Example sentences of "fraction of [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chemist can use just such a matrix to trap a species whose normal lifetime is just fractions of a second , and subject it to a longer , closer scrutiny than would otherwise be possible . |
| 2 | The evidence , however , is slim , and the logical conclusion — the two-second or five-second commercial — seems far away ; while so-called ‘ subliminal ’ advertising , using flashes of picture or words lasting only fractions of a second , is not only totally unproven as a technique , but banned in most countries where advertising on film is available . |
| 3 | But these glistening globes , though blown by the panting thousands , lived in that rain of ash only for frustrating fractions of a second . |
| 4 | Visual images flashed on and off at fractions of a second to imprint themselves on the subconscious mind . |
| 5 | Put the following figures in their correct columns , then write each length in metres and decimal fractions of a metre . |
| 6 | One can not reconcile the calculation until it is realised that a clad score equals 21 , and the treatment of fractions of a penny is individual . |
| 7 | You can recreate an electric guitar accurately enough , down to fractions of a millimetre if you want to , but can you recreate the thirty years of wear and tear that 's the main attraction of a knackered old Strat ? |
| 8 | This consists of a very thin , shiny , dark surface layer , measured in fractions of a millimetre , developed on stones and rock outcrops . |
| 9 | Vitamins , unlike proteins and calories , are required in only tiny amounts , fractions of a gram per day . |
| 10 | Fractions of the day |
| 11 | Finally , the annual volumes of Whitaker 's Almanac can be of great value regarding fractions of the day and other matters . |
| 12 | Ploughing serves two purposes : to bury turf and weeds , eliminating competition with the desired arable crop , and to stir and mix mineral and organic fractions of the topsoil . |
| 13 | By about 1850 , the musical map has been drastically redrawn , in the context of the new norms represented by the values of the various fractions of the bourgeoisie . |
| 14 | Apparent contradictions between state actions and the interests of the capitalist class can be explained in terms of the struggles of the competing fractions of the bourgeoisie and the bureaucracy . |
| 15 | Neo-Marxists have gone much further and tend to claim that , in advanced capitalist societies , the state and its various bureaucracies have distinctive levels of relative autonomy from the different fractions of the bourgeoisie and , indeed , on occasion state functionaries can successfully play off one section of the bourgeoisie ( as well as competing classes ) against others , domestically or transnationally , in their own interests . |
| 16 | Rate of charge on capital distribution Where the property was held on discretionary trust before 26th March , capital distributions of the settled property to individuals who became beneficially entitled to it will be charged only the following fractions of the tax that would otherwise be charged on capital distributions of the settled property : These reliefs will also apply where an interest in possession comes into existence in property previously held on discretionary trust . |
| 17 | It 's the fractions of the cake . |
| 18 | The transnational capitalist class , fractions of the labour force , and other support strata that the TNCs have created , will all increasingly identify their own interests with those of the capitalist global system and , if necessary , against the interests of their ‘ own ’ societies as the transnational practices of the system penetrate ever deeper into the areas that most heavily impact on their daily lives . |
| 19 | There are various transnational political organizations through which fractions of the TCC operate , for example , the Rotary Club and its offshoots and the network of American Chambers of Commerce that straddles the globe . |
| 20 | The differentiation or further development of particular fractions of the embryo can be studied in culture . |
| 21 | It is not possible to understand this interesting document until it is remembered that it represents a SHARE of sheep taken over and not a public SALE and then fractions of an animal become acceptable . |
| 22 | Twist drills are sized in millimetres or in fractions of an inch , and are sold in sets as well as singly . |
| 23 | Luckily my father grew tired of this grand scheme and contented himself with firing the odd surprise question at me concerning the capacity of the umbrella-stand in pints or the total area in fractions of an acre of all the curtains in the house actually hung up at the time . |
| 24 | Wherever we have an X in a real live animal , where X is some organ too complex to have arisen by chance in a single step , then according to the theory of evolution by natural selection it must be the case that a fraction of an X is better than no X at all A and two fractions of an X must be better than one ; and a whole X must be better than nine-tenths of an X. I have no trouble at all in accepting that these statements are true of eyes , ears including bat ears , wings , camouflaged and mimicking insects , snake jaws , stings , cuckoo habits and all the other examples trotted out in antievolution propaganda . |
| 25 | Stop time minus Start time but then this needs to be expressed in hours — rather than as a fraction of a day . |
| 26 | So it might be a fraction of a day a fraction of twelve hours a fraction of one hour . |
| 27 | A stepper motor is a very special type of motor that only rotates by a fraction of a turn for each pulse of power that is applied . |
| 28 | On the ground the feeling only lasts a fraction of a second , but it can be more severe and prolonged during flight . |
| 29 | How was it possible that in a single fraction of a second , and for the very first time , she discovered a motion of the arm and body so perfect and polished that it resembled a finished work of art ? |
| 30 | But , in the last fraction of a second , it came to her . |