Example sentences of "critical of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his 1842 ‘ Irish Sketchbook ’ William Makepeace Thackeray has compliments to pay , all the more valuable because he is critical of a great many other , better-known places which he visited during his tour of Ireland . |
| 2 | Jean-Marie Schaefer , for example , writing in L'art de l'âge moderne , l'esthétique et la philosophie de l'art du XVIII siècle à nos jours ( Modern art : aesthetics and philosophy in art , from the eighteenth-century to the present day ) , is critical of a lack of coherent criteria for making value judgements , finding fault more with the theories justifying the works than with the works of art themselves . |
| 3 | This was critical of a piece written by Maurice Reckitt . |
| 4 | A CNAA visit to the College in 1969 was critical of a range of matters , including the operation of the Academic Board . |
| 5 | In Kenya Harris Okong'o Arara continues to serve a five-year sentence imposed in 1988 under a law which makes it a criminal offence simply to possess literature critical of the government . |
| 6 | Thoza Khonje , Malawi : released February 1991 , having been detained for two years after making remarks which were interpreted as critical of the Life President . |
| 7 | Critical of the way that status is attributed by the institution , his thesis was that even as the service proclaims ‘ beat patrol work ’ to be the basis of all good policework , it penalizes and stigmatizes those who remain there . |
| 8 | There seems to be little chance of any philosophical , unprogrammatic enquiry here which might be critical of the system ; and no ‘ espionage ’ from within ! |
| 9 | He is now critical of the British clockmaking industry , but hopes that with the help of a German movement , his new clock will survive longer than the original . |
| 10 | Ms Campos is highly critical of the Sao Paulo state government 's high-profile child care policies , which claim to have saved at least 100,000 children . |
| 11 | But in apparently suggesting that armies of feckless teenagers should be supplied with free contraceptives , Sir Keith irked the right too , which has been traditionally critical of the notion of indulging the young with the means of sexual hedonism unhampered by restraints . |
| 12 | Charlton was critical of the way the proposed sale of Martin Edwards 's majority shareholding to Michael Knighton for £10m had been handled . |
| 13 | Football couturiers are critical of the rather plebian collar , the shirt 's tailored lines , and the overall failure of a style designed in 1986 to reflect today 's less structured look . |
| 14 | He then taught in a higher elementary school , but became critical of the local Bolsheviks ' lack of progress in educational and social affairs . |
| 15 | Both the city and the CBI were strongly critical of the budget : Sir Terence Beckett of the CBI spoke of the need to have a ‘ bare-knuckle fight ’ with the government , though this aggressive posture later disappeared . |
| 16 | But the target of Mrs Thatcher 's wrath was equally well known when the day after the budget in a public speech she said : ‘ Now what really gets me is … that those who are most critical of the extra taxes are those who were most vociferous in demanding extra expenditure . ’ |
| 17 | The second reason for taking the ‘ non-party ’ claim seriously is that the various Leagues — and not just the three studied by Coetzee — were frequently critical of the Conservative party and expressed strong reservations about the effectiveness of the Conservatives as a political force . |
| 18 | Eley noted that the German radical nationalist leagues were not tools of the ruling elite but were critical of the ability of ‘ the politics of notables ’ to confront internal and external threats to Germany and German propertied interests . |
| 19 | Marx carried the criticism of Hegel 's position much further , and he is equally critical of the young Hegelians . |
| 20 | So the service was not unfamiliar ; the readings from the Bible in the magnificent prose of Martin Luther , the prayers , the general confession , the great hymns , sung with unaffected fervour and in which Erika joined ( although she was critical of the flautist ) both because she liked singing and because it would have hurt Omi had she remained silent . |
| 21 | She is acutely disappointed by the government 's lack of investment in the clothing industry in this country , and highly critical of the industry itself , which she says just does n't realise the potential of its designers . |
| 22 | Krishnamachari Srikkanth , the Indian captain , was mildly critical of the Lahore wicket . |
| 23 | Even that letter was written after pressure from the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation ( IMRO ) whose chief executive John Morgan is critical of the way the managers have reacted . |
| 24 | Even that letter was written after pressure from the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation ( IMRO ) whose chief executive John Morgan is critical of the way the managers have reacted . |
| 25 | Twenty-eight UDR members were arrested during house searches in October ; 22 of them were released without charge , and senior UDR officers are bitterly critical of the police operation using hundreds of officers . |
| 26 | He is critical of the high cost and low success rate of the ET scheme . |
| 27 | Lastly , Mr Gandhi has been critical of the decision to let American aircraft refuel in India on their way to the Gulf . |
| 28 | Old hands in the water industry are critical of the Brussels commission . |
| 29 | Algeria , Morocco and Tunisia have made announcements vaguely sympathetic to Iraq and critical of the allied bombing . |
| 30 | The Court was critical of the antiquated and illogical structure of the 1861 Act , which causes practical problems and yet remains unreformed . |