Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 31 | In the main , however , policing continues to be publicly concerned to prevent and detect individual attempts to steal the property of the citizen and it suits the police 's purpose for their community role to be well broadcast , for on those rare occasions when they have expanded their controls to include the activities of the middle classes , they have found themselves on less certain ground . |
| 32 | Inevitably , as a secular interpretation of morality has superseded that of established religion , so the activities of the social controller have become increasingly important in the drama . |
| 33 | Across the history of policing their need has always been for the light of research to illuminate the activities of the underprivileged and the powerless , rather than focus upon the élite themselves ! |
| 34 | To suggest from within the institution that these influential and powerful units of control are essentially ephemeral and arbitrary constructs , involved in very limited and narrow areas of practice , will almost certainly lead to a rejection of the account ; and the findings are more than likely to be attributed the same metaphorical rejection as the activities of the villains and criminals , as was illustrated in the response to the study undertaken by the Policy Studies Institute outlined above . |
| 35 | General evidence of the activities of that society would be quite sufficient for the time being . ’ |
| 36 | There are scènes d'action in Romeo and Juliet : for example , when Lord and Lady Capulet bring Paris to confront Juliet in her bedroom which merges into apas d'action as she repulses his advances when he tries to woo her ; there is the variation describing the activities of Romeo , Mercutio and Benvolio before they enter the ballroom . |
| 37 | The Anglo-Catholic movement in the Church of England certainly sprang from the activities of Newman and his friends . |
| 38 | The activities of politicians , pop stars and policemen notwithstanding , life for most people is much the same , obviously , whatever decade it is — more or less endurable if you are young , that is , and quite the opposite if you are not . |
| 39 | The activities of its centuries-old rival Debrett 's , which uses its once exclusive name to sell smoked salmon , begin to sound comparatively tasteful . |
| 40 | ‘ But Sky is a major risk which has grown largely because of the activities of the competition , which have forced up the price of the product infinitely higher than we expected or was necessary . |
| 41 | Eric Howe , the Data Protection Registrar , had argued that the activities of the mischievous or curious should not be criminalised . |
| 42 | The minister disappointed some supporters when he confirmed the Government had abandoned plans for legislation to curb the activities of the National Union of Students . |
| 43 | Concern over the trade in wild plants has been heightened by the activities of Henry Azadehdel , who was jailed in Britain this year for smuggling orchids taken from the wild and imported without the proper permits . |
| 44 | in hot countries , the markets are dynamic , and a multinational company ought to seek greater control over the activities of the ‘ middleman ’ — ie over selling . |
| 45 | It was agreed that elections would be held in Zimbabwe , despite the activities of various black guerrilla forces led by Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe , and a constitutional convention was to be held in London . |
| 46 | The activities of both companies were affected by the general economic recession prevailing throughout 1990 and the loss of some machine sites on RAF stations has also reduced RAFAMACS ' revenue . |
| 47 | Here in the social services , which , in volume of resources involved , represent between one-third and one-half of the activities of the state , the question , it seems to me , can not be posed by disconnected , spasmodic pluses and minuses but by presenting a broad and large conception of the manner in which resources ought to be redeployed to meet modern realities , and this will not be done without soberly assessing but boldly facing the in-built obstacles to that redeployment . |
| 48 | The activities of all its record companies , whether they are based in Europe , Asia or south America , centre around recording , manufacturing , distribution , artists and repertoire , sales , promotion , and marketing . |
| 49 | When the union publishes a special Notice in its magazine warning members about the activities of a promoter , record company or contact agency , this not only informs members , it also puts off other unscrupulous operators . |
| 50 | Eliot instances the activities of Dyak headhunters the production of whose carvings is at once a task utilitarian and sacred . |
| 51 | Thereafter , the growing concern over inflation , steep rises in household rates , growth of public spending , and the activities of left-wing Labour authorities led the Conservatives to search for economy . |
| 52 | There are no weekends , every day is a potential workday … rains may interrupt the activities of the men … but not of the women . |
| 53 | The activities of ACAS were as follows : On 31 August 1976 they approached the Grunwick management to start conciliation and were immediately rebuffed . |
| 54 | She first made an impression in an adaptation of J. B. Priestley 's rambling tale about a group of travelling performers , The Good Companions ( 1933 ) , and followed that with Friday the Thirteenth ( 1933 ) , which recounts the activities of a group of characters immediately before the crash of the bus in which they are riding . |
| 55 | The Prudential , like all other financial institutions involved in films , had been put in a panic by revelations about the activities of Max Schach , one of several central Europeans renting space from Korda . |
| 56 | China claims that the Hong Kong Government recently gave a written commitment to limit the activities of the pro-democracy movement in the territory . |
| 57 | We need to lift the problem to a higher level of generality , encompassed by the expression ‘ social control , ’ in a benign sense , in order to provide a unifying concept within which the activities of police and other agencies can be co-ordinated . ’ |
| 58 | The book is by Mr John Day , who left MI5 in 1982 after 24 years in K Branch , responsible for countering the activities of Communist-bloc intelligence agents in Britain . |
| 59 | The DTI showed ‘ lack of a sufficiently rigorous and enquiring approach ’ when looking at the activities of the investment group . |
| 60 | The decline in dolphin numbers in the Punjab is probably largely due to the activities of the local dagori , or dolphin catchers . |