Example sentences of "shed light on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Excavation of one tomb has also shed light on the Egyptians ' sexual mores . |
| 2 | It was widely agreed that , in contrast to the Thomas affair , the Gates hearings proved a good advertisement for the confirmation process because the intelligence committee kept to relevant matters , avoided leaks and undue partisanship , and shed light on the workings of the CIA . |
| 3 | Recent fossil discoveries , though , shed light on the environments in which the various groups of hominoid emerged and , it is hoped , on their evolution . |
| 4 | Leith shows how the notions employed within pragmatics and discourse analysis for the study of conversation can help to shed light on the properties and functions of dialogue in ballads , while Short applies the categories of speech presentation developed for the study of the novel to a corpus of journalistic texts . |
| 5 | This research investigates trends in real wages and the standard of living in Northern England , so as to shed light on the effects of industrialisation , the causes of English population growth , and the origins and economic significance of the home market . |
| 6 | The union of two separate species may shed light on the processes of pregnancy and gestation . |
| 7 | An analysis of the results should shed light on the workings of the Northern Ireland labour market . |
| 8 | It may also shed light on the standards required for British firms who wish to act as subcontractors to the many Japanese foreign investors in Britain and Europe . |
| 9 | It sheds light on the origins of modern English , German and the Scandinavian languages . |
| 10 | Its use for childbirth was the focus of great controversy , which itself sheds light on the contradictions surrounding the idea of the female . |