Example sentences of "[art] life " in BNC.

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1 A Day in the Life of an ACET Volunteer
2 Thoza Khonje , Malawi : released February 1991 , having been detained for two years after making remarks which were interpreted as critical of the Life President .
3 Art is not , as the metaphysicians say , the manifestation of some Idea of beauty or God ; it is not , as the aesthetic physiologists say , a game in which man lets off his excess of stored-up energy ; it is not the expression of man 's emotions by external signs ; it is not the production of pleasing objects ; and , above all , it is not pleasure but it is a means of union among men joining them together in the same feelings , and indispensable for the life and progress towards wellbeing of individuals and humanity .
4 ‘ When I see the Giotto frescoes at Padua I do not trouble to recognise which scene in the life of Christ I have before me , but I perceive instantly the sentiment which radiates from it and which is instinct in the composition in every line and color .
5 This phrase comes from Carl Nordenfalk 's book , The Life and Work of Van Gogh , first published in 1943 ( in English in 1953 ) .
6 The island 's public affairs and significant politics can occasionally be seen , out of the corner of an eye , to be no less invaded by contingency and incomprehensibility and futility than the life and times of Jimmy Ahmed , to have the status of rumour , to be little more than a remote and indecipherable response to a random outbreak of violence .
7 I do n't think that its readers can have had much trouble in finding in the life and work the responsiveness Ackroyd finds in them .
8 There can also be little doubt that the devotional revolution had a significant impact on the life of local catholic communities , especially as social life came to have a very strong relationship to the local parish and its priests .
9 The interaction of these powerful figures in the life of the Republic has been significant for the preservation and development of the catholic — nationalist world view .
10 Despite what brewers ' architects often allege , the life expectancy of such plastic window units is proving remarkably short — as little as five years for the fittings , and twenty years for the plastic itself , which is exhibiting distinct tendencies to warp and discolour with age .
11 Loiseau says : ‘ Awards are the life blood of this industry .
12 The world premiere of WHO NEEDS A HEART , the new feature from award winning Black Audio Film Collective , on the life and times of Michael X is a festival must .
13 Some of them tried to make amends for their own earlier contribution to this state of affairs and moved to include me more fully in the life of the school — a few even started to invite me back home for meals and things .
14 For the next few days I was horribly inactive , gripped by a lethargy that I could not for the life of me understand .
15 I ca n't for the life of me understand what it is you see in it .
16 I honestly ca n't for the life of me figure out how to express the rest so I hope you 'll forgive me if I stop here .
17 But it is the glider pilot who literally has the life of the tow pilot in his hands .
18 You will certainly play a very important part in the life of the young child and provide a valuable service for his family .
19 Furthermore , a fear of revolution on the lines of that which had occurred in France still loomed large in the minds of the new English bourgeoisie , underpinning the demand for an organized police system geared to the protection of the life and property of the ruling classes ( Reiner 1985 ) .
20 ‘ All my work is the evidence of a life , and not the life itself . ’
21 When Mr Cohen was well , they lived the life of any well-to-do family of the time , in the Edwardian style of the period .
22 By law no attempts may be made to hasten death or prolong the life of the sufferer .
23 Morton saw that Leonard and Mrs Cohen were very close , and nothing emphasised this more than her willingness to take them and their friends out for meals , especially to a favourite Greek restaurant where she would be the life of the party , not least in singing , and encouraged by good wine which the restaurateur would ply them with in order to get the mood of the evening going .
24 Two of the numbers they played were ‘ Red River Valley ’ and ‘ Turkey In The Straw ’ ( the former finding expression in 1989 , when it was included in the video Songs from The Life Of Leonard Cohen ! )
25 Indeed , it depended on its buying-power for sustenance , for by 1949 the life of a ‘ hit ’ record was about three months , with a market profile of a third under 21-years-old and a further 45 per cent between 21 and 35 ; leaving only one-fifth of purchasers over 35 ( many of whom bought for the younger generation in any case ) .
26 This is the life .
27 I 'm still young , Duncan , I want the life .
28 I was never happy all the time , but i could get no character and could not get out of the life .
29 Such is the life of the radio reporter .
30 To help maintain this level of filtration and extend the life of the motors .
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