Example sentences of "be [art] corner " in BNC.

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1 Dundee United have been the corner shop competing with the hypermarkets of Glasgow , and business has been brisk with pockets of profitability .
2 Would it have been better if it had not been a corner ball ?
3 When one thinks , however , that coming up the Sacred Way one 's first sight of the building would be the corner , the long Gigantomachy stretching in front of one , the combat of the east abutting on it and the seated gods closing the composition at the end , one understands that it is so designed to suit its position ; as the formal archaic structure of the west frieze suits the highly decorated frontally approached entrance-façade .
4 But what Katherine liked best were the corner shelves which housed three miniature cities , carved out of wood and painted by an expert hand so that they evoked future urban landscapes .
5 This testing and results were the corner stone of the startup case which allowed the Unit to begin generating before the end of 1992 .
6 . The canopy was hang directly on cords rather than on side posts there were no corner posts .
7 A popular choice is the corner bath , because although it takes up more floor area than a rectangular bath and runs along two walls , it actually requires less wall length ( typically 1300 or 1400mm ) , allowing more flexibility when planning a moderately sized , squarish bathroom .
8 Nor is the corner to be negotiated by reductions in the privileges enjoyed by trade unions which leave largely untouched their function as monopolistic suppliers of labour .
9 It 's the corner flat in that block on Harrow Road .
10 ‘ The difference between Rough Trade and a major label is that one 's a corner shop and one 's Sainsbury 's , ’ states Jim , wisely if somewhat bleedin' obviously .
11 ‘ I saw the accident and it 's a corner you have to have respect for , ’ Dunlop said .
12 Agnew and Hill combining to get is clear but it 's a corner and that cross caused real problems to Leicester .
13 And a little untidy period of play but here 's Lewis to Ormanroyd Speedy sets it up for Greyson and in it goes again towards Agnew the captain and did that cross the line yes it 's a corner .
14 Thought he placed his hand on the ball anyway he 's got away with it and Phillips at the other end is under pressure from Speedy and that 's a corner off Chettle .
15 Sixty eight , yeah , and that 's a corner shop
16 That 's a corner shop
17 The blessed piece of earth over which float these balloons , over which are poised these acrobats , is a corner of painful Czechoslovakia .
18 Half of a right angular cross is a corner , an arrow .
19 There is a corner of a foreign field alright .
20 Rotting is a corner of busy Lanseria is another ‘ all civil ’ DC-3 , the former African Air Carriers ZS-KEX , with the ‘ Viewmaster ’ cabin glazing modification .
21 A point is a corner of this cube .
22 ‘ All I ask is a corner to warm my cold hands and a sip of milk … oh let me in … ’
23 There is a corner of the churchyard where the grass grows long , and where the suicides , drunks , unbaptized babies and other supposed criminals are laid .
24 It is a corner pub with two entrances , painted red .
25 This is a corner of the Island not yet fully refurbished by development .
26 There is a corner of a frozen field in Scotland … where once a year you 'll find some of the toughest … some of the hardest … some of the wackiest racers in sport …
27 This was the corner to which she had tottered , her mother holding her on white leather reins , her legs encased in knitted leggings whose scratchiness she could still remember .
28 Yes , well cos you see , I mean , you see you begin life as erm your , your shop was the corner shop erm you know the shop was the Co-op and of course erm we always went each week , my brother and I , er to the Co-op for the groceries you see , so it was all Co-op .
29 Tucker 's was a corner shop on Hoomey 's way home .
30 I think there was a corner in the market that had n't been filled and we were there to do it .
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