Example sentences of "being on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The notion of marginality carries with it the sense of dualism , since it implies being on the boundaries of urban and rural society , but not integrated into either . |
| 2 | There was a series of scholarly exhibitions , but again , the main focus being on the pictures in the collection , and against that background I think the 1980s were a wonderful period . |
| 3 | The older , declining industries were nationalized , the Beveridge plans enacted , a National Health Service started and full employment maintained , the emphasis all being on the results of these policies , on their effects on people 's lives . |
| 4 | Throughout its life of eight years , myth building encouraged people to think of the unit as being on the margins of the organization . |
| 5 | They did not know then , were not to know for many years , were never fully to understand what it was that held them together — a sense of being on the margins of English life , perhaps , a sense of being outsiders , looking in from a cold street through a lighted window into a warm lit room that later might prove to be their own ? |
| 6 | The Loughborough research shows that librarians do n't have to feel apologetic about being on the margins of school action . |