Example sentences of "to write a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As part of the course , she has to choose a subject of her own about which to write a paper ; one of her difficulties is to know how to form her own views , not just copy already received opinions . |
| 2 | For the latter catalogue Barr chose the Surrealist writer Georges Hugnet to write a historical essay , but it was Barr 's intelligent advocacy and choice of works that made the show such a significant affair . |
| 3 | The novel Lust for Life by Irving Stone , published in 1934 , is the most famous of these productions , popularising a vein of interpretation established early in the century by some of Van Gogh 's first advocates , such as the taste-maker Julius Meier-Graefe , who defended Van Gogh in 1906 , and went on to write a book in his praise in 1921 called Vincent . |
| 4 | Colvin had known Burne-Jones , and was persuaded to write a preface for a London gallery show . |
| 5 | The catalogue of the earlier Italian schools was written by Martin Davies , and published in 1951. the strength of the gallery 's holding of works by Giovanni Bellini made it worth the author 's while to write a preliminary note about difficulties of attribution : |
| 6 | His Postscript evokes the aim of a white-coated Doctor Kundera ‘ to solve an aesthetic problem : how to write a novel which would be a ‘ critique of poetry ’ and yet at the same time would itself be poetry ’ . |
| 7 | Levi explains that he had amused himself by writing a ‘ Western ’ and that he had wanted to write a hopeful book . |
| 8 | He initially mistook his interest for an academic one and outlined plans to write a book . |
| 9 | Francis Thomson , the man who for nearly twenty years has been promising to write a biography of Alan Blumlein is once again appealing for more material on Blumlein . |
| 10 | His aim is simple : to write a series of commentaries on the novels of Jane Austen which would say everything that could be said about them , from every conceivable angle : |
| 11 | Certainly , any academic who wants to write a book on a canonical author , topic , or period , is likely to get a contract without very much formality ( particularly if it has to do with ‘ women ’ or ‘ theory ’ , or ideally both ) . |
| 12 | This is not the case , though , if the proposed subject is outside the catchment area of school and university examinations , as Terry Lovell discovered when she offered to write a book on Gissing for a leftwing series , which had asked for one on Jane Austen . |
| 13 | Fed up now with being a domestic skivvy , he is seen typing out the goodbye letter before leaving for Marrakech , where he plans to write a novel based on their sex life . |
| 14 | Pupils are required to write a biography of Herbert Whitley , the zoo 's founder , to give an account of the explorations of Christopher Columbus , Captain Cook and David Livingstone , to study a species of animal in depth and to produce an organised diary of their week . |
| 15 | ‘ How would you like to have to ask for a penny to buy a stamp if you wanted to write a letter ? ’ she would ask . |
| 16 | In 1982 the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee asked him to write a paper on the Falklands , which was considered a most notable contribution to the debate in this area . |
| 17 | To write a really successful ‘ introduction ’ to a subject like modern international law , demands a quite unusually catholic and thorough knowledge and experience of the whole subject . |
| 18 | It should be impossible to write a boring book about Goldwyn , but Berg comes close . |
| 19 | There is spiritual value in the very handling of its primary elements to write a little song or dance , even an exercise ; even , as Bruckner used to show his classes , in a fifth or octave struck at a piano . |
| 20 | His great ambition , however , is to write a ‘ real ’ travel book in the Colin thubron or Paul Theroux style . |
| 21 | In the latter case the policewoman has to write a report on the child for the superintendent to determine whether or not prosecution should follow . |
| 22 | He did not start writing the book because he wanted to write a book . |
| 23 | He meant to write a book about it . |
| 24 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to write a very tough letter to the editor in defence of Ramsey . |
| 25 | At York he was able to write a weighty book , From Gore to Temple , which traced changes in Christian thought in England during the last eighty years . |
| 26 | My attitude is that if somebody has taken the trouble to write a letter , they deserve a reply . |
| 27 | Then she sat down to write a letter to an old friend , the editor of her chosen journal . |
| 28 | This interest ultimately led him to write a separate work on the topic , Die Mark . |
| 29 | ‘ Rose , ’ she said , ‘ I want to write a letter to my daughter , my daughter in Germany . |
| 30 | He only glances up at the television occasionally , as he is intent on finishing these as quickly as possible in order to give himself ti me to write a letter home to his wife . |