Example sentences of "[Wh det] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a passage in Mr Palomar which plays on the dialectic between speech ( or communicative language ) and silence and which might be taken to foreshadow the structure of the book as a whole . |
| 2 | Many note that the ‘ traditional ’ has been largely replaced by ‘ informal ’ music which plays on the emotions , with ‘ joy ’ being given great prominence . |
| 3 | ‘ Penny Dreadful ’ , which plays at the Old Museum Arts Centre until tomorrow night , is the company 's homage to the film thriller . |
| 4 | The second deals with the relation of Russia to the rest of the world , and includes the existence of an elite of Russians , exiled by the czar , who had become sophisticated socialists , as well as those aspects of foreign policy which played into the hands of the revolutionaries . |
| 5 | There was , of course , a great deal of fun as well , and I made some contribution to the musical life of INSEAD by setting up an 11-piece band which played at the summer ball amongst other events . |
| 6 | It had stepped into a strand of light which played off the darkening face but caught the remnants of the leafy green which swathed the skull , the shoulders and the upper torso . |
| 7 | In what must rank as one of the most homoerotic quotes in the history of football , Jim Steel , a trainer with the Scotland squad which played in the Mexico World Cup said of Souness : ‘ His body is absolutely beautiful . |
| 8 | Discursive ‘ slips ’ such as this create metaphors which play on the identity of signifiers to highlight the multiplicity of signification and its discourse-dependence . |
| 9 | This hotel oozes character from its high ceilinged public rooms and lounges to the fountain with its spectacular sound and light displays which play in the evenings . |
| 10 | We would often decide what to play on the spur of the moment . |
| 11 | Now with the accent much more on playing the rhythm , it is easier to create movements without the fear of what to play on the piano but it is not an easy task to find suitable taped music to enhance the carrying quality . |