Example sentences of "by the arts " in BNC.

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1 The other was a ballet at the request of Alan Carter who ( having left Sadler 's Wells ) formed and directed the St James 's Ballet , a company of only thirteen dancers sponsored by the Arts Council of Great Britain to tour small towns with no proper theatre .
2 This concert is presented in collaboration with the Eastern Orchestral Board , subsidised by the Arts Council of Great Britain
3 It is a pathetic and lamentable contrast to the vital contribution made by the arts at previous Expos in , for example , Paris in 1900 and 1937 , or Montreal in 1967 .
4 Subsequently , on the initiative of Mark Boyle , the international sculptor who exhibits as part of ‘ The Boyle Family ’ , the proposal was accepted in principle by the Arts Council of Great Britain .
5 The last redoubt of the ‘ arm 's length ’ policy would then be the national theatre companies and a chorus of voices is calling for their retention by the Arts Council .
6 In a report prepared by the tax consultants Moret Ernst and Young for the Department of Culture in The Netherlands , proposals have been put forward to lower VAT charges on income generated by the arts from the standard rate of 18.5% to a new lower rate of 6% .
7 All descriptions and information on hotels , guest houses , selfcatering and activity holidays in this brochure are supplied by the individual establishments and have not been verified by the Arts & Leisure Department of Brighton or the Hove Leisure Services .
8 An exhibition of the works by this distinguished group of painters , who included William Coldstream , Claude Rogers and Victor Pasmore , was organised at Wakefield Art Gallery and later taken on tour by the Arts Council .
9 The following remark , for example , made in the realization that physics was both something less and something more than an objective body of knowledge , was very similar to remarks made by the arts students about English :
10 Although we were sneered at by the arts and humanities students , those of us who were doing business studies felt , quite reasonably , that we were closer to the spirit of the age than the old hippies of the faculty .
11 Originally masterminded by the Arts Council as a branch of the English National Opera , it is now completely independent and in steadily expansive mood .
12 This remains an attractive option for some educators as can be seen in the Design Council supported Design Dimension Project ( Baynes , 1985 ) and there are echoes of it in many of LEA programmes supported by the Arts in Schools Project ( Schools Curriculum Development Committee , 1986a , 1986b and 1986c ) .
13 Unfortunately the only categories included in the criteria for grants which might be exploited by the arts do not appear to have been designed for this purpose .
14 Before exploring some of the attitudes held towards the issue of assessment by the arts teachers interviewed , it might help to look at the philosophies being advanced by them towards the teaching of their respective specialisms .
15 Najma , who has a degree in chemical engineering , sets off next Saturday on a tour arranged by the Arts Council -funded Asian Music Circle starting at Dundee University .
16 However , if the hon. Gentleman had attended the seminar at which I made my remarks last Monday — I greatly regret that he was not there to hear me talk about delegation to the regional arts boards — he would have known that I made the point that if such delegation is fully successful — if the regional arts boards are progressing well — the question whether the five major national companies should continue to be funded by the Arts Council or be funded directly will arise .
17 ( Attempts by the Arts Council of Great Britain to ensure that a percentage of certain grants are spent on ‘ ethnic ’ projects have produced little result in this field . )
18 The criteria for eligibility for the prize , which will be administered by the Arts Council , are that the recipient must be a living British writer , novelist , short-story writer , poet , essayist or dramatist whose work must be written primarily in English , Gaelic or Welsh .
19 Tickets for the show , which is being backed by the Arts Council , the City Council , and the Merseyside Development Corporation , sold out in only a few hours .
20 Throughout the region and important client group exists , whose basic funding is provided by the Arts Council and their local authorities .
21 But he still maintains a special affection for Northern Ireland , and this has led to an exciting project initiated by the Arts Council , in association with Queen 's University and the Festival — Demidenko will give six recitals in Northern Ireland ( not just Belfast ) plus six masterclasses for five young Ulster pianists , in the 1991–2 season , finishing in May .
22 Ulster Youth Dance is organised by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and sponsored by Marks and Spencer .
23 This is the first in a series of six masterclasses , initiated by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Queen 's University in association with the Festival , to be given by the distinguished Russian pianist , Nikolai Demidenko .
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