Example sentences of "making [art] statement " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making the statement , I was conscious of the silence in the House as it listened to the proposals . |
| 2 | Qualified privilege may be claimed if the member of the council making the statement about a person can show that he made it without malice and in pursuit of a public duty . |
| 3 | By shutting this door to exclude fear , even if you have to do it a million times , you are making the statement that you decide not to let that thought feed on your life 's energy . |
| 4 | After making the statement outside his flat in Kensington , West London , the brigadier , casually dressed in waterproof trousers and a sweat shirt , drove off in his Peugeot 405 refusing further comment . |
| 5 | A statement that the buildings in Old Aberdeen are beautiful is embedded within an assertion that the speaker was recently in Old Aberdeen , and stayed there for a period , and so she has a warrant for making the statement . |
| 6 | I can imagine him making the statement , but I ca n't imagine that he meant it sufficiently to make it worth printing . |
| 7 | ‘ In any proceedings ( whether or not under this Act ) — ( a ) a statement of affairs prepared for the purposes of any provision of this Act which is derived from the Insolvency Act 1985 , and ( b ) any other statement made in pursuance of a requirement imposed by or under any such provision or by or under rules made under this Act , may be used in evidence against any person making or concurring in making the statement . |
| 8 | Fraud may be difficult to prove , the person making the statement may simply say that he honestly believed , at the time he made it , that it was true . |
| 9 | He pauses once and then hesitates again before making the statement , " I " m a great admirer of yours " ( p. 58 ) and the level of formality he uses to introduce himself ( giving his own name after using the formal vocative " Mr Crisp " to gain his attention ) is absurdly high for the situation . |
| 10 | You are making a statement about a child and it is going on the child 's record . ’ |
| 11 | Another , who works in a uniform all day , said how important her earrings were , and the short dreadlocks under her hat ; how she felt they were making a statement for her , something like : you may think I 'm an ordinary , boring nurse , but my hair and my earrings give you the clues ; this is what I 'm like out of my uniform , I 'm different , I 'm me . |
| 12 | Already his political obituaries are being prepared , as he considers his future over the weekend before making a statement on Monday . |
| 13 | We now have so many choices , so many ‘ looks ’ , that there is not much you can wear without making a statement of some kind . |
| 14 | BADGES have long been a cheap , effective way of making a statement — whether it 's Ban The Bomb or I Love Madonna — but do n't throw them away when your fervour wanes . |
| 15 | But Sean had felt like making a statement . |
| 16 | Three days later the Standard announced that Oscar Kambona would be making a statement in London . |
| 17 | The accused may admit the exposure was wilful etc. verbally and/or by making a statement under caution . |
| 18 | In my rejection of the image I saw I was making a statement , the apparent text of which read , ‘ I do n't want to look like ( be ) that . ’ |
| 19 | Mollie was n't asking a question , more making a statement , knowing there was nowhere else to eat until I settled in my own home . |
| 20 | Does it follow that he is making a statement , reporting his mental act of knowing , as opposed to doing something ? |
| 21 | And when Jesus orders Judas to do quickly what must be done , he is not making a statement of clairvoyant resignation , but issuing explicit instructions . |
| 22 | Connors was n't asking a question , merely making a statement . |
| 23 | No statement which you make during the interview may be given in evidence against you unless : ( a ) you are prosecuted for making a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular ; or ( b ) you are prosecuted for some other offence and when giving evidence , you make a statement which is inconsistent with a statement made during the interview . |
| 24 | A speaker normally signals his/her point of departure by indicating whether s/he is making a statement , asking a question , or giving an order . |
| 25 | Children who do this are making a statement about not needing comfort from adults , while at another level needing them desperately and choosing a place where they know they will be forced out . |
| 26 | Yet he then stood up and said that he would be making a statement in the valleys tomorrow . |
| 27 | I do not know whether that is being emulated elsewhere , so I am asking rather than making a statement . |
| 28 | In fact , the whole face was expressionless , the only feature with mobility being the mouth , which was broad and thick , always seeming to be on the point of making a statement without actually saying anything . |
| 29 | The House of Lords held that the company had correctly been convicted of making a statement which it knew to be false . |
| 30 | He was making a statement that was demeaning to her , and yet her flesh burned , familiar fire stabbed at her loins and her body stirred against his , jerkily at first and then involuntarily adopting a rhythm that was both sinuous and surging , blatantly erotic . |