Example sentences of "within [art] bounds " in BNC.

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1 As long as Keynes pitched his arguments for credit expansion within the bounds of orthodoxy , he dominated the proceedings of the Committee and achieved a degree of consensus .
2 Mme Mitterrand 's support of the girls , in the name of respect of religious cultures within the bounds of secularity , brought an angry reaction from French feminists .
3 Even within the bounds of their overwhelming devotion to Gothic they showed by the end of the century an openness to new styles which other denominations were not as quick to learn .
4 the foresters come with horses at harvest time , and collect every kind of corn in sheaves within the bounds of the forest , and outside near the forest .
5 The townsmen produced at the Forest Eyre a charter of Richard I conceding that no forester was to have power of attachment within the bounds of the borough .
6 to distrain by their lands and chattels all those who shared in that liberty , and have lands within the bounds of the disafforested districts , to contribute towards the payment of the 200 marks to the King , in proportion to the lands they had in the said district , and the advantage they gained from the disafforestment .
7 Activities need to be kept within the bounds of fair competition and care needs to be taken that there is no overstepping into open conflict .
8 For an analysis of the way Prisoner 's Dilemmas arise within the bounds of various moral theories see D. Parfit , Reasons and Persons , Oxford , 1984 .
9 The general or ‘ philosophical ’ curriculum that I advocate would be based on a single principle : that the less narrowly a child 's critical faculties are confined within the bounds of a single set of concepts or procedures , the more easily he will be able to adapt to life after school , whether at work or in higher education , and the more free his imagination will become ; these two targets in fact being one and the same .
10 This suggests that a 20%percnt ; reduction in ferry costs through new manning arrangements and the use of larger ships would reduce the profitability of the Tunnel to zero in 1994 ; a reduction of 40% , which is within the bounds of possibility , would produce a £4bn loss .
11 However , it seems likely that they could have given the 1968 Act a more liberal interpretation since it merely requires a local authority to provide sewerage wherever it can but within the bounds of reason and by no means universally .
12 But it is all within the basic framework of that creature 's subtle and physical structure , within the bounds of instinct .
13 Organizing respectable credit for respectable people became the respectable part of an accountant 's work , whose training enabled him to ensure that it was sound , that is , within the bounds of profitability .
14 Temple could write with perfect confidence in his audience that though he would not ‘ strain the reader 's capacity by asking him to imagine a native Governor of a Colony or Protectorate ’ or even a native Colonial Secretary of Nigeria — a proposal which ‘ does not come within the bounds of practical politics ’ — he counted it an advantage of Indirect Rule that under it ‘ the native can and does fill not only positions of great responsibility but the highest positions , positions which place him on the social scale on an equality with the King 's representative himself ’ .
15 I wanted to know if that was all right — within the bounds of normality , as it were ? ’
16 What Aristotle had seen as the vice of the pharaohs , Cardinal Richelieu raised to a maxim of policy for Louis XIII , whom he advised ‘ all politicians agree that when the people are too comfortable , it is impossible to keep them within the bounds of their duty …
17 Worse , the decision briefly poisoned relations between Niki and James , which until then had been well within the bounds of friendly competition .
18 The market economy has much to offer and certainly in today 's world needs to be defended intellectually but only I believe if it is defended within the bounds of Christian justice .
19 For NME 's part we offer a celebratory discography , though the many US and Euro Sonic offerings have been omitted in order to keep the listing within the bounds of reason .
20 The upshot was that Bishop had a superb match as he sought to keep the game alive by constructively cautioning and chivvying the players to stay within the bounds of the permissible .
21 For the twentieth century as a whole , the variations in solar irradiance implied by the analyses are within the bounds of possibility .
22 As will be discussed below , the treatment of detainees suspected of security offences is still open to serious questioning , but the operations of the penal system itself continue within the bounds set by the Statute of Rights .
23 It is never the case that a writer creates a hypocrite without giving us some clue , however subtle , to his dissimulation ; and it is seldom the case that he is not exposed within the bounds of the artwork .
24 We could see it as providing an insurance fund against loss caused by ( usually ) unintentional failure to keep within the bounds set by the principles of public law .
25 Unlike adoption agency social workers , healthcare professionals often have the opportunity to discuss concerns with adoption participants within the bounds of confidentiality .
26 For we are deciding what would ( most probably ) happen , not what might ( within the bounds of possibility ) happen .
27 An intersection can thus be established to exist between the cylinder of the pin and the surface of the block within the bounds of the intersection domain .
28 Instead of the society channelling business decisions within the bounds of public interest , the corporations seek to channel public-interest decisions within business-interest bounds ’ .
29 Having examined how the law defines the ends for which directors must use their powers , we are now in a position to consider the law 's capacity to ensure that they act within the bounds laid down .
30 16–6–1843 " Considering that within the bounds of this parish there is not such a number of adherants , as would of themselves form a Congregation , but that it is necessary that the parish of Bowmore .
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