Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The mood of that enquiry was romantically scientific , so to speak , impelled by a search for technicality based on a confident assumption that science had provided the arts with a lasting model of analytical objectivity .
2 In 1954 work began on the deserted Das Island to build a base for personnel working on a mobile drilling platform in the Arabian Gulf .
3 Consequently , in classical and medieval times , there was no radical inconsistency between description based on the accurate observation of empirical reality and continued belief in a world of fable , inhabited by otherworld monsters .
4 The case for foot rests on the presumed equivalence of contrast between foot and query , in 17 :
5 Protocols specified the level of " economic convergence " required for states to embark on the third and final stage of EMU .
6 Apart from any sense of injustice which it might create between one plaintiff and another , it would make it even more difficult for counsel to advise on the correct figure for settlement .
7 The company is also hoping for permission to develop on a nearby abbatoir site .
8 Experimental evidence for chaos based on the mode-splitting instability was first obtained by Casperson in 1978 { 10 } : the route to chaos was not studied in detail , except that period-two was observed .
9 Small doses are also the intended viewing pattern for the recently produced ‘ British Art in the 20th century ’ a video programme produced for schools based on the Royal Academy 's British Art in the 20th Century exhibition .
10 By now the tendency for manufacturers to concentrate on a single site was apparent , and many of the smaller mills , such as Inchbrook , fell into disuse .
11 The novels enjoyed a limited success , but because most novelists were concerned at the time to redefine the relation of the individual to society in terms of changing values , it was all too easy for readers to focus on the social dimension of Brooke-Rose 's fiction and to overlook those aspects which can in retrospect be seen to prefigure the problems and techniques of her later work .
12 after sun soaking on the sandy Levante beach , it 's only a 200 metre walk to the hotel .
13 The twice-weekly Carers and Toddlers Club for 1½–2½-year-olds concentrates on the visual arts ( collage , clay , drawing ) There are stories , too , for the eight children and parents .
14 Dewlike drops of moisture formed on the dry grass , and rose upward through the air as if powered by the jolts in our chest .
15 It was not raining , but droplets of moisture condensed on every cold surface and Wycliffe could taste the salt on his lips .
16 The report , endorsed by chief nursing officer Yvonne Moores , says : ‘ It is recommended that priority should be given to the achievement of change based on the systematic and structured methodology provided . ’
17 Two years ago the Chartered Institute of Building embarked on a five-year Strategic Plan to develop a more influential role in the building industry in both the United Kingdom and overseas .
18 Instead , the naked corpse of Hauser lay on a central table , the chest cavity spread open , and several organs glistening purply on gleaming dishes to either side .
19 I pulled it out , sat on one of the armchairs , and with a feeling of unreality started on the right-hand lock .
20 Thus a valuation or any other kind of decision made on an erroneous principle should fall with proof that the principle is erroneous .
21 These figures are of course calculated on the nursing agency rates .
22 How much you arrange a CheckOver for , will of course depend on the extra cash you think you need .
23 These two amounts do not represent the upper and lower limits of the possible amount of the benefit — what is actually paid will of course depend on the possible bonuses added to the policy .
24 This argument of course relies on the questionable assumption that eye movements adequately describe the distribution of attention to a stimulus .
25 Professor Atiyah has argued that in England notions of fairness and equa-lity of exchange , coupled with liability based on reliance or the receipt of benefit , were replaced after 1800 by the notion of contract based on the expressed will of the parties , and liability grounded on promises ( offer and acceptance and the intention of the parties ) .
26 Similarly , those who claim that Foucault removes the possibility of resistance as such miss the point : all that he downgrades is a theory of resistance centred on the individual subject as sovereign agent .
27 ‘ You played it for her , you can play it for me ’ : MacWeek expects Apple Computer Inc this month to announce a software only information server code-named Bogart that simplifies and accelerates text search and retrieval ; the thing will use agent technology to enable users to perform English-language queries with Boolean operators and proximity searches of text stored on a central server or on CD-ROMs and will deliver ‘ smart relevance ’ search results , ranked by pertinence to the user 's query ; searches can reportedly occur on demand or at user-specified time intervals .
28 How is the difference between elements of text indicated on the suggested display :
29 These general classifications , of course with some cases of overlap , take us some way in the analysis of groups based on a single art or on two or three related arts .
30 It is also important to create what I call a maternal genealogy to add to the paternal lineage which the current histories of art canonise — the succession of geniuses passing on the Olympic torch down the ages , man to man .
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