Example sentences of "play [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lend a hand and play the game ? ’ |
| 2 | If it is the simple physical characteristics of a stimulus that play the key role in generalizations about behaviour , then we might expect to find patients who have lost the ability to lip-read and lost the ability to judge expression , but not patients who have lost only one of these two abilities while retaining the other . |
| 3 | Peter McEnery and Dorothy Tutin ( above ) play the middle-aged ex-lovers who iron out the wrinkles and get together just in time for the final curtain . |
| 4 | They could choose when to study what and play the rest of the time if they chose . |
| 5 | Tomorrow , England play the Dutch and on Sunday , Australia . |
| 6 | England 's women play the Soviet Union tomorrow and again on Sunday . |
| 7 | England play the Soviet Union at Luton and Leicester 's game at Sutton Coldfield was an early postponement . |
| 8 | The Welsh All Blacks , too , have an imminent engagement with their NZ counterparts , three days before the tourists play the Scarlets , and for both sides today 's game is vital preparation . |
| 9 | As you can see , if West had led his last spade dummy would have been forced to ruff and successfully play the ace of clubs . |
| 10 | I play the tape and make my judgement . |
| 11 | Bolton play the same sort of attractive passing football as Swindon under the influence of Ossie Ardiles . |
| 12 | They play the standard all-American folk-rock-country fusion , with the guitars dressed up with a dash of accordion , harmonica and brass , and they write good , solid songs that are tuneful , stirring , but never wildly original . |
| 13 | A new film from Argentina , Maria Luisa Bemberg 's version of Octavio Paz 's life of Sor Juana , a 17th-century Mexican nun and poetess , proves how successfully foreign actors can be integrated with a national cast : a French actress and a Spanish star play the leads . |
| 14 | Mark ended his address by saying , ‘ The European and international trade war is really between those Governments who fix the rules of the game to suit themselves , and those who play the game according to Treaty of Rome rules . |
| 15 | I told her that we already had the tape and that she would have nothing to do but be there and play the role . |
| 16 | ‘ Jim Smith has done a tremendous job at Porstmouth , ’ says Lyall , ‘ They play quick-pass football and any team who play the ball early can always create space . |
| 17 | Managed by former Test captain Jackie McGlew , they play the first of seven matches on tour today . |
| 18 | The British , who play the Americans in three more Tests as part of their extensive preparations for Barcelona , dominated for much of the match , but their poor shooting form , combined with a great display by the home goalkeeper , denied them . |
| 19 | ALTHOUGH the biggest crowd today will be at St Helens to watch the runners-up play the champions , Wigan , more relevant fixtures take place at Bradford and Hull KR as the fight for First Division survival approaches its climax , writes John Whalley . |
| 20 | The four-to-eleven year olds learn through play the safe and correct way to behave in the mountains ; whilst eleven to fifteen year olds are taken on short excursions . |
| 21 | It is the beliefs of which we can be most certain , Newman argues , that play the least significant part in our lives . |
| 22 | You will have seen , with as much surprise as pleasure , a child of nine play the harpsichord like the great masters ; & what will have astonished you even more was to hear from trustworthy persons that he already played it in a superior manner three years ago ; to know that almost everything he plays is of his own composition ; to have found in all his pieces , and even in his improvisations , that character of force which is the stamp of genius , that variety which proclaims the fire of imagination & that charm which proves an assured taste ; and lastly , to have seen him perform the most difficult pieces with an ease and a facility that would be surprising even in a musician of thirty … . |
| 23 | Now let's turn to the other thing you could have done ( look at the left hand column ) , play the COOPERATE card . |
| 24 | There airport bookstalls play the role of the railway bookstalls of Victorian Britain and they carry a far wider range of books than those of England 's railway stations today . |
| 25 | Crows , like the ones that hover round the summit of Buchaille Etive Mor , could fly in a pyramid formation and play the trumpet and walkers would still look the other way . |
| 26 | His sterner companion comforted him : ‘ Play the man Master Ridley . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm glad I was able tae lend a hand , ’ said Sheila modestly , adding to herself , ‘ After all , that 's what Brownies try tae do — ‘ We 're the Brownies , here 's our aim , Lend a hand and play the game . ’ |
| 28 | These are good musicians , they also know that they play the adagio too quickly . |
| 29 | Coastal waters have suffered most , yet they play the most important role in the chain of life as that is where the majority of marine species spend at least part of their lives , for example in the North Sea many fish have been found to suffer from skin infections , deformed skeletons and tumours . |
| 30 | Of course , my upbringing was n't exceptional ; all parents play the guilt game . |