Example sentences of "to [art] various [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 One part of the explanation lies in the intensional value of the respective constructions , and the other in the meanings attached to the various adjectives by the speaker .
2 Among these are its smoothness and coolness to the touch , a degree of translucency , and colours ranging from the white most highly esteemed by the Chinese to the various shades of green , yellow , orange , red , blue , mauve and black imparted by mineral components .
3 Even if we accept , as we should , that Thucydides is right about the ‘ truest cause ’ ( and in the passage last quoted he comes near to running together true cause and alleged reasons , so we should not try to separate them too sharply ) , there is still a major problem : what weight should we give to the various instances of encroachment ?
4 Talk in detail about your requirements to the various companies before making your decision .
5 The period began with town planning elevated in the public mind by virtue of the favourable reception accorded to the various plans for city reconstruction drawn up during the war years and immediately afterwards .
6 This idea also correlates with the positions we ascribe to the various functions of the individual in that the physical outer layer is associated particularly with the digestive and generative processes in the abdominal region , emotions are associated with the heart in the thorax and thinking is an attribute of the brain in the head .
7 All the old historians when mentioning Hailing tell us of the old Manor of Langridge or Bavents , each one describes the antiquity of the Manor from Adam de Bavent to the various owners of their period until we reach William Baker .
8 In May , after receiving from the Emperor introductions to the various states in Italy , Leopold wrote to Hagenauer
9 But the price tags attached to the various deals over the past year have also shown that musicians and copyright have become big business .
10 check what excesses apply to the various sections of the policy — these will differ from insurer to insurer .
11 I do not propose to refer to the various provisions in detail .
12 I remember that in 1970 I was actually called deranged because I drew attention to the various forms of manifest nonsense on which ‘ The Thing ’ was battening .
13 Altruism here refers to the various forms of self-sacrifice , or , more accurately , apparent self-sacrifice , in which animals and human beings engage .
14 If it is difficult now to concur with the Bioscope reviewer 's judgement that the film ‘ surpasses in technical achievement anything of its kind ever made in Britain , and at times soars to heights of directorial brilliance ’ , it 's still possible to understand how an audience that had been accustomed only to silent films might warm to the various acts on display .
15 Adobe itself will reportedly do the ports to the various platforms for SVR4.2 .
16 Derry 's allocation of tickets was distributed to the various clubs in Maghera last night where there was an unprecedented clamour for the precious pieces of paper .
17 The main importance of the rescript , however , lay not in its relatively modest provisions or acceptability to the various policy-makers in central government , but in the rapidity with which it was circulated and published .
18 Finally , a theme common to the various policies to be examined has been the changing character of central — local state relationships within the NHS .
19 New accountability processes have to grapple with the problem of legitimising managerial autonomy and discretion ( to achieve results ) with the need to give real rather than fictional accounts to the various publics with which the organisation interacts .
20 The total cost allocated to the various headings under each contract will be entered in a cost ledger as a permanent record each month .
21 Unsolicited tapes are allocated to the various members of the A&R team .
22 ( see p 110 ) we reported that The Companies ( Single Member Private Limited Companies ) Regulations 1992 had come into force , and referred to the various aspects of company and insolvency law that had been changed to accommodate the single-member company .
23 That is to say that in reality , effort is not applied exclusively to the various phases in turn .
24 I have a general word of thanks to members of the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties who have given me their support and , through them , to the various councils in their areas which have also expressed support for the Bill .
25 Again , few long-standing customers will surely want to compromise their future bargaining position by revealing to the court the true weight which they gave to the various considerations before them prior to the placing of interim contracts with the employer .
26 When module information is requested for transfer , details on every module in LIFESPAN are transferred along with details pertaining to the various versions of these modules and their relationships to each other .
27 The two main jobs are replacing the rising main and installing a new cold water cistern together with new pipes leading to the various fittings around the house .
28 Different considerations press forward , however , when we move on to the various situations in which known risks ought to be guarded against : bad driving of a motor vehicle may carry an obvious risk of causing death or serious injury , as may bad navigation of a ship or an aircraft , bad driving of a train , setting fire to a residential building , and the handling of firearms .
29 The place where this exorcism took place differs according to the various translations of the Gospel .
30 Immobility is linked to the desire for stable identity , to certain knowledge , to fixed images , and to the various clichés of the discourses of authority .
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