Example sentences of "of [art] [adj] is [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 One of the oddest is the use of libel writs to harass novelists who inadvertently give unpleasant characters the same name as real people .
2 Even more important than the nature of the upper is the midsole , for that is at the very heart of the boot 's performance .
3 One of the earliest is a shell plaque from the Early Dynastic period , c .
4 The whole nature of the aesthetic is the appreciation of each thing in itself .
5 Again , ‘ Insistence on belief in an external realization of the good is a form of self-assertion which , while it can not secure the external good which it desires , can seriously the impair the inward good which lies within our power , and destroy that reverence towards fact which constitutes both what is valuable in humility and what is fruitful in the scientific temper . ’
6 Reinforcing this differential political power of the rich is the argument above that many poor people may feel they have no reason or right to be part of a redistributive society .
7 One of the latter is a book that has become a favourite in the two years since it first appeared in hardback form .
8 But in favour of the latter is the awkwardness of the absence of a preposition before rendering , " they will grow wings " , and the Targum 's " and they will be renewed in their youth like the sprouting ( of plumage ) that rises up upon the wings of eagles " .
9 The most relevant example of the latter is the SORP on the applicability of SSAPs to local government , issued in 1987 .
10 A further detail which supports the view that let evokes the lifting of all obstacles to the event denoted by the infinitive and concomitant actualization of the latter is the tendency for let to form a tight unit with the infinitives of certain verbs : ( 222 ) Kreisler let fall a further heavy hint .
11 An example of the latter is the dealer who has a recourse agreement with the finance company .
12 A good example of the latter is the transference of commands such as E. coli , from the anal area , to the entrance of the female urethra , leading to infection of the urinary tract .
13 An example of the latter is the argument that since we are mistaken about secondary qualities-the real world does not contain red , sweet , and hot things but only certain electromagnetic , stereo-chemical , and micromechanical properties-so we can have no faith in our direct awareness of our conscious events , states , and processes .
14 An extreme form of the first is the fur trapper in the Russian and Canadian Arctic who lays a line of traps across country which he visits once a fortnight collecting the victims who have died a slow and agonising death with one or two legs caught in a gin trap .
15 The defence of the first is an assertion of the second .
16 When he is shown a pair of faces and has to decide which of the two is a celebrity , he performs at chance level , even though he performs almost as well as normal subjects on this task when the faces are replaced by their names .
17 It is found that the former can give rise to convection even when the latter is sufficiently strong that the net effect of the two is a decrease ; i.e. lighter fluid overlies heavier .
18 An example of the former is an orientation towards death denial .
19 In favour of the former is the use of qal with in Jer 49.22 , and " soaring " is undoubtedly an obvious thing for eagles to do .
20 ‘ Each of the above is a contradiction of God 's Word .
21 A good illustration of the above is the manufacturer of bathroom fittings who would normally sell to builders ' merchants .
22 There are many sorts of visionaries , and one of the highest is the sort that forms in the mind a complete system of existence .
23 Our article on the surviving jacket of a King 's Regiment colour-sergeant of the 1820s is the contribution of Lt. Col. A. J. Moore , TD .
24 Thus , it is argued , care of the elderly is a responsibility which should be shared by all , and not one which solely involves statutory services .
25 The claim of the second is a reason against accepting the claim of the first only when the two authorities are incompatible , as are the claims of two governments to be legitimate governments of one country .
26 A favourite composer of Beecham 's was Berlioz , so it 's good to have back in circulation his famous 1957 performance of the Symphonie Fantastique with the French National Radio Orchestra ( CDM7 64032 2 ) coupled with the overtures King Lear , made with the RPO , and the pre-War and still vivid Carnival Romain with the LPO ; even if the recording of the last is a bit confined .
27 One of the assets of the fair is the presence of provincial dealers who gain a London audience during this highpoint in the social and dealing season .
28 FIRST-TIME travellers to America should be aware that ordering a meal in the Land of the Free is an art form in itself , given the copious choice .
29 Smallest of the three is the storm petrel , a sparrow-sized sea-bird sailors used to call ‘ Mother Carey 's Chicken ’ .
30 What set the Tipo apart from the other hot hatchbacks of the Nineties is the fact that it 's big .
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