Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] [conj] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , we are still ignorant of the general magnitude of the selection that produces and maintains adaptations . |
| 2 | The pinkish , dusty core of the tree that remains turns to reddish-brown , then in the following year becomes grey and crusty , and gradually begins to regenerate its corky bark . |
| 3 | An important complement to lemon grass is kaffir lime leaf , the leaf of the tree that produces a wrinkly lime . |
| 4 | This effort to unite what can not be united lies at the heart of the haiku and accounts for some of its tense , sad loveliness . |
| 5 | whether it 's a large economic growth in Europe in places like Milan , Innsbruck er Barcelona , all have these systems where an extra terminal capacity is only part of the jigsaw that 's had to be met . |
| 6 | In summary , the metamorphic gneisses and related rocks give the Outer Hebrides a subdued and undulating landscape , with occasional hilly areas which represent either igneous complexes as in south Harris and eastern South Uist , or ‘ welded ’ gneisses in the vicinity of the thrust as occurs in North Uist . |
| 7 | As eyes adapt to the darkness after the brightness of the Milanese day , the sheer size of the church that emerges from the gloom is enough to enthrall most visitors . |
| 8 | So far from the Church being the possessor and dispenser of the Spirit , as Käsemann would have it with his astonishing reading of primitive Catholicism into Acts ( see Essays on New Testament Themes p.89ff ) , it is the Spirit who energises the evangelism of the Church and drives its often unwilling members into the task for which God laid his hand on them ; mission . |
| 9 | The clerk is secretary to the charity programme of the church and knows the recipients . ’ |
| 10 | The exponent is guided by the directions of the compass and defends each area with a block and counter-attack . |
| 11 | The tape leaps off the inside of the spool and runs into springy coils . |
| 12 | Memory is the part of the computer that stores information . |
| 13 | The part of the computer that translates instructions and makes calculations before giving commands to the rest of the system to make sure that these instructions are carried out correctly . |
| 14 | A strip chart recorder duplicates the reading of the computer and forms a permanent record . |
| 15 | SEVEN people were killed yesterday , victims of the fate that lurks in wait for every driver over this Christmas holiday . |
| 16 | Any form of exercise which increase the speed of the heartbeat and lasts for 15 minutes will qualify . |
| 17 | The funnel described in this chapter makes the animals come out of the soil or leaves so that you can see what they look like and find out how many there are . |
| 18 | The true cats of the genus Felis have a different attachment of the larynx that robs them of this ability . |
| 19 | but if the elderly pensioner does n't read all the solicitor 's correspondence or the solicitor does n't communicate every fact of the correspondence but relies solely on the brochure they 're carrying in their pocket or their handbag the brochure taken in isolation might mislead might it not ? |
| 20 | There 's a cupboard there that 's been ripped open , I mean is that just part of the vandalism that goes on ? |
| 21 | One cause of the cynicism that surrounds the adoption of the convention is the fate of an earlier agreement among the same parties . |
| 22 | There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " . |
| 23 | Cons V.-P. concluded the judgment of the court as follows : |
| 24 | It leaves less to the discretion of the court and has decided on a maximum sentence of just five years . |
| 25 | What I want to point out by this example is that the nature of a solution is determined by the prior definition of the problem that goes with it . |
| 26 | Despite serious and sometimes substantial attempts to provide policy-makers with alternatives , the view of the problem that has ‘ stuck ’ remains that expressed by Hermann Kahn 's central question , ‘ What price are we prepared to pay to deter the aggressor ? ’ |
| 27 | I mean it 's the annual meeting of the council that agrees the finance and everything else . |
| 28 | Apart from that , it is a completely autonomous body , which reaches its own decisions outwith the control of the council and appoints its own chairman every 12 months . |
| 29 | The General Secretariat carries out the decisions of the Council and provides financial and administrative services for the personnel of the League . |
| 30 | Remember however that current affairs and news programmes are rooted in the moment and the particular local concerns of the country that produces them . |