Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 From the mid-1970s onwards a number of factors began to threaten the continued existence of this ‘ single capacity ’ system :
2 Despite a turnover of plants in the 1960s and early 1970s , employment was maintained until the mid-1970s when a CDP study estimated it at about 4800 of whom 50% were women .
3 It might , it might be though cutting the hedges back a little bit .
4 Variable wing geometry would cut the dangers down a little … but there are still CATs up there which could tear anything like a conventional aircraft apart . ’
5 He had a good knowledge of Scotland , particularly the bagpipes , and I am sure if I had offered to go along to Brigade HQ to fetch my bagpipes he would have had me marching up and down the orchard playing his favourite tunes , much to the consternation of the other Commandos , and possibly the annoyance of the Germans just a short distance away .
6 Although Mr Salmon had already told me that we had declared war against the Germans almost a year ago — none of us having heard of Archduke Franz Ferdinand — we only found out how serious it was when a lot of young lads who had worked in the market began to disappear off to ‘ the front ’ to be replaced by their younger brothers — and sometimes even sisters .
7 From the Garrimpos Just a few miles down stream , the silvery waters of the Cristolino flow into the Tellisperos river , and vanish , stained by it 's burden of silt .
8 This sequence closely matches the final shot of The Birds when a car turns left in the distance and is seen no more .
9 Fell from a second-floor window smack down on the flagstones not a yard from where you 're standing .
10 From the old way I took the track down to Whernside Manor and Deepdale Methodist Chapel , crossing the road there and taking the path through the woods where a millstone propped against a tree is all that remains of the old mill that once stood here .
11 Then they had an open patch of land to cross before reaching the shelter of the woods about a hundred yards away .
12 Well that one really is I mean cos I see them up in the woods quite a lot
13 On the very day that the Garotter 's Act became law , the essential distinction between right and wrong faltered appreciably in the pages of The Times where a disturbance was noted at Cremorne Gardens which had resulted in some upper-class rowdies being heavily fined .
14 A specific terminal must be allocated for use by Offline at the times when an offline run is to be conducted , as defined by the Offline Manager .
15 ‘ Estimated risk ’ will be used for the cases where a person is making an estimate of risk while not actually in a situation to experience the risk they are estimating .
16 In the cases where an expired insurance certificate is produced a question such as ‘ have you any other insurance for this motor vehicle ? ’ is advisable .
17 We can juggle the hours around a bit to fit in with other things . ’
18 The assessment commonly takes as its main form one or more visits to the client and clarificatory discussion with them of the reasons why a service is being sought and of the implications of providing it .
19 We will then either send you a full response , or if your complaint needs further investigation by a third party or a site visit , an acknowledging letter explaining the reasons why a full response can not be sent immediately .
20 This is one of the reasons why a loft conversion is classed as a ‘ material alteration ’ under the Building Regulations .
21 This is one of the reasons why a designer 's life is a hard one .
22 Applications , stating the reasons why a grant is requested and giving a curriculum vitae and the names of two academic referees , must reach the Principal by 31 January 1992 .
23 That 's one of the reasons why a removal man when he comes into the place does n't start with one room , upstairs shall we say , and f empty that room then empty another , because he 's looking for sizes and shapes that will fit .
24 However , if the settlor can control the investments etc a point may be reached where the line has been transgressed .
25 It was not felt appropriate to raise this as a direct question to the authorities so an application was made to Namibia for an amateur radio licence for a Dxpedition to the Penguins .
26 Pedro Fernández Dittus was not , however , required to spend time in detention but merely to present himself to the authorities once a week .
27 If the geometric domains are to be described by their orthogonal excursions in the local space of the objects then a pin forced to the bottom of a hole will have a five boundary touching condition .
28 The Lazio player was the scorer of one of the goals when a more orthodox Scotland side lost to Germany in Sweden by a larger margin during the European Championship .
29 That magic could be both proto-scientific and protoreligious is most transparent in the literature of the Paracelsians where a critique of traditional , Galenic medicine was developed within a magical philosophy that demanded an initiation into the secrets of chemistry .
30 They were about to climb the steps when a voice suddenly sang out : ‘ Good morrow , friends ! ’
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