Example sentences of "be [det] [conj] [art] hint " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little or no hint of the compassion and humanity which lay beneath the cool exterior . |
| 2 | There is more than a hint of the search for the philosopher 's stone . |
| 3 | To begin with , there is more than a hint of circularity about Eccleshall 's definition of Conservatism . |
| 4 | There is more than a hint of desperation in this unlikely selection . |
| 5 | There is more than a hint of Art Nouveau in its decoration . |
| 6 | There is more than a hint of truth in what Alastair Hetherington , a former editor of The Guardian was told to explain how one defines news values : ‘ It 's like riding a bike ; if you stop to think about it , you 'll fall off . ’ |
| 7 | There is more than a hint here of the subsequent legislation in restraint of alienation which was to result in the English statute of Quia Emptores ( 1290 ) . |
| 8 | There is more than a hint of classical Greece in the architecture , and the blue river seen through the sand-coloured columns gives it a Mediterranean freshness . |