Example sentences of "in discussing [art] " in BNC.

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1 In discussing a different though related issue , Lacan observes that ‘ the latest developments in modern thought on language ’ are only a rediscovery of what was already known to Augustine , who ‘ orients his entire dialectic around these three poles , error , mistake , ambiguity of speech ’ .
2 There are countless stories about his enthusiasm for trains , from his few moments on the footplate of the Flying Scotsman to David Tweedie 's interview for a job at TMcL largely spent in discussing a mutual interest in the LNER .
3 Evans makes clear , in discussing a refutation of the Cartesian view of animal nature by a Jesuit , Père Bougeant ( 1739 ) , that it was the received ecclesiastical view that Satan 's allies , the myriad horde of fallen devils due for torment at the Day of Judgement , occupied themselves in the meantime by taking over the bodies of new-born babies and those of any other creatures .
4 The fact that a particular publication does not offer these types of promotion on a regular basis does not mean that it will not be interested in discussing a bright idea .
5 This is well demonstrated by Gumperz ( 1982 : 85 ) in discussing an earlier study of Hindi and Punjabi used by college students in Delhi ( Gumperz 1971 ) : " The two codes here appear indistinguishable phonetically and almost identical in both syntax and lexicon .
6 H. W. Janson 's History of Art , the standard college textbook , did not at that time mention a single woman artist ’ ; and in discussing the period reviewed by the exhibition , various choices of media made by women artists are chronicled , for , ‘ Many women artists eschewed painting — especially abstract painting — as a domain polluted by long saturation with male dominant values , and developed their themes in performance . ’
7 In discussing the findings the author concludes that while a number of people do have cause to complain about their medical examination , these results indicate that only a small percentage have problems .
8 In harmony with the new British philosophy of dynamism and efficiency , senior teachers favour the language of commerce in discussing the implementation of the curriculum .
9 In discussing the question of the possible use of the atomic bomb , Farrar-Hockley concludes that it is unlikely that the bombs could have been used in Korea without prior consultation , as ‘ honour and American political interest would have combined to militate against such a course ’ ( p. 386 ) .
10 In discussing the boundaries of murder , we are concerned with classification , not exculpation .
11 In Ajdabiya a young man , Wunis Abdulhadi , the brother of the lawyer Abdulsalam Abdulhadi , pointed out that The Financial Times had already announced the formation of Libyan-financed joint enterprises and that the government had given months ago ; he concluded there was no point in discussing the issue .
12 They behaved as though the European exchange rate mechanism had equipped them with a monetary policy and had left no point in discussing the subject further .
13 Perhaps it is for that reason that Britain will find greater interest in discussing the problems of the former Soviet Union and in establishing the rouble stabilisation fund — even though it will mean us pledging about $600m to help keep the Reds out of the red .
14 While the British press is usually circumspect in discussing the German question , there are frequent articles in the French press about the dangers of German domination .
15 Nonetheless , papers such as the Daily Mail have been prominent in publishing articles and letters about mental handicap , and in particular in discussing the right to live issue .
16 Due to their crusading streak , newspapers have been valuable in discussing the achievements of the mentally handicapped , but again they tend to focus on the sensational .
17 In discussing the effect produced when event X precedes the CS-US pairing of a conditioning trial , Revusky lays emphasis on the interference that results from the formation of an X-US association ; but it might also be allowed that the formation on an X-CS association plays a role .
18 In discussing the various types of eruption that are generally recognized , it was emphasized that labels such as ‘ Strombolian ’ or ‘ Plinian ’ should only be applied to recognizable phases of an eruption ; they may not necessarily apply to the whole thing .
19 The writer quoted an old Italian who , in discussing the merits of his own dual-purpose white cattle , explained : ‘ With beef cattle my children cry for milk .
20 For example among the action sample carers who reported increased strain was Miss Wainwright 's sister ( mentioned above ) , who in discussing the effect on her , said :
21 The most persuasive piece of evidence here is the language used by Papinian in discussing the rescript .
22 One example may suffice : Ulpian , in discussing the duty on parents to maintain their children ( and vice versa ) uses of the consuls the words ali iubebunt , ‘ they will order maintenance ’ .
23 However , the 1975 figures clearly give a very fair picture of the present breeding status , and Hughes ( 1975b ) , in discussing the results , notes that although the total summer population increased by 45 per cent .
24 In discussing the help that reading can provide in exploring and explaining emotional lives , one comes upon a clue to the disappointment that is sometimes felt with writers as diverse as Arthur Ransome and Enid Blyton .
25 To shed light on these questions , I 'd like to take an example from the fairly recent past , considering the factors which one ( unnamed ) Education Committee took into account in discussing the closure of a one-teacher school which I
26 As Stephen Parrish points out in discussing the very earliest ‘ complete ’ draft ( Ms JJ ) , the embryonic Prelude is best understood as an extension of the structure of Tintern Abbey : ‘ The last poem Wordsworth wrote before leaving England was Tintern Abbey , completed in mid July , and the affinities between Tintern Abbey and the autobiographical verse he began to write in Germany three months later help to point up The Prelude 's earliest design ’ ( Introduction to the Cornell edition ) .
27 Ted had given up all hope of enlarging his holding and was concentrating his efforts on farming his existing soil , making a reasonable living from his multiplicity of vegetable crops , when a letter arrived one day explaining to him that if he still wanted to buy the adjoining land , the owners were interested in discussing the matter .
28 This is the point ( not self-advertisement — the book is out of print ) of referring to my own work in such detail , and it is one to which I shall return in discussing the treatment of anorexics , in particular their apparent imperviousness to psycho-analysis and their liability to relapse .
29 In discussing the stages in the manufacture of the Kentish disc brooches considerable detail was omitted because of uncertainties regarding the actual methods of jewellery manufacture at the time .
30 For example , in discussing the way in which normal children develop language , Slobin ( 1973 ) has suggested that new functions are first learned using existing language forms or structures and , conversely , new forms or structures are first used to express well-established functions .
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