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

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1 In the streets they affect the manners of a pantomime dame to gain attention : they pinch men 's buttocks , purposely make buffoons of themselves , but are quick to take offence .
2 ‘ The manners of a bull elephant , ’ was Monica 's elegant description .
3 The fact that the sea waybill is not a document of title in some important maritime jurisdictions such as Great Britain removes it , according to a widely held view , from the purview of the Hague Rules and Hague-Visby .
4 This value is the mean of the group mean of Zollinger-Ellison patients ( 5.9 ) and the group mean of the other subjects together ( 3.5 ) .
5 The hardened wheel of a pipe cutter will give a much neater cut : the adjusting handle is progressively tightened as the cutter is rotated around the pipe .
6 In a windy , cold field in Cambridgeshire , green with winter wheat , half a mile away from where Angela Morgan 's body had been found , a small man with a narrow , turned-down mouth sat smoking his twentieth cigarette of the day at the wheel of a Land Rover .
7 The man had spent about thirty minutes behind the wheel of a Land Rover Discovery like this one … they 'd followed Geoff 's normal route from Banbury to the village of Mollington , onto Cropredy , then back into Banbury .
8 And the result is that more motorists than ever are opting for life behind the wheel of a diesel vehicle .
9 ENVIRONMENT Minister Sir George Young was taking the wheel of a JCB digger to launch work on a new £6 million wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Nottingham today .
10 They show their immaturity as soon as they get behind the wheel of a sports car .
11 He was just as at home behind the wheel of a Sports Car as he was in a Grand Prix car , and his passion for all branches of the sport possible hindered his quest for the world title .
12 Behind the wheel of the tractor Frank Galvone swore foully .
13 I walked over to Mick , who was crouched near the rear wheel of the Land Rover tending the petrol stove .
14 With the slightest of limps I walked to reception to find Kenneth waiting , and after saying goodbye to Candy , we joined José , waiting behind the wheel of the hotel limo .
15 In two days at Snetterton , first in the company of Benetton 's Formula One driver Martin Brundle and then at the wheel of the Snetterton school 's racing cars , I found that the limits of my own prudence , dependability and , even , sanity were disturbingly slim .
16 He grew up in a depressed community and would never forget what he saw there : ‘ I used to watch the wheel of the pit spin round year after year , after school and Saturdays and Sundays ; and then from 1926 on I watched it not turning at all , and I ca n't ever get that wheel out of my mind . ’
17 Paula was behind the wheel of the Mercedes moving at between 140 and 160 k.p.h. — about ninety miles an hour .
18 The track had become a shallow river : the clay had been eaten away from the broken rock and pebble surface , and the front wheel of the motor cycle kicked continuously against the handlebars .
19 George Walker , founder and big wheel of the Brent Walker empire , has made use of a refinancing package to save the leisure-based company , but there are rumours that Brent Walker might also have to sell off assets .
20 Better cirrhosis of the liver than.a bullet in the head .
21 They were also aware of an even deeper change in the texture of Christianity : it had become the religion of a warrior nobility whose values and culture it had necessarily to absorb in the process of Christianizing them .
22 Neither the religion of the school chapel , nor the religion of a puritan church , satisfied .
23 Neither the religion of the school chapel , nor the religion of a puritan church , satisfied .
24 [ John Trevor , My Quest For God , 1897 , The One Life , 1909 , ‘ The Labour Church in Manchester ’ , New Era , 1892 , and ‘ The Labor Church : Religion of the Labor Movement ’ , Forum , 1895 ; C. H. Herford , Philip Henry Wicksteed , 1931 . ]
25 Turner follows Radcliffe-Brown 's classic analysis of the religion of the Andaman Islanders which was first published in 1922 and heavily influenced by Durkheim and the French school ; he sees the luxuriantly rich ritual and symbolism of the Ndembu as providing socially integrative forces compensating for the lack of a unitary political structure .
26 The hermetic atmosphere in which the election was conducted was a celebration of the monotheistic religion of the market system , the diminishing of our capacity to change the world , the extinction of social hope .
27 The firm 's Beverly Hills and New York outlets continue with business as usual including ‘ The Art of William Blake ’ in New York from November to December , with a catalogue by Martin Butlin of the Tate Gallery .
28 The extent of the disqualification depends on the precise offence-Representation of the People Act , 1983 , Part III .
29 The risks of a court case also have to be in the forefront of your mind .
30 The main threats to the group are political , including the risks of a trade war , selective US taxes on foreign companies , and VAT on UK food .
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