Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [vb -s] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In conclusion , the argument that the duty of directors to act only in the interests of the shareholders operates to ensure that the will of the shareholders is implemented by the management of the company is fundamentally flawed because the directors have considerable discretion in defining exactly what the interests of the shareholders are . |
| 2 | We find similar striking juxtapositions in the finale of the ‘ Jupiter Symphony , where the contrast between the signs helps set off two of the five main motives of the movement : the angular four-note motive with its downward leaps of a 5th and a 7th is marked throughout the movement by strokes , and the linear , stepwise ascending six-note motive is marked throughout by dots . |
| 3 | But the first reason was religious : ‘ part of the leiges has taken new opinions of the scripture , and has done against the law and ordinance of holy kirk ’ . |
| 4 | Her rise through the ranks has surprised her . |
| 5 | For example , the proportion of elderly People living in the cities seems destined to rise , and many of these will be single-person households . |
| 6 | Since then , as has previously been noted for interregional migration , the composition of migration streams from the cities has become even more highly skewed towards the better-off . |
| 7 | This concentration of the more disadvantaged within the cities has fuelled debates about the combined issues of the extent of multiple deprivation in the cities and the relative severity of that deprivation within the various cities . |
| 8 | Increasing unemployment in the cities has had all kinds of unfortunate consequences : it reduces demand for such services as retailing , while at the same time increasing pressures on public-sector provision ; and social services , housing training and education encounter increased demands for certain activities . |
| 9 | The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities has declared itself a potential purchaser but is apparently negotiating on the asking price which is said to be $2 million . |
| 10 | The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities has assumed the role of publisher and co-owner of the journal RES Anthropology and Aesthetics , a joint venture with Harvard University 's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology . |
| 11 | The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities has acquired , almost certainly from the artist 's daughter Vittoria , a large part of the personal archive of the Italian Futurist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and his wife Benedetta . |
| 12 | Thus the courts were clearly subservient to the commands of the Communist Party , although it should be noted that the degree of independence available to the courts has varied over time : in the 1930s it was minimal , but after 1956 it became greater . |
| 13 | Interpretation of the maps has begun , and an evaluation of their utility for land-use planning will be completed shortly . |
| 14 | The call of the birds has made it seem good |
| 15 | One of the " Greek Serenity " plans attempts to subsume them under " tragedy itself " ; a memorandum elsewhere suggests rewriting them ; another of the plans seems to omit them altogether . |
| 16 | Opposition to the proposals has centred on plans to sell ITV franchises to the highest bidder , and the reduction in programme obligations for commercial TV . |
| 17 | I suspect it is no accident the politics of the times seems to parallel the growing toughness of the police image , or that the police have taken on an increasing resemblance to the black-clothed enemies of goodness who sprinkle the popular science fantasy films such as Star Wars , Superman , and the like . |
| 18 | If the Times wishes to have a go at a book , then at least the paper should choose one that is worthy of shot and shell . |
| 19 | The success of the groups seems to depend not so much on the Japanese " group culture " but on the motivating effect of any group . |
| 20 | The day was a resounding success and achieved some local press coverage if not as much as hoped for and of course there is the sponsorship money which the groups has raised for Amnesty . |
| 21 | The Save The Children Fund programme with the motorcycles has made a very big difference to the number of visits that health assistants can make to villages . |
| 22 | Certainly there have been cases after Alladice , including the one in which these remarks were made , where infraction of the rules has led to the resultant evidence being declared inadmissible . |
| 23 | Recently the use of photolysis in matrices with plane polarized light and the subsequent recording of the polarized infrared spectra of the products has given important additional information about the structures of unstable intermediates . |
| 24 | The breakage of the teeth has produced two distinct types of damage : the splitting described earlier has progressed to cut whole sections of the teeth away from the rest ( Fig. 1.5C , D ) , so that the crowns of the teeth are split longitudinally , and this produces split molars ( Fig. 1.5C ) as defined in Table 3.10 . |
| 25 | In the past twenty years the population of this town has almost doubled and the number of cars using the roads has trebled , making that quote much much more topical . |
| 26 | The miller down the ages has made his own peculiar contribution to the low esteem in which he was held . |
| 27 | Mankind throughout the ages has produced what we call the Holy Ones . |
| 28 | In the opinion of the deputy judge the operation of that Part , concerned as it was with giving the authorities powers to secure compliance with or detection of evasion of the Act , came to an end when they had secured sufficient evidence to justify a charge . |
| 29 | Through the population policies of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany we can recognise broader aspects of social policy relating to the economy and the creation of a disciplined mass society with the states attempts to repress and coerce the population at the same time . |
| 30 | So the role of the federal government in financing the states has increased immensely and you might think that carries with it certain political implications and it does , but it 's important to understand how small this is compared to the total picture . |