Example sentences of "light [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was off the road on a forest track , little-used and thick with dead leaves , and he was watching the failing light through the branches of the trees overhead . |
| 2 | Like most nocturnal hunters , it possesses a highly developed optical system that can reflect the dullest ray of light through the pupils . |
| 3 | On a beach in Bangkok-Ivoire , feeling the sun 's heat pushing light through the grottoes of her muscles and bones , with the sky a great raft of blue , Jezrael watched two girls build a sand-elephant beyond the sun-danced lapping blue of the Indian Ocean . |
| 4 | A bird tweetered in the grey light through the blinds . |
| 5 | Malos also said social workers needed to realise children were indirect victims of domestic violence : ‘ A lot of evidence is coming to light about the effects of domestic violence on children even if they are not the objects of the violence . ’ |
| 6 | The bed beside her was empty , but there were men in the yard : she could see a glimmer of light between the shutters and hear a flotsam of voices now and then , when the wind died . |
| 7 | She snapped off the light between the beds and lay listening to the night . |
| 8 | Isaiah declares that God 's servant , whom Christians recognise as Jesus Christ , will be ‘ a light for the Gentiles ’ and that God himself ‘ will ‘ beckon ’ them , calling them forth to be part of his purposes of salvation to the ends of the earth' ( Isa. 42.6 ; 49:6 , 22 ) . |
| 9 | She rose quickly and lit the candles , all six of them which was wasteful , but she needed to be in the light for the shadows in the corners frightened her . |
| 10 | And Quiksilver insisted on good light for the shots . ’ |
| 11 | The wide windows provided light for the looms inside . |
| 12 | In a corner of the Salon Imperial of the Hotel Intercontinental , Paris , Harriet Varna braced her back against a statuesque pillar and looked steadily into the viewfinder of her camera , concentrating on her subjects so fiercely that she was almost oblivious to the electric atmosphere that surrounded her , bouncing off the Viennese décor and the sumptuous rococo ceiling along with the heat and the light as the models of the House of Saint Laurent moved gracefully along the hundred yards of catwalk to display the new season 's couture collection . |
| 13 | Mercier and Baker ( 1985 ) ( see also Baker and Mercier 1982a ) report the results of an extensive and thorough series of experiments ( using the conditioned suppression procedure and a clicker and a light as the stimuli ) , none of which yielded any indication that the S1-S2 procedure diminished the magnitude of latent inhibition . |
| 14 | ( 1976 ) have found that pre-exposure to a tone and a light presented serially generates less latent inhibition than pre-exposure to the target stimulus presented alone ( a result also reported by Szakmary , ( 1977 ) in a study using a noise and a light as the stimuli ) . |
| 15 | The sky was bright , the distant grumble of thunder died away and the sun shone , striking light off the puddles that had gathered from the downpour . |
| 16 | This sits easily with the view summarised earlier that there are " facts " in the world , recorded in various ways , and the task of research is to gather the appropriate ones in light of the resources and circumstances affecting the particular research project . |
| 17 | Some further factors which must be considered in the light of the studies of inversion of Carboniferous section presented here are the consequences of : |
| 18 | The problem is not only to apply this principle , but also to respect its limits , in relation to the facts of particular cases in the light of the authorities . |
| 19 | ‘ ( 2 ) In the light of the provisions and principles of Community law and in particular ( but without limitation ) the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of nationality , the right of establishment and the requirement of proportionality , is a member state entitled to stipulate that in order to be registered in and entitled to fly the flag of that member state , a fishing vessel : ( a ) must have its legal title vested as to 100 per cent . |
| 20 | ‘ ( 2 ) In the light of the provisions and principles of Community law and in particular ( but without limitation ) the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of nationality , the right of establishment and the requirement of proportionality , is a member state entitled to stipulate that in order to be registered in and entitled to fly the flag of that member state , a fishing vessel : ( a ) must have its legal title vested as to 100 per cent . |
| 21 | The primary issue before Thorpe J. was whether , in the light of the provisions of section 8 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 , and the fact that W. was by then 16 years old , he had any jurisdiction to make orders concerning W. 's medical treatment which conflicted with W. 's expressed wishes . |
| 22 | Finally , every provision of Community law must be placed in its context and interpreted in the light of the provisions of Community law as a whole , regard being had to the objectives thereof and to its state of evolution at the date on which the provision in question is to be applied . ’ |
| 23 | The research aims to monitor the law on illegitimacy in the light of the provisions which are to supercede it under the Family Law Reform Act 1987 . |
| 24 | This is consistent a more optimistic view of future economic performance that is appropriate in the light of the counties economic strategy . |
| 25 | Today , in light of the obligations of Article 102 of the United Nations Charter , it could perhaps be argued that each member State has constructive notice of the treaty obligations of all other members and therefore must be deemed to have notice of any restrictions upon treaty-making power . |
| 26 | There are doubts over the efficacy of the safeguarding arrangements , particularly in the light of the difficulties of ’ policing ’ the system . |
| 27 | This may be so , but in the light of the difficulties inherent in the decision , the very clear decision in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 and the equally clear statement in Reg. v. Morris [ 1984 ] A.C. 320 that the question whether a contract is void or only voidable is irrelevant , I have been unable to reach any other conclusion . |
| 28 | A head develops a particular structure in the light of the decisions which have to be made and the people he/she believes should be involved in making them . |
| 29 | These interpretations can be reviewed and considered in the light of the aims of the self-advocacy movement , with the question being posed — does this interpretation of normalisation and the implications for professional practice appear to support and facilitate the open-ended processes of growth emerging from the advocacy movements ? |
| 30 | A fortiori , the requirement for all owners to reside and be domiciled in the United Kingdom can not be justified in the light of the aims of the quota system . |