Example sentences of "poor and [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I was a boy in Harlan County we were real poor and every morning I used to wake up and look out of my bedroom window at this mountain called Gray 's Knob . |
| 2 | The suspicion that a two tier urban policy has developed , high profile symbolic initiatives for the Black poor and a particular ( American ) model of urban regeneration for the decayed white heartlands , is not readily dismissed . |
| 3 | ‘ Aah served a year at mi last place , ’ went on Lamb , ‘ but t'food was poor and a man ca n't work on an empty belly . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Some of us were poor and a few of us , myself included , absolutely abysmal , ’ he conceded . |
| 5 | On 1st August 1705 the system was changed , so that the interest on these sums should be received by the overseers of the poor and a fixed amount of £7 10 0d be paid annually to the Master . |
| 6 | In the Claddagh we 're all poor and no one is ashamed of it . |
| 7 | Loyalty to crown and ‘ country ’ sometimes exceeded in the colonies that in the core of the Empire itself , especially among the poor and the powerless . |
| 8 | ‘ This can lead to judgements being made about the unsuccessful , the unemployed , the poor and the unintelligent which are both uncharitable and untrue . |
| 9 | ‘ They persuade the poor and the low paid to play this game — leaving them exposed to massive fines and levies , ’ Mr Davies said . |
| 10 | This can lead to judgements being made about the unsuccessful , the unemployed , the poor and the unintelligent which are both uncharitable and untrue . |
| 11 | This can lead to judgements being made about the unsuccessful , the unemployed , the poor and the unintelligent , which are both uncharitable and untrue . ’ |
| 12 | This can lead to judgements being made about the unsuccessful , the unemployed , the poor and the unintelligent which are both uncharitable and untrue . |
| 13 | At the lower levels their aim was to promote aid from less unfortunate households to the poor and the starving . |
| 14 | In spite of the shift to the political right there remains widespread support for state-funded programmes in education and health and for those which are targeted at the poor and the old . |
| 15 | His sympathies were also with the poor and the oppressed , and in him Democracy has lost an intellectual , enlightened and patriotic advocate of England 's faith , honour and advancement . |
| 16 | In spite of the simplicity of their upbringing , however , they were resourceful , and found other rooms , though poor and the food not good . |
| 17 | Yet more instructions are given as to how the people should live , how they should avoid oppression , and show true compassion for the poor and the vulnerable . |
| 18 | The fact is that the Conservative Party did become closely involved in the problems of the poor and the unemployed — although their efforts were often seen as less than caring . |
| 19 | His widow withdrew from the Imperial Court and founded a religious order for the relief of the poor and the sick . |
| 20 | Some manufacturers guarantee CDs for only 30 years but Mr Bert Gall , general manager of optical systems at Philips , said the life of the average disc should be more than 1,000 years , though it could be reduced to 50 if manufacturing was poor and the discs were mistreated . |
| 21 | We were sitting watchin' the news , the world 's in a mess The poor and the hungry , a world of distress Herpes , Aids , the Middle East at full throttle Better check that sausage before you put it in the waffle . |
| 22 | This sector supplies both the poor and the rich and produces both goods and services . |
| 23 | Like most screening operations , the yield was poor and the significance of the positive findings was limited . |
| 24 | He chose his companions from among the poor and the despised . |
| 25 | But by focusing on a particular selection of empirical evidence , the book seems to shift the blame from the poor and the underclass to women and to their lack of available , acceptable marriage partners . |
| 26 | Why was it , thought Henry , that Elinor felt so in tune with the poor and the oppressed of the world ? |
| 27 | Personal contact and visits to the homes of the poor and the sick were part of a long-established visiting tradition , but the COS fused this with casework to produce a quite distinctive practice . |
| 28 | Other groups , such as single-parent families , the poor and the disabled , will gravitate to or remain in the cities , partially as a result of the relatively greater availability of rented accommodation . |
| 29 | If this means returning to hanging for theft ; workhouses for the deserving poor and the streets for the undeserving ; the exploitation of the poor by the wealthy ; overcrowded , insanitary housing for the majority and opulence for the few ; of course we would reject it . |
| 30 | This would include putting a church in every housing estate so that members can speak to their neighbours about Christ , and bring his love in practical ways to the poor and the oppressed spiritually and physically . |