Example sentences of "it strike at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Death is a tragedy ( ! ) and whether it strikes at an eight-year-old youngster 3. ) or a senile old man , a scar is always left on one 4. ) of the survivors — a scar that does not heal quickly . |
| 2 | There is an argument that treason is a more serious offence , since it strikes at the very foundations of the State and its social organizations , but treason is so rare that it is surely permissible to treat homicide as the most serious form of crime . |
| 3 | Will the Secretary of State answer that question truthfully because it strikes at the very heart of democracy ? |
| 4 | It strikes at the very fundamentals of a free press , by placing a cost barrier on access to information . |
| 5 | The war changed national life and individual ways of living , and so in a general sense it struck at the very roots of conservatism . |