Example sentences of "marked [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we saw earlier , the period which marks the emergence of Consumers ' Co-operation as virtually the sole objective of the Movement , and its rejection of authentic Producers ' Co-operation , coincides with Hobsbawm 's Age of Capital , that period which marked the phenomenal growth of a global economy of industrial capitalism and so held out the prospect of unlimited and unfailing progress — and nowhere more than in Britain which held a de facto international monopoly in trade in manufactures . |
| 2 | After 20 years of stalwart service , it also marked the perfect end to a great Highbury career though the Irishman was keeping mum about a possible move to West Ham . |
| 3 | He was present at the surrender of Dunbar in May 1296 , which marked the victorious conclusion of Edward 's first campaign , but his main work continued to be high-level diplomacy . |
| 4 | The confidence which marked the early years of the reign that major liberal reforms could be introduced without endangering the social and political order was severely shaken . |
| 5 | The year marked the lowest sterling price for coffee in 14@1/2 years . |
| 6 | The treaty was denounced by Israel , which claimed that it marked the virtual annexation of Lebanon by Syria . |
| 7 | It was without much surprise that Alexei marked the towering figure of his father at Burun 's shoulder , but when their eyes finally met there was no hint of response . |
| 8 | The only sour note was the electrified fence that marked the forbidden border zone . |
| 9 | This marked the only occasion when a sequel won a Best Picture Academy Award and led to an ill-advised third instalment in 1991 . |
| 10 | A growing feeling , encouraged by bodies such as the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children , as to the social obnoxiousness of incest was finally expressed in the Criminal Law in 1908 which marked the tardy acceptance of a recommendation made over three centuries earlier . |
| 11 | The super-lunar region was the remainder of the finite universe , extending from the moon 's orbit to the sphere of the stars , which marked the outer boundary of the universe . |
| 12 | I hesitated , and as I did so a big stone that marked the outer edge of the track began to move . |
| 13 | There was the vague suggestion of orange light beyond the high wall that marked the rear boundary of Amelia 's property ; the streetlamps were already on . |
| 14 | Amongst the most important of these carefully plotted works are : de Falla 's The Three-Cornered Hat ( 1919 ) which originally accompanied a mime play and so fascinated Diaghilev that he commissioned the composer to enlarge it for Massine 's ballet ( see page 59 ) ; Vaughan William 's Job , commissioned by Diaghilev , was unused until de Valois created her important ‘ Masque for Dancing ’ ( 1931 ) ( this marked the inaugural performance of what has become The Royal Ballet ) ; Arthur Bliss ' Checkmate ( 1937 ) was choreographed by de Valois after both composer and choreographer had worked on the plot ; Prokofiev 's Romeo and Juliet was composed with the help of a Shakespearean theatre expert and has been used notably by Lavrovsky , Ashton and MacMillan ( see page 26 ) ; and Ashton provided a roughly outlined plot for Hans Werner Henze 's score for Ondine ( 1958 ) . |
| 15 | She returned through the black woods , past the shrines , to the narrow defile which marked the nearer barrier to the castle . |
| 16 | On the other hand , it marked the new and broadly secular movement towards the independent status of ‘ arts and learning ’ ; indeed , though the term is not yet used , of ‘ culture ’ . |
| 17 | That marked the first time that solar neutrons were detected on the ground . |
| 18 | The importance of this discovery can not be over-estimated , for through it I was led on to the further discovery of the Primary Control of the workings of all the mechanisms of the human organisms , and this marked the first important stage of my investigation . |
| 19 | But because of his private trainer status Sibton Abbey 's win on Saturday marked the first time Murphy 's name had been credited as trainer of a big race winner . |
| 20 | When Norman recruited Sir Ian McGregor , this marked the first time in Britain that a nationalised industry chief had been appointed through executive search . |
| 21 | Nevertheless it marked the first step — though only that — in the restoration of royal coinage inside West Francia . |
| 22 | However , the Family Allowances Act 1945 marked the first scheme of allowances to benefit all families with two or more children irrespective of the employment status of either mother or father and without proof of need or evidence of contributions . |
| 23 | It marked the first time that an Offshore Division production platform has been used to process oil or natural gas from a third party well . |
| 24 | The accord marked the first application of the so-called " Brady plan " designed to encourage voluntary debt reduction schemes [ see pp. 36541-42 ; 37016-17 ] . |
| 25 | This marked the first launch of its kind in China . |
| 26 | The conviction of Shinto , after a 20-month trial , marked the first occasion on which a court had ruled that the Recruit shares had been intended as a bribe . |
| 27 | The case marked the first use of the Organized Crime Control Act of New York State in connection with fraud on Wall Street 's financial markets . |
| 28 | The visit marked the first step towards improved relations between the two countries since the suspension in October 1990 of US military aid [ see p. 37764 ] . |
| 29 | Under the terms of the deal , which marked the first direct trading contact between the two Korean states since the Korean War of 1950-53 , the North would supply 30,000 tonnes of anthracite and 11,000 tonnes of cement in exchange for the rice . |
| 30 | It marked the first occasion on which the UK had taken steps to grant political asylum to a refugee from another Western country . |