Example sentences of "[art] players " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , my son , who is a keen supporter of Brighton and Hove Albion Association Football Club ( The Seagulls ) , and who frequently goes to the sports centre of the University of Sussex to watch his team at their indoor training , was surprised the other day to see two figures distinctly older than the rest of the players . |
| 2 | Fast and furious ice hockey action combines with the human drama of the players in this Canadian/French production . |
| 3 | Even the players themselves are getting concerned although they put it in slightly different terms . |
| 4 | The will point to his agreement , however reluctantly , to the introduction of the Compaq Grand Slam Cup last year — the ITF 's official end of the season competition — which offered $2m to the winner and $6m overall , more than double the amount on offer at the ATP Championships and which even some of the players , including Boris Becker and John McEnroe , described as exorbitant . |
| 5 | Also in an ideal calendar , the Grand Slam Cup should be brought forward to the end of October , 4–5 weeks after the US Open , which would not only give the players a brief chance to relax but then to prepare for the ‘ tour finale ’ on an indoor surface . |
| 6 | Their argument is that it is good for the tournament , a s well as the players concerned , if as many as possible of the higher ranked competitors survive the early rounds . |
| 7 | They also claim that the players have ‘ earned ’ this protection by the performances in the rest of the year which have brought about their rankings . |
| 8 | Each offers slightly different and more appropriate benefits to the players , so that the individuals have a secure platform from which we hope they will make serious bids for international success . |
| 9 | The only people who can change the situation are the players themselves . |
| 10 | She always mentions them in her winner 's speech but maybe the players taking part should take a moment to think what makes it possible for them to perform , and maybe say ‘ thank you ’ for all the years of loyalty from these people , instead of getting away from them as fast as they can . |
| 11 | So all the players that I teach have to be very strong . |
| 12 | The players will have to do this work . |
| 13 | Over the years , most of the players I have taught at all levels have benefitted from sensible practice , that is , well-organised drilling . |
| 14 | The players ' marquee has grown larger and more grand , with chandeliers installed this year . |
| 15 | These musical phrases give continuity to the action and are most valuable because they help both performers and audience to understand how moments in the story or theme affect the players . |
| 16 | It is the conflict between the players in any drama which heightens or when necessary relaxes the tension necessary for a climax to the plot . |
| 17 | Many reckon the enormous cost , estimated to be as much as £10 billion , is too great for most of the players in the current economic climate . |
| 18 | occasionally one feels , as a teacher , rather like a soccer referee who , having blown his whistle for the kick-off , finds the players disconcertingly reluctant to make a move and is reduced to dribbling the ball himself furiously from end to end , scoring brilliant goals in undefended nets , while the motionless players look curiously on . |
| 19 | While the officials , commentators and chess groupies then lingered over an enjoyable buffet , the players and their seconds rushed off to put the finishing touches to six months of preparations . |
| 20 | For the players , there was the prospect of returning to their day jobs with £50 in their pockets , for the landlord there was a healthy night 's takings and for the crowd , even those who had stayed in the bar all evening , there was a nasty ringing in the ears the next morning . |
| 21 | The only man capable of stopping his flow of boundaries was Dickie Bird , who took the players off for bad light for quarter of an hour at 5.30 . |
| 22 | Nicholas was sympathetic : ‘ He is only as good as the players we give him . ’ |
| 23 | Defeat for the Welsh All Blacks , particularly at the fortress that is The Gnoll , is a rare occurrence , hated by the players , frowned upon by the coaches and detested by the increasing army of fans who continue to pack the ground . |
| 24 | Some even applauded the players at the end . |
| 25 | You have to play according to the players you 've got , ’ he said . |
| 26 | SCOTLAND scored a crushing 20-5 victory over England in the Players ' Association international at Carlisle . |
| 27 | Yet another Pakistani , the former world champion Jansher Khan , was rather prematurely in the news for being rebuked by Chris Dittmar , the president of the players ' association , for allegedly being too demanding of the tournament organisers . |
| 28 | ‘ We can never re-create Australia but if the French were calling the side the Lions it would have been an appropriate thank-you to the players . ’ |
| 29 | It remains background music , and not just because , in Keith Turnbull 's tidy production , the players are neatly packed away behind Gavin Semple 's wonderful , octopoid hotel boiler . |
| 30 | Such was the importance placed on the result by the players themselves that team manager Sue Mappin felt she was able to describe the win as a ‘ huge boost ’ . |