Example sentences of "by [art] powers [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blood of childbirth and menstruation , which follows a passive and unstoppable cycle , can be construed ( by the powers that be ) to fall within this category , and so it is required that cultural regulation step in with restrictive legislation . |
| 2 | In December , a software firm in Osaka whose product was deemed ‘ obscene ’ by the powers that be was raided and its stock of ultra-graphic porn ‘ games ’ confiscated . |
| 3 | It was most fortunate that a young Cambridge biologist called Mark Pryor was extricated by the powers that be from a searchlight unit and sent to Farnborough to take over this work . |
| 4 | You assume , in your issue on Underground Work ( NI 173 ) that the relationship of the individual to the state is both natural and inevitable , and that it in some way presupposes fair treatment of the citizen by the powers that be . |
| 5 | We must hope that it will prove sufficiently attractive to tourists , so that , like several of our own rural lines , it is kept open mainly for its summer traffic , allowed by the powers that be to run even out of season , and can continue to serve its area . |
| 6 | At present we 're limited by the powers available under the Trustee Investment Acts nineteen sixty-one , this sets out the amounts which we may invest in narrow and wide ranges of investment . |