Example sentences of "contrasted with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This contrasted with a 26 per cent owner-occupancy rate in the neighbourhood . |
| 2 | The letter contrasted with a genuine letter Alison had written to Mark the day before she died . |
| 3 | Several feasible technological scenarios , which have emerged from the EEC FAST Biosociety programme , are compared and contrasted with a Utopian scenario which we term Ecotopia . |
| 4 | Stoker was over six feet in height , with a red beard that contrasted with a full head of brown hair . |
| 5 | Contemporary Japanese organization can be reviewed under these head-ings and contrasted with an ideal-type modernist , Weberian organization . |
| 6 | The chivalrous , virtuous and humanitarian values of the Aryan contrasted with the assumed sadistic blood lust , ritual murder and-hatred of the goyim allegedly typical of Jews . |
| 7 | Long-term observations of leaves in Australian forests , using labelled leaves and shoots , contrasted with the usual technique of measuring leaf damage on one occasion , gave much higher herbivory levels , particularly in temperate forests , since such measuring does not account for leaves totally eaten ; ‘ long-term ’ ( 3 months ) study showed similar trends in tropical forests , where up to 21% losses were recorded . |
| 8 | The old arc contrasted with the young in a number of ways , for example in their attachment to tradition , access to opportunities , churchgoing or even self-control ( the young are presumed to have less than the old ) . |
| 9 | Apart from using secondary material from the area , the investigator is also working at a more specific level in two or three societies contrasted with the western developed industrial world : on the one hand , the Soviet Union and the East European socialist world and on the other , the Muslim world . |
| 10 | After successive days of heavy rain , the hollows before mentioned , become insufficient to receive the mighty volume of water which descends from the impending clouds upon them , and the maddening torrents are hurled from their rugged elevation with the awful roar of thunder : the grey rocks , occasionally tinted by pervading lichens , and still more beautifully enriched by many greened mosses resembling cushions of soft velvet , produce combinations of colour the most animated and superb , which , contrasted with the milky hue of the convulsed waters , form a picture of transcendent sublimity and beauty . ’ |
| 11 | For most of the year , the relative stability of the US stock market contrasted with the general mood of depression about the prospects for the economy as a whole . |
| 12 | Their inhabitants were fiercely proud of the unique nature of , say , Bradford as opposed to Leeds , Birmingham contrasted with the neighbouring Black Country towns , and Manchester compared with anywhere else in the world . |
| 13 | The bright red and yellow colours of the goldfinches contrasted with the subtle brown , grey , chestnut and white plumage of the snow buntings . |
| 14 | However , Wing suggests that Powick was noted in the early days chiefly for the cheapness of its care : ‘ The beauty of the setting and the amenities of the farm ( 510 acres ) contrasted with the restrictive and pinchpenny regime . ’ |
| 15 | Contrasted with the large-scale effects in some other areas , such as office work , warehousing and process control , the impact on R&D type activities has been slower to develop and is still a fairly new phenomenon other than in its basic role as an aid to designers . |
| 16 | It is in fact derived from the Afrikaans wyd meaning wide , which refers to this species ' square upper lip , contrasted with the triangular lip of the other African so-called ‘ Black ’ Rhinoceros . |
| 17 | The approach that involved marking individual plants or seedlings in the field , tracing the fate of individual leaves as they are pulled down earthworm burrows , the behaviour of tendrils as they touch a support , the fate of insects as they land on a Drosera leaf , or recording the number of seeds at the bottom of an earthworm burrow , represented a reductionist level of concentrated observation that contrasted with the geographical view of vegetation with which Warming and others set the early direction of plant ecology . |
| 18 | Clearly men with a purpose , their well-ironed tropical suits and ties contrasted with the colourful informality of the other passengers and the rest of the airport crowd — the men in body length kanzas or open neck shirts , and women in black buibuis stretching from their heads to below their knees or in multi-coloured kitenge dresses proclaiming variants on the theme of Uhuru na Mwalimu . |
| 19 | The Advocates , however , was no Perry Mason and ruffled the Edinburgh legal establishment with its artistic licence and earthy exploration of the downside of the City 's public face — prostitution , Aids and social deprivation — contrasted with the cosy self-satisfaction of the educated classes . |
| 20 | He was taller than she expected and wore a wall-cut dinner jacket that contrasted with the eccentric fancy-dress of some of the other diners . |
| 21 | It is brought out clearly , and even contrasted with the Hebrew view , in the Epistle to the Hebrews , 9 : 25–6 : ‘ Nor yet that he should offer himself often , as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with the blood of others ; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world ; but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself . ’ |
| 22 | These very real linkages contrasted with the theoretical separation between the two spheres which is contained in the notion of the ‘ fourth estate ’ . |
| 23 | What I have tried to show , in a very narrow context , is the vulnerability of the principle of self-determination , contrasted with the persuasive power of paternalism . |
| 24 | The Seven Poetic Waltzes by Granados were marvellously poised and contrasted with the same composer 's extrovert Concert Allegro that succeeded them . |
| 25 | The view from our verandah was heavenly : hammocks hung between sea-grape trees swayed in the gentle sea breeze , the deserted brilliant white beach contrasted with the calm turquoise sea dotted with yachts , catamarans and the occasional wind-surfer . |
| 26 | The dark eyes that swept over her were shadowed by heavily mascara-darkened lashes which contrasted with the white teeth gleaming from behind brilliantly red lips which were too thin for real beauty . |
| 27 | The sleek warships contrasted with the stubbier lines of the freighters , but there were other vessels as well . |
| 28 | The breadth of Mingus ' work is represented by everything from jug-band jollity , the wounded blues of ‘ Atom Bomb ’ featuring Rolling Stones Watts and Richards , Henry Rollins ' hipster piss-take on ‘ Groovy ’ and the bad blood and subterranean tremors of ‘ Erectus ’ , effortlessly contrasted with the tingling majesty of ‘ Love Bird ’ . |