Example sentences of "say of [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Gestalt is a mode of perception of a group of objects — say of the dots in a printed picture — so that they are seen as one thing . |
| 2 | Associated with the orders were the colour and the pageantry of war : the richness of the apparels ; the emphasis on the outward trappings ( say of the heralds ) ; the sense that going to war was an occasion , just as tournaments or jousts were occasions . |
| 3 | He says of the liberals that they were placed in a predicament by the fall : ‘ A democracy can not be imposed by force , the majority must favour it , yet the majority wanted what Khomeini wanted — an Islamic republic . ’ |
| 4 | The 25-year-old , who started his career with Tampa Bay Rowdies , says of the Americans : ‘ I feel more loyalty to them because it 's my wife 's country . ’ |
| 5 | Engels says of the Greeks : ‘ The downfall of Athens was not caused by democracy as the European lickspittle historians assert to flatter their princes , but by slavery , which banned the labour of free citizens . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The trouble with the traditional with-profits endowments and deferred annuities which most school fees planners use is that they are inflexible , with heavy penalties for withdrawal , and the charges are high , ’ Walker says of the schemes . |
| 7 | The writer and professor Charles Handy says of the students at the London Business School , ‘ Most are opportunists . |
| 8 | Maria Morgan , editor of the Guinness Book 's literary section , says of the publishers ' advertisement : ‘ The trouble is that as yet we do n't have a category for most widely read author . |
| 9 | Of the promotions made under Cnut , nothing can be said of the origins of Ælfric II of Elmham , Leofgar of Lichfield , Brihtmær of Lichfield and Æthelric of Selsey , or of the reasons why Ælfric Puttoc , the praepositus of Winchester , was made archbishop of York in 1023 . |
| 10 | It has been well said of the Reformers themselves that the Bible was the sole norm and guide in matters of faith and conduct , not in everything under the sun . |
| 11 | The same could be said of the routes around the west of London . |
| 12 | He rode a moment , and then dived into the shifting , opaque water , which ran away from him in rays , like jewels flashing , opals you might call them , emeralds , lapis , rubies , sapphires , as Van Gogh had said of the stars reflected in that same sea in June 1888 . |
| 13 | And they stare , ca n't stop , they know what is said of the claws , the biting words from her jaws , and a shiver tightens the pores of their hairless flesh . |
| 14 | Much more will be said of the houses of the poor in chapter 3 , but the basic contrast can be readily tested — one has only to compare the range of interiors in the novels of Richardson or Jane Austen with the range in almost any one of Dickens 's novels . |
| 15 | Which is more than can be said of the successors of the first Labour government , elected just when the Elmhirsts arrived at the bankrupt farms and derelict buildings of Dartington . |
| 16 | But it certainly could not be said of the master-manufacturers that theirs was the whisper of a faction , nor of the unions in their post-1832 revolutionary phase that theirs was the voice of the nation . |
| 17 | ‘ They 'll quench you , ’ she had said of the whelks . |
| 18 | Much more could be said of the implications of a natural-narrative analysis here . |
| 19 | Meacher has said of the unions : |
| 20 | Much the same can be said of the mosaics from Withington and Newton St. Loe , although here other contrasts are also conspicuous . |
| 21 | The same might be said of the individuals in Britain considering themselves members of the ‘ middle class ’ : there is not an essential characteristic common to them all , which could be discovered by theoretical reflection . |
| 22 | In a report to the London Hazards Centre , Michael Meacher , then Shadow Employment Secretary , was quoted as saying of the Conservatives : |
| 23 | On 4 July 1638 Alured got into serious trouble with the court for saying of the Scots that ‘ they did well ’ in opposing the king and he hoped ‘ they would reform this land by a parliament as well as they have done theirs already ’ . |
| 24 | So Law said of the Liberals in 1914 : " They have become revolutionaries , and becoming revolutionaries they have lost the right to that implicit obedience that can be claimed by a Constitutional Government . " |
| 25 | He said of the managers : ‘ Their prime motive now is pounds and pence . ’ |
| 26 | An eyesore , ’ he said of the oaks fallen in the park . |
| 27 | Any road , erm when I went back to see her she said of the ones who came and asked to go on it , we 've accepted you , but no more . |
| 28 | Mr Hunt said of the changes in the poll tax rules for teenagers : ‘ A new wider exemption will apply to all young adults under the age of 20 for so long as they are still at school or in full-time further — though not higher -education . ’ |
| 29 | The Guardian leader quoted earlier said of the proposals : ‘ There was no major initiative on inner cities yesterday . |
| 30 | Mr Wood said of the figures : ‘ The society 's strong financial base will ensure that we are well able to maintain our key objective of remaining an independent financial unit serving the needs of the local community we know so well . |