Example sentences of "in a " in BNC.
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| 31 | But rather than address these basic problems , politicians look for the quick ‘ fix ’ — anything that sounds good in a sound-bite will do . |
| 32 | It is a separate tragedy altogether that , in a country where there is no nation health service , anything up to three million dollars can be spent killing someone . |
| 33 | One of the inspirations behind the Front is Dr Manorani Saravanamuttu whose son , the well-known journalist and broadcaster Richard de Zoysa , was abducted and murdered in a February 1990 . |
| 34 | While the situation in the south remains a major concern , greater violations of human rights are now occurring in the North and Eastern provinces of the island , where government security forces are engaged in a full-scale civil war with elements of the Tamil-minority population . |
| 35 | We met on a wild , windy day near the Ferry in a port on the South Coast . |
| 36 | She is a small , passionate , very striking young woman with deep shining black eyes and a glittering smile , talking ten to the dozen in a strong Moroccan accent . |
| 37 | However , with various groups suggesting police complicity in township violence , many blacks will find little security in a larger police force . |
| 38 | Peter Benenson , in his original article in the Observer in 1961 , envisaged a central ‘ library ’ , providing information on prisoners of conscience ‘ to any group , existing or new , in any part of the world , which decides to join in a special effort in favour of freedom of opinion or religion . ’ |
| 39 | Perhaps this is because , as a member of the Abingdon Group put it : ‘ In a group there is the fun and companionship … and the awe at saving a life , supporting a prisoner through years of isolation , getting your prisoner free . ’ |
| 40 | Opposite : In April 1985 groups all over Britain get together to take part in a sponsored jailbreak from the Tower of London . |
| 41 | I have worked for 14 years as a care assistant in a special school , and although the general attitude towards individuals with a mental handicap is gradually changing , it is both reassuring and encouraging to see youngsters such as these becoming a more regular part of ‘ everyday life ’ . |
| 42 | I am writing as I 'm puzzled as to why you have released Kim Hyun-hui who planted a bomb on a plane and killed 115 people but have imprisoned a girl for taking part in a peace march . |
| 43 | Is the text or part of the text written so that a reader will benefit in a future encounter with a work of art ? |
| 44 | Pater 's book is a classic , and easy to find in a library . |
| 45 | Her interest has been aroused by some new paintings which she has seen in a SoHo gallery , which a friend has compared unfavourably with the work of Lee Krasner . |
| 46 | There may , however , be questions in her mind about the choices open to her : how will the information in a catalogue differ from what is to be found in a monograph ? |
| 47 | There may , however , be questions in her mind about the choices open to her : how will the information in a catalogue differ from what is to be found in a monograph ? |
| 48 | It was in 1936 that the first American edition of Lionello Venturi 's History of Art Criticism was published , containing material which could equally have found a place in a book about art history . |
| 49 | In 1933 he wrote as follows in a lecture at Cambridge University : |
| 50 | In a book called How to Appreciate Pictures by R. C. Witt , written in 1902 , the chapter headings are not so different : drawing , colour , light and shade , composition , treatment , methods and materials . |
| 51 | An example of an artist acting directly as a critic is Bridget Riley , who selected a show of pictures from the collection at the National Gallery in London , in a series called ‘ The Artist 's Eye ’ . |
| 52 | Her National Gallery choices of pictures were examples of problems posed to artists by colour , and in a video talk she demonstrated how these artistic problems had been solved . |
| 53 | To put the matter in a slightly different way , reading art criticism is a preparation for an aesthetic event . |
| 54 | In writing about Delacroix , he placed his hero in a pantheon of artists who were acknowledged masters of great decorative painting : |
| 55 | This places a critic in a privileged position , but also with a responsibility to make clear whether views expressed are those of the critic or those of the artist . |
| 56 | He accepted a position in a dealer 's gallery , where Matisse was among the artists who benefited from his judgement . |
| 57 | Art was subordinated to a social theory , and the result was ‘ Socialist Realism ’ , the realistic portrayal of heroic workers and everyday life in a representational style . |
| 58 | A traditional critic may be a practising artist ; if so , there is an excellent chance that any technical assessment included in a piece of criticism will be thorough . |
| 59 | The medium of an art critic as theoretician is the magazine or journal article , not necessarily in a publication specialising in art . |
| 60 | There is , after all , a rich plurality of means and intents in a painting . |