Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] in [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Official Solicitor should only be appointed if the child does not have a guardian ad litem and there are exceptional circumstances which make this desirable in the interests of the child 's welfare ( Lord Chancellor 's Direction , 7 October 1991 ) . |
| 2 | Both theories entail a shift of attention away from considerations of origin or cause to those of function or effect ; neither is as much interested in the ways in which language reflects reality , as in the ways in which it shapes our perception of things ; both attach central importance to the concepts of system and difference . |
| 3 | It meant fixing on the smiles for the photographers … who were not so much interested in the intricacies of skating as Christopher Dean 's private life recently under scrutiny in the tabloid press . |
| 4 | Because I 'm not just interested in society , which can be thought of in a kind of abstract fashion , but I 'm very much interested in the expressions in ordinary ways of life , in the arts , in literature , in music , of the kind of society that you 've got . |
| 5 | ‘ I did a lot of research into what the characters were like , I was n't so much interested in the facts of the case of the dates and specifics , but , I actually got to know Susan Atkins pretty well , one of the Family members who is now in prison . |
| 6 | One possible alternative means of raising revenue , a graduated income tax , was advocated largely by socialists and as such tainted in the eyes of the main political parties . |
| 7 | About ¥8 billion will be set aside for on-campus LANs for 20–30 national universities , according to a government official involved in the negotiations with the Ministry of Finance . |
| 8 | ‘ The Church has not been much involved in the circles of healing . |
| 9 | This , of course , is an issue very much apparent in the fortunes of local railway lines at the present day . |
| 10 | These are harsh times for all professional seamen , though , and you 'd be concerned at the cost-cutting implicit in the flags of convenience shown by vessels of all sizes — the only port of registry with a British flavour was Douglas in the Isle of Man . |
| 11 | Just as Henry Moore 's career reached its apotheosis with his huge outdoor retrospective in the hills above Florence , so Caro gets the same treatment from the curator of the Moore extravaganza , Giovanni Carandente . |
| 12 | The rifts of the The Fairy Melusina are heavily overloaded with ore ; during the Pre-Raphaelite Period it was admired by certain critics , including Swinburne , who called it , ‘ a quiet , muscular serpent of a tale , with more vigour and venom than is at all usual in the efforts of the female pen , but without narrative thrust ; rather , as was Coleridge 's Serpent who figured the Imagination , with its tail stuffed in its own mouth . ’ |
| 13 | Peasants ' renders in cash , the proliferation of markets , a growing volume of coinage in circulation , are all demonstrable in the reigns of Charlemagne and Louis the Pious . |
| 14 | ( An appreciable increase had also occurred in the late 1970s in the numbers of US servicemen and their families in the area . ) |
| 15 | There was dark-haired Marise , red-headed Paula and blonde Wendy , all involved in the arts in some way , as well as a rather serious and intense kidney specialist from the hospital , Dr Terri Myers , who was separated from her husband and was two or three years older than Tom himself . |
| 16 | These edicts were particularly important for all concerned in the opera-ballets in which the king himself frequently appeared at the climax of the action . |
| 17 | They provide the writers with a language by which they can recognise and communicate their sense of an ineffable being with the dynamic power to transform their lives , and the purpose of their writing is to release that dynamic in the lives of others . |
| 18 | One of those interested in the opportunities for détente was Winston Churchill who was British premier once more and became the first major European statesman to advocate a relaxation of tensions with Russia . |
| 19 | Also , like the liquidator , the administrative receiver can compel those involved in the affairs of the company to provide him with information relating to the company 's affairs and is also obliged to report to the Secretary of State if he forms the opinion that the conduct of a director makes him unfit to act as a director of a company . |
| 20 | The Shipley Gallery in Gateshead has a reputation for being both accessible to its local community as well as to those involved in the worlds of art and design . |
| 21 | Essentially based on war , too , were the martial associations , the orders of chivalry , election to which was itself an honour and a sign of good military reputation , whose members vied with one another in the stakes for further recognition born out of daring and courage shown in war . |
| 22 | That great insight — lost or rejected throughout 2000 years of western history , save for its occasional stirring in the minds of rare individuals uncrippled by centuries of projected dogma — became the touchstone of eastern philosophy . |
| 23 | To refer once again to the unpredicted and possibly counter-productive side effects of the legal reform movement , the effect on the ‘ rules ’ question has been at most unfortunate in the eyes of many basic grade staff . |