Example sentences of "is at [art] heart " in BNC.

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1 But one must remember that the divergent reading of the Christian myth by Reformation and Counter-Reformation is at the heart of the religious as opposed to the rough interpretation of the conflict .
2 Kermode sees this change — which is at the heart of what I am writing about — as having radical implications for letters , comparable to such things as the advent , first of printing and then of cheap paper ; the bourgeoisie 's greater leisure for private reading ; and the abandonment by circulating libraries of the three-volume novel , which had been the favoured vehicle for fiction during much of the nineteenth century : Kermode exaggerates a little , I think ; nothing in the establishment of university English is as important as the innovations in culture and technology which established the book in its modern form .
3 This unequal balance is at the heart of the Muslim ( and Syrian ) demand for political reform in Lebanon , a demand which General Aoun will only accept , he says , once the Syrians have left the country .
4 Yet political feeling , rather than ideology , is at the heart of all great opera .
5 The human egg as centre of fertility is at the heart of Sweeney Agonistes and of the rites on which it is patterned .
6 The first two tasks , though hideously difficult , were at least relatively straightforward ; the third posed the problem which is at the heart of Peter Dennis 's book : whose law was to be restored and what civilian authority should take over ?
7 Developments in Tanzania in the mid 1970s were , however , to end in the direct contradiction of this injunction , a contradiction which is at the heart of Tanzania 's tendency towards an authoritarian state .
8 Her role is at the heart , the core of the civilisation .
9 The Pastor smiled a little wryly , ‘ It is called a unitary family , now , and unitary families are under attack in certain quarters , but the family is at the heart of our religion and our civilisation .
10 This irony is at the heart of the British Museum 's witty and challenging exhibition , ‘ Fake ?
11 Judaism recognizes the tremendous power of women 's sexuality , and it is the acknowledgement of this power that is at the heart of many of the Jewish laws concerning women 's lives .
12 To turn three pages of essay into 77 pages of story looks suspiciously like the kind of redundant ornamentation that Steiner suggests is at the heart of what is wrong with Western values .
13 Size is at the heart of it .
14 The Grey Coat Hospital School , a comprehensive in Westminster which takes girls from all areas of London , is at the heart of the political arena .
15 And Kinnock himself is at the heart of the alternative establishments .
16 We have ensured that Britain is at the heart of Europe ; a strong and respected partner .
17 The need to define the boundaries of obedience is at the heart of Richardson 's novel .
18 Second , differentiation theory as developed here envisages no mechanism for generating acquired equivalence , whereas secondary generalization between two stimuli on the basis of their both having associations with some other , common event is at the heart of the mediation theory .
19 So the happiness of God — the happiness that is at the heart of the universe — is in the eternal relationship of the Father , Son and Holy Spirit .
20 This looking towards God is therefore the life of contemplation , which is at the heart of the truly Christian life .
21 Police determination to control the volume and the effect of picketing made movement around the country and demonstrations at collieries extremely difficult ; ‘ much secondary picketing was prevented from taking place , effectively or at all , by police action rather than the intervention of the civil courts , and it is this factor that is at the heart of complaints that the police broke the strike , or were used to break it ’ ( Wallington , 1985 : 148 ) .
22 Oxford Youth Theatre is at the heart of Pegasus Theatre and is for 14–25 year olds living in Oxfordshire .
23 And directed rather than aimless living is at the heart of Christian discipleship .
24 Mutuality is at the heart of the Godhead , ‘ the divine litany , the Father to Son to Spirit communication that is going on in the life of God himself . ’
25 It is its impact on teachers and their style that is at the heart of the matter .
26 It is well to share this perception that learning is at the heart of development because , even after nearly three decades of activities in the NHS , development is still associated by many managers with ‘ going on courses ’ .
27 Scriptural authority , or rather the lack of it , is at the heart of the difficulties experienced , for example , by The Churches ' Fellowship for Psychical and Spiritual Studies .
28 After all , Mnemosyne is , by Zeus , mother of the muses and goddess of Memory , which is at the heart of pretty well all states of mind .
29 The belief that Sizewell will make electricity cheaper is at the heart of the CEGB 's economic case .
30 This may be an exaggerated view of the public 's overall reaction , but it is certainly not of a vocal minority : It is this pursuit of utopia which is at the heart of the reason why anyone concerned with buildings should understand and take into account the impact of planning control .
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