Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [art] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Musée Barbier-Mueller is devoting an exhibition to the art of the Solomon Islands , discovered by Alvaro de Mendana in 1568 and thought to house King Solomon 's Mines . |
| 2 | HADEN MacLellan Holdings , the engineering and automated manufacturing systems group put together by Philip Ling , chairman , is maintaining the payout to shareholders at 8p , with a 5p final on July 1 , despite a 38 p.c. tumble in profits last year to £14.6m pre-tax . |
| 3 | The effect of an abrupt change , for audiences more experienced than those of 1896 , is to alert the viewer to camera trickery , destroying belief . |
| 4 | A MIDDLESBROUGH councillor is to report the authority to the Local Government ombudsman and Audit Commission . |
| 5 | The role of the inspector ( see Figure 5.15 ) is to report the matter to the person one level up who controls the whole space owned by both teams ; this person then decides on a solution . |
| 6 | One way of getting letters home is to include a picture to be completed , a ‘ find the differences ’ competition or a word search . |
| 7 | But maybe the offer is refused because the kitchen sink has been enthroned as the living nerve-centre of the home , and to abandon it is to lose the right to be considered worthy and hard-working ; she who washes the dishes puts everybody else under an obligation . |
| 8 | The first task is to connect the tablet to the Spectrum . |
| 9 | An alternative method of minimising static error is to connect the motor to the load by a gear or , if linear load positioning is required , by a leadscrew , so the effects of these mechanical connections are also investigated . |
| 10 | An honest man , when he 's given the chance to be . |
| 11 | BULGARIA : Despite moves by reformist Communist leaders , the party clings to its leading role , but a burgeoning opposition movement is demanding an end to its monopoly of power . |
| 12 | The first suggestion is to round the figures to two effective digits since psychologists have shown that the short-term memory need for scanning tables is limited to two digits . |
| 13 | Each node is given a pointer to its parent . |
| 14 | However in the light of the subsequent prosecution appeal to the House of Lords and the doubt discussed above concerning whether the non-certified points of appeal could have been raised there , B's position was tantamount to a person who loses on the one point of appeal judicially addressed and who is given no answer to his remaining points of appeal . |
| 15 | One of the aims of surgical care is to restore the patient to his previous level of functioning . |
| 16 | Our liability under the policy is to restore the property to a sound condition . |
| 17 | It seems to me that the purpose of an order under section 6(2) is to restore the parties to the financial position in which they were before the transaction was entered into . |
| 18 | Ramsay 's organizing the trip to the lighthouse at last and Lily 's trying to paint , and he comes up demanding sympathy . |
| 19 | One possible way of getting round the problem of the ‘ doorstep ’ explanation is to write a letter to people in the sample to let them know in advance of the survey and the coming call by an interviewer . |
| 20 | ( According to the so-called " linking rule " , a spell of employment lasting less than this time is considered an interruption to a single spell of unemployment , whilst a spell of employment lasting longer than this but then coming to an end opens up a new spell of unemployment . ) |
| 21 | For many workers , the ability to survive a drug test , most commonly a urinalysis for illicit chemicals such as cannabis and cocaine , is becoming a prerequisite to getting and holding a job . |
| 22 | Nigel Daly is becoming a name to be reckoned with among British furniture designers . |
| 23 | Belgium has its Coordination Centre regime and has recently extended its participation exemption to gains and so is becoming a rival to locations such as the Netherlands , Luxembourg and Gibraltar for holding companies . |
| 24 | This is something which the government has learned how to do , so I must think that this is highly motivated politically on their part , given the way in which the difference between public information and conservative party political propaganda is becoming a blur to . |
| 25 | If however , as I have argued , the recognitional capacities of dumb creatures are parasitic upon the human paradigm , and to that extent attenuated , then to talk of concepts is to over-emphasise the similarities to human beings at the expense of the differences . |
| 26 | The alternative for prosecutors is to accept a plea to a non-sexual offence such as assault occasioning actual bodily harm or unlawful wounding which carry maximum penalties of five years ' imprisonment . |
| 27 | The attention is not so much of a problem when the dogs are puppies as the idea is to train the dog to not be afraid of people , but when this happens to a fully trained guide dog accompanying a blind person it can cause problems . |
| 28 | The principal aim of the project is to provide an answer to this question . |
| 29 | The overall aim of this programme is to provide an introduction to general legal principles and legal technique . |
| 30 | The plan is to increase the number to 100 by the end of the year . |