Example sentences of "in [art] [adj] of a " in BNC.

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1 The Conservatives have reversed the trends established in the 1970s of a narrowing of both income and wealth distribution .
2 The success in the 1970s of a few Asian ‘ Newly Industrialising Countries ’ ( NICs ) at making rapid growth in manufactured exports the key to rapid output growth , drew attention to the potential contribution of a ‘ good ’ external strategy .
3 In her catalogue essay , Rosemary Betterton draws attention to the development in the 1970s of a feminist politics of representation which justifiably set out to expose and dismantle the patriarchal jurisdiction over creative and institutional practices .
4 The greatest exponent in the 1960s of a European policy independent of Washington was Charles de Gaulle who never accepted that France should be subsidiary to US ideological leadership .
5 His efforts to stimulate industry in Portugal , largely by the setting-up in the 1760s of a number of privileged and mainly foreign-owned enterprises , owed more to the Colbertian attitudes of late-seventeenth century France than to any economic theories of his own day .
6 Some of these are already apparent following Britain 's entry into the ERM : the stoking up of inflation in the mid-1980s and the creation in the 1990s of a million or so extra unemployed , together with thousands of bankruptcies , can properly be ascribed in the main to priority having been given to a managed exchange rate .
7 Lacking the elaborate Go-motion system of rods and computer control that Tippett had devised at ILM for the dragon in Dragonslayer ( 1981 ) , intended to create a slight blur as each single-frame shot was made ( since in real motion the subject moves fractionally in the one-fiftieth of a second for which one frame is exposed ) , they simply shook the puppet a bit each time .
8 In the first of a two-part series , Michael Edwards selects wines which break the Italian mould
9 In the first of a new series , Richard Jackson of Radio 5 's Morning Edition looks at the quirky side of gardening life
10 In the first of a regular series , we bring together some of the practical designs and circuits which first appeared in the US magazine EDN .
11 In the first of a monthly series , Michael Jackson hunts in vain
12 In the Garden : Planning to beat a leafy retreat at home : In the first of a series for novice gardeners , Anna Pavord stresses the value of careful forethought
13 APAP members in London — believed to be seriously disaffected by the association 's stance in the dispute — will be met by an executive member , Mr Peter Kenney , in the first of a series of meetings to rally support for the union amid threats of a revolt following the resignation of the 132-strong Hertfordshire chapter last week .
14 He said no bread would be baked this Sunday in the first of a series of one-day strikes if the 9,000 workers who produce nearly 80 per cent of loaves throw out the deal .
15 In the first of a new series problem-solver , Nigel Colborn , offers some planting solutions to garden hot-spots
16 In the first of a bi-monthly series on continuing professional development , Norman Roberts puts the RIBA 's approach in the context of other professions
17 In the first of a two-part series , Carolyn Henderson looks at how to cope when time means money .
18 In the first of a new series , which considers the properties of various media , MARTIN CHILD examines the brands available and puts them to the test .
19 In the first of a new series on multi-activities Henry Druce gets high on paragliding
20 In the first of a regular series , the Walk For Life Diary here reports on two of the more interesting ‘ Walks ’ .
21 In the first of a new series Peter Partington shows how to draw birds by looking for the essential scaffolding of shapes on which to build form and detail
22 The flip-flop , outlined in the first of a series of three press conferences last Wednesday ( with more to come today , Monday ) , turned far messier than it needed to be due largely to DEC 's inability to admit that it had flip-flopped to begin with .
23 In the first of a new series Raymond Spurrier , still travelling hopefully , encounters some visual shocks in a trip down under
24 In the first of a new series Jane Stroud examines the opportunities offered to artists by the AOI
25 In the first of a monthly preview of children 's books , Julia Eccleshare selects some of the ‘ must have ’ titles scheduled for publication , both in paperback and hardback , in April
26 In the first of a two part series , MIRANDA FELLOWS takes a look at the art scene in Dublin , as it works its way through the year as European City of Culture .
27 In the first of a two-part special , Robin Dewhurst reports on a variety of action-filled , special interest packages designed to cater for all conceivable tastes
28 Kevin Murray , Director of Corporate Communication , in the first of a series of roadshows , unveiled the new corporate identity to Risley staff recently .
29 Oct. 21 In the first of a spate of stabbings , a Palestinian labourer kills three Israelis in a West Jerusalem knife attack [ ibid . ] .
30 Six people ( five Iraqis and a Jordanian ) were on May 19 sentenced by a martial law tribunal to prison terms of up to 15 years , having been convicted of collaboration with the Iraqi occupation forces in the first of a series of war trials [ see p. 38166 ] .
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