Example sentences of "[art] wish " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the South , protestant loyalists are accused of subverting the wishes of the majority in the island by not consenting to a united Ireland . |
| 2 | He condemned dancing in every form , even the kitchen dances were sinful and against the wishes of our Church . |
| 3 | Delegates agreed by 3,243,000 votes to 2,859,000 to throw out the NUM 's proposed deadline , which was overwhelmingly supported by last month 's TUC , against the wishes of the trade union leadership . |
| 4 | The acceptance of the tax cut in the House last month , against the wishes of Democratic leaders , has used up much of the good will cautiously built up earlier in the year for a medium-term , bipartisan deficit-cutting campaign . |
| 5 | The manifesto Labour finally adopted in the 1983 election paid deference to the wishes of ‘ greens ’ , unilateralists , Irish republicans , homosexuals of both sexes , and feminists . |
| 6 | Under this Mrs Thatcher and Dr FitzGerald agreed that Northern Ireland would remain a part of the United Kingdom according to the wishes of its majority , but that ministers from Britain and the Republic would meet regularly to review political and security aspects . |
| 7 | He had the merit of going always straight to the point — what is best for Christianity in England ? and besides that the scruples of air marshals , or the wishes of the Dean of York , or the comfort of Bell , or the scholarship of Ramsey , are nothing . |
| 8 | Whether it was the wishes of the archdiocese ; or whether it was the inarticulate growls of air-marshals ; or whether it was the judgement that someone of 73 carries too many years to move to big new work ; or whether someone among Eden 's advisers thought scholarship important for some bishops — Eden rejected Fisher 's preference that Ramsey should go to London . |
| 9 | Has the manager at all times respected the wishes and aspirations of the artist ? |
| 10 | She also resisted the wishes of senior ministers for Britain to set a date for entry to the EMS . |
| 11 | This model , which echoes that used by Oliver MacDonagh to explain the growth in nineteenth century government , relies on a high degree of consonance in the wishes of lawyers and their clients , a not unreasonable assumption given the limited access to divorce in Stone 's period . |
| 12 | They can not exercise it without regard for the wishes of the German people , but neither can the German people act as if the ‘ German question ’ concerned nobody but themselves . |
| 13 | This has added insult to injury of a privatisation carried out against the wishes of the public . |
| 14 | The organisation , against the wishes of B'nai B'rith International , took a public stand against the nomination of Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court because of his anti-abortion stance . |
| 15 | The organisation , against the wishes of B'nai B'rith International , took a public stand against the nomination of Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court because of his anti-abortion stance . |
| 16 | What is most remarkable about this piece is its level of pathos — the company are battling to perform against the wishes of the big , bad man ( on stilts ) in a suit . |
| 17 | ‘ All I want to do is claim what is rightfully mine and ensure the wishes of my brother are carried out . |
| 18 | Though it was not the first hostile bid — Charles Clore and Isaac Wolfson beat it by several years — the aluminium battle was a prototype for future bids in which a buyer made an offer to the shareholders of a listed firm against the wishes of its managers . |
| 19 | Among the manifestations of these attitudes are the statements of some defendants in rape trials , which may show an indifference towards the wishes of women , or a belief that the wearing of attractive clothes or an invitation to coffee is a sure sign of willingness to engage in sex ; and the attitudes of some police-officers in the early 1980s , influenced by any one of a number of assumptions about the prevalence of false complaints of rape , about the ‘ typical ’ rape as an attack by a stranger , about the presence of injuries or bruises in ‘ genuine ’ rapes , and so forth . |
| 20 | Despite the reservations of his trainer he next went for the Melbourne Cup : he started even-money favourite , but pulled his way to the front in a slowly run race against the wishes of his jockey and faded in the straight to finish third . |
| 21 | Often it is our anxiety as onlookers that is the motivating force to ‘ get things talked about ’ , not the wishes of those involved . |
| 22 | If the wishes of the dead person are known , namely if he has made a will , the process will be easier , but it will still take some ti me to go through all the necessary procedures . |
| 23 | We however consider it the best mode of instruction , as we are perpetually saying , that when ever a horse acts agreeably to the wishes of his rider , it should follow that he receive some indulgence from him . |
| 24 | Asked by Congressman Jenkins whether he could persuade his superiors , simply because of his eloquence , to run against the wishes of the Cabinet , North replied ‘ I have no doubt about that . ’ |
| 25 | It was not a ‘ true ’ style because it had not developed within an era to meet a genuine need ; it was merely copying the dead and it ‘ degrades architecture from its high position of a quasi-natural production to that of a mere imitative art ’ , a criticism often levied by professional architects against the wishes of the man in the street . |
| 26 | Once again the declarations of the jurors reflected the wishes and interests of the forest inhabitants rather than the facts of recorded history . |
| 27 | The three women say this is contrary to the wishes of thousands of people who contributed about £3 million to help troops and their families who suffered in the war . |
| 28 | The move has caused immediate suspicion among Belgium 's Flemish-speaking majority that Pierre Godefroid , the chairman of Sabena , has favoured a deal with France in deference to the wishes of the largely Francophone Belgian establishment . |
| 29 | SIR — The reports that Mr Patten , having failed to hold on to his seat in Parliament , might be wheeled out as Governor of Hong Kong ( April 16 ) are symptomatic of the Government 's indifference to the wishes of the people who actually live there . |
| 30 | The outcome of the negotiations appeared to have satisfied the wishes of everyone involved . |