Example sentences of "doubt about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet there is persistent critical doubt about a defence which , upon meeting European opponents of the highest class — West Germany , The Netherlands , The Soviet Union — tends to show equal consistency in letting in three goals per match . |
| 2 | If the Branch is in doubt about a particular case please refer to a local Marine Surveyor or H O Accident ( Personal ) Claims & Support for guidance on whether the area involved should be deemed to be ‘ an exposed beach or shore ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ In my mind , I had no doubt about an offence . ’ |
| 4 | So if you are in doubt about the direction of the spin , push against the overbalancing load and reverse the rudder . |
| 5 | If there is doubt about the cause of death — if , for example , the death was sudden and the doctor had not seen the person within fourteen days of death , or if they had no general practitioner , the coroner must be informed , and will decide whether it is necessary to hold a post mortem . |
| 6 | In order to prevent anybody being cremated where there is possible doubt about the cause of death , there are very strict rules about certification , which can increase the cost of cremation . |
| 7 | Four months after the People 's Liberation Army stormed central Peking with the loss of hundreds of lives , few can have any doubt about the party 's determination to enforce this Maoist maxim . |
| 8 | So there is no doubt about the ability of the Japanese to pay for this information and knowledge , nor about their strong motivation for acquiring it . |
| 9 | However , there is still a lingering doubt about the justification for such a rise . |
| 10 | The British-based Environmental Investigation Agency says in a brochure , A system of extention , that ‘ the scale of abuse of the responsibilities entrusted to the secretariat of the parties ( CITES 103 member nations ) has become so widespread , and the extensive manipulations to prevent a ban on the ivory trade so obvious and desperate , that there is no longer any doubt about the ivory trade 's grip on major decisions being taken by the secretariat ’ . |
| 11 | TORY councillors at Blackpool yesterday left the Government in little doubt about the need for the £1.3bn package of concessions to ease the introduction of poll tax . |
| 12 | There is no doubt about the political and economic significance of this programme . |
| 13 | ‘ Let it be made quite clear that there is no doubt about the position of my government ; Germany stands fully behind the Single European Act and its objectives , ’ Dr Kohl declared . |
| 14 | Talk to Finlay Calder , the man Sole has succeeded as captain of Scotland , and you are left in no doubt about the respect Sole enjoys among his peers . |
| 15 | On the first morning , England crashed to 55 for 4 and there was never any doubt about the result ; by the close , it had become 135 all out , and in three overs West Indies batted , two catches were dropped . |
| 16 | But if there was ever any doubt about the staying power of Ali , it is swept aside when you travel with him . |
| 17 | It does not do him justice to say he is on their side , but he leaves us in no doubt about the horror of what Jacob and Rebekah have done . |
| 18 | In sharp contrast , there was no doubt about the determination and constancy of Henry VIII . |
| 19 | There is no doubt about the strength and prestige of the house of Stewart , and the profound unwillingness of the Scots to challenge it . |
| 20 | They had , however , no doubt about the sacred nature of preaching . |
| 21 | The problem has become so widespread that the Department has told health service managers that if there is any doubt about the patient 's eligibility for free care , staff should ask for proof or a refundable deposit . |
| 22 | There was little doubt about the winner when Rosa Mota , the Olympic champion and last year 's London winner , dropped out at Canary Wharf around the halfway mark . |
| 23 | The dropped goal , the ball agonisingly slow in flight , was a beauty but there was a strong element of doubt about the validity of the exchanges immediately before . |
| 24 | There can be little doubt about the lack of parental rights over choice of school prior to 1980 . |
| 25 | The Elton Committee suggested that there was some doubt about the application of the in loco parentis principle to the disciplining of pupils — for its application would mean that a parent 's request to a school for a particular form of punishment not to be administered to his/her child would have to be granted . |
| 26 | Another source of doubt about the validity of the dependence thesis can be removed by eliminating an ambiguity in its formulation . |
| 27 | There was no doubt about the anger felt in the city . |
| 28 | If urine has been passed recently and there is therefore some doubt about the diagnosis , the patient may be asked to return for an early morning specimen ( EMS ) the next day . |
| 29 | According to Geminus , the author of a manual of astronomy of about 70 BC , the first such cycle obtained by the Greeks was an eight-year solar cycle containing ninety-nine months ( three of which were intercalary ) , but there is considerable doubt about the origin of this cycle , known as the ‘ octaeteris ’ . |
| 30 | Words and phrases in common usage , such as ‘ mutton dressed as lamb ’ , ‘ dirty old man ’ , ‘ silly old woman ’ , ‘ old fogies ’ , ‘ old ducks ’ , ‘ old biddy ’ , ‘ old codger ’ , ‘ old dears ’ and ‘ old folk ’ all conjure up images which leave little doubt about the nature and experience of old age . |