Example sentences of "[prep] contrast to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast to a currency union , an exchange rate union does not require the establishment of a union central bank . |
| 2 | It follows , then , that in an exchange rate union , in contrast to a currency union , monetary integration may not be complete and the conditions for the creation of monetary union may not be satisfied because of the persistence of uncertainty regarding intra-union exchange rates . |
| 3 | Such a structure is in contrast to a structure which , once negotiated , is subject to little questioning , which orders activities on a termly or a yearly basis , and which has a declared interest in the future than the present . |
| 4 | Susan Shirk describes this as an attempt to create a ‘ virtuocracy ’ based on Maoist criteria in contrast to a meritocracy . |
| 5 | But when it arose in the 16th Century , it simply denoted a man who had opted for worldly pleasure by marrying , in contrast to a cleric who stayed celibate . |
| 6 | Breach of a civil law , in contrast to a breach of a criminal law , normally renders the person who has broken it liable to pay damages to the victim of the breach . |
| 7 | A studio easel , in contrast to a sketching easel , is , for example , a permanent fixture in a studio once purchased . |
| 8 | A studio easel , in contrast to a sketching easel , is , for example , a permanent fixture in a studio once purchased . |
| 9 | How much enlightenment they obtained I do not know , but the details about ‘ exploring hands ’ were , in those days in contrast to the present , unusual . |
| 10 | Near the top of the hill stood the large white building which was the San Martino Museum and above it , and in contrast to the museum 's firm elegant lines , could be seen the solid brown ramparts of St Elmo 's Castle . |
| 11 | In contrast to the museum as a public building , we have found a really ‘ private ’ venue , a former fur shop opposite the Fridericianum . |
| 12 | In contrast to the immediacy of assistance which can emerge from well managed relationships between phases of education and between schools and colleges and the external community , longer-term connections need to be created and nurtured . |
| 13 | The issue of a writ for libel does not in itself create a prior restraint in contrast to the grant of an injunction . |
| 14 | On 24 June Dulles himself — within the secret confines of the American administration and at the height of Anglo-American differences at the Geneva conference — conceded that , in contrast to the unpopularity of the " tough " American anti-communist policies in the free world , " the British 'soft policy' was gaining prestige and acceptance both in Europe and in Asia " . |
| 15 | Britain , in contrast to the rest of western Europe , is marked by the relative absence of an institutionalised and independent socialist presence in the stuff of everyday life . |
| 16 | On average ( £5.44 per capita ) the Wealden vale was filly comparable with the com-sheep region ( £5 — £5.55 ) and far more affluent than the forest ridge to the east ( £4.64 ) , where , in contrast to the rest of Sussex , the scarcity of truly rich people placed the biggest concentration of wealth in the range £10-£19 instead of £20-£39 . |
| 17 | Two enormous sofas in a deep burgundy brocade looked hugely luxurious in contrast to the rest of the room as they faced each other across a low glass table . |
| 18 | One possible temporary solution could be acceptance of a reduction in membership fees for Scotland in contrast to the rest of the United Kingdom , to satisfy demands for Scotland 's distinct nature to be recognised . |
| 19 | But the difficulties seem small in contrast to the success that awaits the left . |
| 20 | In contrast to the grammarian 's concern to represent language as a rule-governed system for expressing meanings , recent psychological studies of children 's language have increasingly addressed language as part of a larger social process broadly concerned with the regulation of joint activity . |
| 21 | More recently , in his The Sons of Horus he has found ways of incorporating the profiled attitudes and poses seen in ancient Egyptian designs with straight turned-in legs , elongated lines and angled arms , all in contrast to the turnedout legs and curving bodies of classical dance . |
| 22 | Most of them , she observed , were Asian or Caribbean , in contrast to the machine shop where the majority had been white . |
| 23 | Irwin and Paul Ince were booked for ungentlemanly conduct as the referee added nine minutes of injury time to a tepid second-half which was in contrast to the excitement of the first . |
| 24 | Also , the government at this time actively encouraged Gospel preaching , in contrast to the government of Charles I. During these times , godliness of life was no longer despised , but generally regarded by most people as something honourable and praiseworthy . |
| 25 | Francisco Sotomayor of the PJ came third with 10 per cent , in contrast to the government 's success in previous rounds of the extended mid-term elections [ see pp. 38388 ; 38434 ; 38527 ] . |
| 26 | Separation of training In contrast to the government 's approach to school planning and management in 1990 , a report six years earlier aimed its message at heads and at an LEA . |
| 27 | The Labour Party has accused the government of allowing newly-XXXX privatized water companies to adopt a lax approach to anti-XXXX pollution measures — in contrast to the government 's tough public statements on the matter . |
| 28 | All agreed in attributing this prosperity to the family farm : the homestead caserío was praised by every agricultural reformer in contrast to the settlement more typical of Spain — the agrarian village or small town in which the cultivator lived far from his fields . |
| 29 | In contrast to the barn owl , the snowy owl is represented by only a single pellet sample . |
| 30 | In contrast to the offence of this ONE man Paul then declared what ONE other person , the Lord Jesus Christ had accomplished on behalf of many ‘ the grace of God and the gift of grace , which is by ONE man , Jesus Christ , hath abounded unto many ’ ( v.15 ) ‘ by the righteousness of ONE the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life … by the obedience of ONE shall many be made righteous. ’ ( v.18/19 ) . |