Example sentences of "'s theory [vb -s] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this respect Richards 's theory constitutes a materialist rewriting of the famous theory of the imagination in Chapter XIV of Coleridge 's Biographia Literaria ( Coleridge 1817 : II , 12–13 ) . |
| 2 | Habermas 's theory involves a reflexive moment that was present but unsatisfactorily worked out in the earlier versions of critical theory . |
| 3 | In the last analysis ( as it were ) we doubt whether Althusser 's theory represents a significant step forward from the work of Gramsci . |
| 4 | At this point Cairns-Smith 's theory gets a sort of free bonus of added plausibility . |
| 5 | While Kittay 's theory has the advantage that it allows metaphor to be seen as operating according to the same basic principles regardless of the size of the discursive unit in question , Brooke-Rose 's own examination of the mechanisms of the verb metaphor suggest a view that minimizes dependence on an implicit ‘ proper ’ term outside the text and emphasizes the metaphoric interactions between the terms themselves . |
| 6 | Freud 's theory highlights the way in which social institutions , such as the family , religion , education , law , and political institutions , repress instinctual impulses in people . |
| 7 | Freud 's theory provides a conceptualization of the unconscious emotions which used to operate in religions . |
| 8 | Darwin 's theory provides a classic example of how difficult it is to draw a sharp distinction between ‘ natural history ’ and ‘ biology ’ : the process of evolution must of necessity mediate between the reproductive process that maintains the population and the environment to which the population must adapt . |
| 9 | Although Sag & Hankamer 's theory provides the basis of an excellent account of the considered judgement of literate people , it does not fare so well in explaining their ordinary language comprehension . |