Example sentences of "of [art] [noun pl] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What is needed , as one of his followers has pointed out , is an account of theories which deals with changes ‘ at the level of the limits and consequences of the epistemological configuration they represent ’ , rather than at the level of individuals .
2 Many of the experiments and creations of the Yorkists and the first two Tudors had been pushed aside , leaving the old system of Exchequer finance in command .
3 Summaries of the papers and news about adult education research will be circulated twice a year in a newsletter .
4 Absolutely I was aware that Graham was very anxious to be involved in this process , er for example he wrote me a note and I think other members and it 's because of those , of those notes that I was anxious that we should inform them of what we were up to and if you want to share any of the papers or agendas please ask .
5 It takes a hard heart not to get involved in at least some of the games and sports on offer — especially when everything 's free — and even aerobics taken on greater appeal when there 's an inviting pool to plunge into to cool down .
6 Mercenaries , like the hireling of the bible , could not be trusted : the bells which warned the inhabitants of the villages and towns of southern France of the danger of the approaching Companies reflect society 's fear and mistrust of such men .
7 Not the clothes for cross-country , and he would stand out like a beacon on the fringes of the villages and collectives that he must circle like a fox coming to the dustbins for food .
8 Die-hard conservatism represented a continuation of the fears and anxieties that had surfaced in those most respectable publications , The Times and the Morning Post , with their debates over the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and the Cause of World Unrest , at the end of the war .
9 It could scarcely be more vivid in their memories than it is in mine , but what is also vivid in my memory is the aftermath of those events , which was the Government 's sensible accommodation of the fears and anxieties that had been expressed .
10 More and more people are turning to this type of therapy and are discovering in it many of the consolations and insights that were once the preserve of religion .
11 The discontent of the monarchists and Falangists was as nothing by comparison with the rage felt by the regime 's left-wing opponents .
12 The sociological variant combines similar scepticism with an analysis of medical power and its effects and is based on a wider critique of the professions and professionalism .
13 Our system of government is far too centralised , and fails to make effective use of the talents and skills available across the country .
14 Already many of the herbs and plants used by the world 's first effective medical organisations — that of the Hippocratic Greeks — are lost to use forever .
15 The fact that most of the codes and standards incorporated in VDU safety clauses seem frequently to have been taken wholesale from various union guidance documents , raises questions as to how meaningful the discussions on VDUs have been .
16 The most convincing way to interpret Sinhalese perceptions of the colonial courts lies not in the judicial proceedings of Dutch or Kandyan times , but in the cultural precedent set by perceptions of the gods and spirits of popular Buddhism .
17 The mechanical owl , Bubo , is probably the most sympathetic creation in Clash of the Titans — in fact , he 's more likeable than any of the gods or humans .
18 This has proved a very difficult field in which to obtain unanimity , but the effectiveness of the controls and agreements is very apparent to the European ( and , still more , the American ) visitor .
19 Construction and wiring of the stripboard and interwiring of the controls and output socket .
20 The black wings and running-board set off the sober mole colour of the body , and the President glowed as he proudly explained the working of the controls and gear lever , opened the doors to display the interior with its adjustable foot-rests for the rear-seat passengers and obliged a request from one admirer to see how much space there was in the luggage compartment at the back .
21 A wave of enthusiasm for the experimental approach to biology meant that the field studies of the biogeographers and the descriptive genealogies of the morphologists and paleontologists were dismissed as unscientific .
22 Here senior police officers sit in a windowless room , facing a bank of video-monitors and operating , by remote control , TV cameras which can zoom in on any area of the terraces or stands .
23 John does n't tell us any of the stories that Matthew and Luke recount about the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem .
24 Unique and naive in style , these ‘ artless ’ illustrations remain an important element of the stories and part of the total experience .
25 Some of the stories and images of the gospel are literally true ( the incarnation and the resurrection , for example ) while other stories are real but not necessarily–literally true .
26 It is sad that in Britain we have lost most of our old heritage , but when I went to Ireland I was pleased to find that Yeats and others before him had rescued many of the stories and legends that had been in danger of being lost .
27 We 'd like to show our gratitude in some way , but we 're limited in the sort of material we have access to , and he has no need of the Notes or EJB .
28 Hopefully the resulting ethnography will generate a new and clearer understanding of the nuances and specificities of police reality , incorporating what Bourdieu ( 1977 ) has called ‘ a practical mastery built upon objectivist knowledge ’ .
29 Can you please give me any idea of the royalties/advances that Charkin negotiated with Wang over the electronic rights in COD ?
30 Included in this grouping is the celebrated ‘ Rosa mundi ’ , with single crimson cerise flowers vividly striped with white — a showy flower beloved of the Elizabethans and Tudors .
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