Example sentences of "light on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 An analysis and assessment of the findings of previous catalogue use studies may shed some light on the users ' apparent change of heart towards the library catalogue since the advent of online systems .
2 Also from Yale will be another new contribution to Renaissance studies , William Hood 's Fra Angelico at San Marco , discussing the ideals , daily rituals and pictorial traditions of the Dominican monastery in Florence based on an itinerary through San Marco sheds new light on the frescoes and panels .
3 But nice light on the chimneys and on the sky , and throughout the picture really .
4 The union of two separate species may shed light on the processes of pregnancy and gestation .
5 Experiments to throw light on the processes at work must themselves be long-term .
6 536 throw valuable light on the processes by which the authority of the judges evolved in questions relating to rights of audience and the fitness of advocates to plead before them in their courts .
7 Yet such as it is , what I have witnessed has been enough to throw a strong light on the materials I have used , and , for me , has made the dry bones live .
8 A small batch of papers relating to George Johnstone , Dumfries , 1810–16 , casts light on the difficulties of a provincial bookseller .
9 Steve Rodrick 's comments ( Points of View , 4 February ) , together with those of John Palmer today , on recent progress made by the Central Scotland Woodlands Countryside Trust help to shed some light on the difficulties faced by the organisation .
10 Separate figures are available in the OECD reports of the revenue and expenditure of the federal government ; and these throw some further light on the sources and uses of federal government revenue , and of the fiscal relations between the federal government and the governments of the republics and provinces .
11 The minutes and the printed annual accounts of the directors throw further light on the activities at the House of Industry in the early years of the nineteenth century .
12 The research will also seek to identify sources which throw light on the activities and attitudes of the individuals and institutions who brought changes about .
13 For Eliot , Frazer 's work was of an importance paralleling the psychology of ‘ the complimentary [ sic ] work of Freud — throwing its light on the obscurities of the soul from a different angle ’ .
14 Some light on the answers is cast by typical heads .
15 The sunlight falls Upon the surface of the brook , casting diamonds of light on the ripples .
16 The analysis of a series of about twenty family reconstitution studies will throw new light on the changes in the timing and incidence of marriage which were so important , thus complementing and extending the earlier work .
17 Get from French , - " sitting on a branch , in the moonlight — no moon wanted , only its light on the leaves .
18 However , it is not clear that arguments for or against this possibility will cast light on the differences between holists and individualists concerned with social explanation .
19 The truth turned out to be stranger than the legend , and it throws light on the qualities of character which John inherited .
20 He switches on his desk lamp , casting a pool of light on the documents .
21 Leith shows how the notions employed within pragmatics and discourse analysis for the study of conversation can help to shed light on the properties and functions of dialogue in ballads , while Short applies the categories of speech presentation developed for the study of the novel to a corpus of journalistic texts .
22 It sheds light on the origins of modern English , German and the Scandinavian languages .
23 He was a non-active member of the movement , but an analysis of his heavily autobiographical books and novels , in which the first World War is of crucial significance , throws considerable light on the origins of fascism .
24 Excavation of one tomb has also shed light on the Egyptians ' sexual mores .
25 An analysis of the age and sex structure of unemployment and its locational distribution is of value because it may throw some light on the reasons for the growth of unemployment and the policy measures which may be most effective .
26 There are few records , and those available throw little light on the reasons for the high food costs or the labour turnover in the catering sections .
27 This research investigates trends in real wages and the standard of living in Northern England , so as to shed light on the effects of industrialisation , the causes of English population growth , and the origins and economic significance of the home market .
28 We have dealt at some length with these important , if abortive , proposals because they throw a great deal of light on the complexities surrounding the financial control and management of public sector higher education and because they have influenced the subsequent debate concerning the need for some form of central control .
29 The er pleasant background , nice light on the horses , but I find the , the subject matter , you know , okay , it 's okay but it 's not a great competition winning er , picture .
30 Certainly , the middle-brow approach to the consumer marketing campaign throws a certain light on the productions , but it is not necessarily reflected in the character of the shows themselves .
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