Example sentences of "[vb pp] in the [adj] light " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sea was calm , and Oban , caught in the clear light of a summer morning , looked charming and toylike , as we sailed sedately out between the islets and castle crowned rocks , with sea-birds drifting in our wake , and everywhere , even over the smell of salt and wind , the scents of summer . |
| 2 | However , at this time of night most people would be asleep , and a response would only be felt in the cold light of day . |
| 3 | Silently , her fingers searched in the dim light , feeling her way , moving over the polished surface of the table , then , straightening , she went and stood by the side of the door , a slender , pale figure , waiting in the shadows of the night . |
| 4 | who have grown in the delicate light |
| 5 | Similarly , old people are seen in the same light , which explains their lack of employment or active leisure pursuits . |
| 6 | Homosexuality , which was invented in 1869 also from a Greek root ( homo , meaning ‘ same ’ ) , was seen in the same light and its male variety was banned in 1885 . |
| 7 | Although individual client executives tend to favour dealing with known consultants , if those consultants leave their firms , they are not necessarily then seen in the same light , or as having the same resources at their disposal . |
| 8 | In other words , action which is predetermined by some external constraints can not be seen in the same light as action which accords with some convention , though , on occasion , constrained action may be glossed as rule-governed in an associated account , particularly where the agency of a person is in doubt . |
| 9 | The book argues that the blitz should be seen in the same light as the Battle of the Atlantic , which aimed to inflict economic damage on Britain , rather than as a terror attack intended to undermine the morale of citizens . |
| 10 | Night-time madness is n't appealing , seen in the cold light of day . |
| 11 | The person in doubt can choose , but his choice must be made in the full light of knowing what he is doing — disbelieving , not doubting . |
| 12 | Given our increasing economic problems , Gazza 's new position may soon be celebrated in the same light . |
| 13 | The Archdeacon beamed in the unexpected light of the Canon 's approval . |
| 14 | If there is no preparedness to see extensive nationalization of the worst offending corporations and if there is no political or national will to place public officials on the boards of directors to guarantee that ‘ our ’ interests are given as much consideration as those of the corporation , then clearly the will to control corporations has atrophied in the withering light of pragmatism . |
| 15 | The men and women we read about in the Bible have aspirations and failings with which we easily identify , and even the heroes of Scripture are displayed in the cold light of truth . |
| 16 | However , examined in the clear light of another day , I decided you 'd felt lousy about cheating on Simon and that dismissing the afternoon had been a get-out . ’ |
| 17 | In correct rural circles , having your lawn turfed is regarded in the same light as wearing made-up bow ties . |
| 18 | We say that he has done enough damage in bringing about the birth of this child , in giving him a father who does not know he is his father , a mother who is so ice-cold a scientist that she willingly abandons her own child to the researcher in the laboratory , where he will inevitably be regarded in the same light as any other laboratory animal . |
| 19 | It would depend both on his precise mental state , whether he was capable of lucid moments at the particular time , and the particular treatment involved ; for instance , refusal of therapeutic drugs prescribed to control dangerous behaviour would not be regarded in the same light as refusal to have a tooth extracted . |
| 20 | In my case , I am pleased to say , it was regarded in the same light as full time training . |
| 21 | A FEW years ago , unemployment and sickness insurance for a mortgage was regarded in the same light as private health insurance is now : fine if you could afford it , but not essential . |
| 22 | To the right of the back door , she found what she had hoped for , a Victorian window with a pane broken in the top light , leaving the catch within easy reach of someone of Theodora 's height . |
| 23 | ‘ People are entitled to be angry — the cynical deceit of the Tory election campaign , the easy promise that all the economy needed was the reassurance of a Tory victory , all now exposed in the harsh light of the real world . ’ |
| 24 | Heavily wooded hills climbed high above the railway line , dotted with small villages just beginning to be bathed in the warm light of the rising sun . |
| 25 | Nowadays , parental responsibility may be viewed in the same light for school attendance as for child care generally , namely : ‘ the duty to care for the child and to raise him to moral , physical and emotional health … the fundamental task of parenthood and the only justification for the authority it confers ’ . |
| 26 | They must assume that unless they use the term ‘ painting ’ , their work will not be viewed in the same light as the oil painters ' art . |
| 27 | A better known scene from the Colchester factory may be viewed in the same light . |
| 28 | As the men came into view , she could see their shapes clearly enough , though their faces were blurred in the flickering light . |
| 29 | And possession by the Holy Spirit , which was common among the Camisards , is put in the same light : riven by sexual frustration and guilt , this group suffered from mass hysteria in the form of fits and prophecies . |
| 30 | This need not involve rejection of traditional Christianity ; Newman had written his famous essay on the development of doctrine in 1845 , long before the Origin of Species ; and the idea was reworked in the Darwinian light of 1889 in Lux Mundi , a collection of articles edited by the prominent high-churchman Charles Gore . |