E ) on the income and benefit it does not find its way to the United Kingdom ( it is hardly the case that the income and benefit " come in at one end of a conduit pipe and pass through certain traceable pipes until they come out at the other end to the taxpayer ( in the United Kingdom " ) ) . )
16 ( See Hall v Marians 19 TC 582 , Wild v King Smith 24 TC 86 , IRC v Gordon 33 TC 226 cf Lord Radcliffe in Thompson v Moyse 39 TC 29 at 337 ; it is not felt that Harmel v Wright 49 TC 149 at 159 alters the position because if one is " keeping one 's eye " ( p157E ) on the income and benefit it does not find its way to the United Kingdom ( it is hardly the case that the income and benefit " come in at one end of a conduit pipe and pass through certain traceable pipes until they come out at the other end to the taxpayer ( in the United Kingdom " ) ) . )
17 All the Official Custodian was doing was receiving the income and paying it over to the charities .
18 Having examined the income and retained earnings statements of the firm , the final way to look at the firm 's financial structure is to examine its balance sheet .
19 He did not speak , stayed in his room and ate there , slept in the daytime and spent many hours listening to the radio .
20 Naps during the daytime and waking up during the night would both increase ; these changes are often observed .
21 Perhaps Tony can go to the College of Music in the daytime and work in a restaurant in the evenings … ’
22 Uranium comes in two isotopes , U and U. It is U that releases energy ; but 99.28% of natural uranium is U. For this natural uranium to be made more potent it must be enriched in U , which means sorting through the uranium and discarding some of the U. A little enrichment — to a U content of 2–6% — is good enough for most reactors , though some can work with unenriched uranium and some research reactors use highly enriched uranium .
23 ‘ We 've discussed the idea of continental championships in each of the disciplines and bringing the best skiers together for a Masters final late in the season .
24 Jacob ducked outside the tent and began shouting for his men to gather around .
25 He lay in the tent and listened to the wind outside .
26 These are usually sewn into the tent and cover the bottom plus two or three inches up the sides of the tent .
27 Charlie marched into the tent and came to a halt in front of the colonel 's desk .
28 They came before the tent and prostrated themselves on the ground before following their chief to prison .
29 Seb ducked inside the tent and saw Jacob Brailey leaning back against a heavy , wooden chest , his arm about a well-rounded girl .
30 " The only fun I get , " he muttered in the voice of a man with nothing left to live for , " is at the end of every day when I have fed the dog and I climb in the tent and change the bandages on my blisters . "
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