Example sentences of "[verb] of [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against critics who had accused him of choosing to write of the sea and lonely islands in order to have greater freedom for his imagination , he protested that his own youth had worn ‘ the sober hue of hard work and exacting calls of duty , things which in themselves are not much charged with a feeling of romance ’ and that if he had any ‘ romantic feeling of reality ’ it was disciplined by ‘ a recognition of the hard facts of existence shared with the rest of mankind ’ , a recognition which , he believed , tried to make the best of the hard truth and to discover in it ‘ a certain aspect of beauty ’ . |
| 2 | It was Metzinger who , in his Note sur la Peinture of 1910 , was the first to write of the fact that Picasso and Braque had dismissed traditional perspective and felt free to move around their subjects , studying them from various points of view . |
| 3 | The document is aimed at stimulating international solidarity , not only with regard to the effects of the refugee crisis , but above all tot he causes of the tragedy . |
| 4 | When the day for her departure arrived nobody could be heard for the weeping and wailing of the girls . |
| 5 | He and Dinah together could make books that would be widely read in scholarly circles ; he would achieve recognition of a sort he had never had before ; in America they would know of no disgrace about him , and in any case he was now married . |
| 6 | Do you really know of a Labrador like that or are you — ’ |
| 7 | Do you know of a company which produces self-supporting fencing which is flexible and can be placed around the pond which is an informal shape . |
| 8 | I was in favour of a world religion — an all-enfolding religion rejecting no one , but I did not then know of a church or religion which would include all men . |
| 9 | Does anyone know of a supplier or second-hand dealer who might have one ? |
| 10 | We do n't know of a UK distributor , but Photon is available in the USA via Phi Technologies , Box 100087 , Nashville , TN 37210 . |
| 11 | Do you know of a source of parts ? |
| 12 | Does anyone know of a signwriter who could paint me a decent menu board for my catering trailer ? |
| 13 | I am just a poor girl ; what do I know of the sea-king 's palace ? |
| 14 | But the two companies did not know of the other 's needs until they were brought together by Darlington Business Link . |
| 15 | He must know of the siege , but presumably did not realise the urgency of their need . |
| 16 | It was something then , to be an artist , and there were people like Gaston around to recognise it , whereas the English , ba , what did the English know of the art of LIVING ? |
| 17 | However , even if Dr. Church and his partners did not know of the operation of that rule , many others in primary health care knew . |
| 18 | What do you know of the case that you prejudge this lady 's guilt beforehand ? |
| 19 | She said : ‘ There was Marius Durance , naturally , and Sabine , of course and … but you would n't know of the others . |
| 20 | Perhaps , however , among the 10 per cent who do not know of the CAB , there are many people in difficulty who might be helped if only they were aware of the service it provides . |
| 21 | Little did anyone know of the furore which was about to break six hours later at Ellis Park . |
| 22 | Just before the official announcement , Sir Lewis had 140 copies of a video distributed around the group , letting staff know of the position and of future plans . |
| 23 | ‘ You will know of the spell , perhaps ? |
| 24 | In Dawson it was held that a reasonable person robbing a petrol station would not know of the attendant 's bad heart . |
| 25 | What did these know of the rest of the city , let alone of planet or galaxy ? |
| 26 | Because he obviously did n't know of the fiction being put about . |
| 27 | This last section of the questionnaire relates solely to training — the opinions were recorded of those who had used the services of the ATB in the past and the expectations of those who , until this study , did not know of the existence of the ATB . |
| 28 | These are practical limits on the beneficiary 's powers , for , although it will not usually be difficult to determine whether a real price was paid , it will regularly be very hard for a beneficiary to show that a buyer did know of the existence of a trust ; and unless this can be shown , no action lies . |
| 29 | The liquidator does not know of the existence of stock records in support of £50,620 , and XY Ltd , in taking over the stock , stated they did not have schedules/lists which would enable them to identify what they took over . |
| 30 | I reject the argument put forward both by Mr. Beloff and Mr. Philipson that the Bank of England will suffer no ‘ inconvenience ’ if they have to apply to vary an injunction before they can set the section 39 process in motion ; in most cases they will probably not even know of the existence of an injunction until after the notice is served ; and it is idle to suggest that , once this present case is decided , no similar points to those taken here by the plaintiffs will be raised in future . |