Example sentences of "in [art] affairs [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the record since 1945 suggests that it is highly improbable that the British people will play anything like the major role in the affairs of mankind in the twenty-first century that they have done so frequently , if often unavailingly , in the course of the twentieth . |
| 2 | That the House of Commons , which had its share of agnostics and non-Anglicans , should order the Church how to worship God was an interference by the State in the affairs of the Church , just where those affairs were sacred and touched the conscience . |
| 3 | Those who are interested in the affairs of Church and State will observe that , at two of the three crossroads of Ramsey 's life , it was the State authority which secured the result . |
| 4 | One such issue since the Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964 has been the degree of influence of leading Zanzibari politicians in the affairs of the mainland government and party , and the status of Zanzibar in general . |
| 5 | ‘ There is a tide in the affairs of man , which taken at the flood , leads on to … ’ heaven knows what and where . |
| 6 | Dorothea wondered why that should preclude her concern in the affairs of others . |
| 7 | I am not a prying woman , I have never really been interested in the affairs of others , I would never examine the contents of their drawers and cupboards and bathroom cabinets , as Isabel did , wherever we went to stay . |
| 8 | These higher-order shaikhs had no power to intervene in the affairs of component lineages , although again , as senior and widely connected men , they had other roles which could entitle them to express an opinion . |
| 9 | They had no sanctioned power to intervene in the affairs of their members , but only to represent them to outsiders . |
| 10 | What finally shook the edifice apart were not so much domestic events as Gorbachev 's abandonment of the Brezhnev doctrine of interference in the affairs of the Soviet satellites . |
| 11 | The increased range and penetration of government activity , the tendency for specialised administrative departments to function with little political control , the growing complexity in the affairs of trade unions and other voluntary organisations which led to greater dependence upon professional experts — all these made it imperative that the general public should be better informed than ever before . |
| 12 | It is also a signal to other European nations that Northern Ireland is anxious to participate fully in the affairs of the Community . |
| 13 | His friend Max Jacob was just about to be received into the Catholic church when he became entangled in the affairs of Modi and Beatrice . |
| 14 | Participation in the affairs of State and open discussions of political matters must now be tempered by the need for survival between the testing conditions of competition abroad and what results from the State 's reactions to these conditions , the resentments of the population at home . |
| 15 | The final compromise proposed a federation of self-governing territories , defined by nationality , the scattered territories of each nationality to be united in a national council with complete authority in the affairs of that nationality ( which were defined as cultural and linguistic ) . |
| 16 | The US — and to a lesser extent the USSR — will probably wish to maintain their capability to exert military force worldwide , to influence , and if necessary intervene in the affairs of other countries . |
| 17 | The prospect of such a season of leisure towards the decline of life , is one of the strongest motives to a man to go steadily on year after year with the drudgery of business ; indeed without it , the complete absorption of many men 's minds in the affairs of the world in the early and middle part of life would be hardly justifiable . |
| 18 | While his involvement in the affairs of the West Bank , in co-operation with the PLO or with Israel , could prevent things boiling over , he had good reason to remain involved . |
| 19 | Although Burn had never been very active in the affairs of the Institute , his career had long been the subject of interest and indeed curiosity . |
| 20 | With England once more stabilized , it could now afford to look beyond its own divisions and take a role in the affairs of Europe . |
| 21 | The election of a councillor is the principal step towards taking an active part in the affairs of the council , but a second step is necessary . |
| 22 | ‘ There is a tide in the affairs of men |
| 23 | What is more , officials in the department have become more , not less , involved in the affairs of companies . |
| 24 | Upon leaving the Institution , he was apprenticed to a bookbinder but this did not satisfy his ambitions , and he began to take a leading part in the affairs of the deaf . |
| 25 | To this day , the Royal Association for the Deaf ( R.A.D. — as it is now known ) retains a considerable influence in the affairs of deaf people in London and surrounding counties whilst the B.D.A. has poor support in the region . |
| 26 | He spent a career as a local government officer and was active in the affairs of the Methodist Church . |
| 27 | Surely there 's a tide in the affairs of men which taken — ‘ |
| 28 | It enables a voice to be given to interest groups which ought to be heard and , possibly , even exercise influence but which otherwise would lack a sufficient say in the affairs of the nation . |
| 29 | In substance , the Church of England is now self-regulating and Parliament 's role in connection with its legislation little more than a throwback to the days when the established Church had a more substantial role to play in the affairs of the State . |
| 30 | Here Gandhi is reinterpreting the traditional notion of mok a or liberation which is the pursuit of individual salvation or mok a by the practice of austerities ( tapas ) and the renunciation of all involvement in the affairs of the empirical realm . |