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

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1 These men were taste-makers , whose judgements were important ; but the time available to them for writing was limited by the demands of negotiation and administration , so that they tended to write essays more than books , catalogue entries rather than articles .
2 In the first place you will start to think about how an actor 's work differs according to the demands of the medium .
3 Are you saying that this combination of vocal and physical training stems from the demands of the classical play , like Richard III , or do you think a different approach is needed for the modern writer ?
4 Often such schemes unashamedly make vast concessions to the demands of the modern pub customer .
5 As it becomes increasingly unacceptable for the man to remove himself to the predominantly adult male preserve of the pub , leaving wife and children at home , it becomes imperative for outlets to be found which can cater to the demands of the whole family .
6 In my early career , I set out to meet the demands of my peers and fulfil the necessary qualifications for assessment as a ‘ real polis ’ ; although there were few opportunities to flirt with any real forms of marginality !
7 I will assume that you are not completely unfit and can cope with the demands of normal training .
8 Instead of concentrating on the lines of the dance — which they will need if they ever dance in Ashton 's Symphonic Variations or Monotones , MacMillan 's Requiem or Bintley 's Consort Lessons — students spend more time loosening up to meet the demands of modern choreographers .
9 But the demands of a growing membership were outstripping the voluntary nature of the Campaign .
10 That culture presupposed a high degree of what E. D. Hirsch calls ‘ cultural literacy ’ , particularly in respect of English history and the Christian and classical heritages , requiring competence in Latin and at least one modern language , as well as wide reading in English Literature over and above the demands of the curriculum .
11 The complex of disparate elements comprising academic English was always unstable , though they might have stayed together longer if it had not been for the demands of the academic environment .
12 They are also exempt from the demands of examination passing , assessment , and certification , that I believe have a more distorting effect in the teaching of literature than in other academic areas .
13 The British government , he says , has capitulated too readily to the demands of Peking
14 Alone of its present legislators , he accepts the demands of grassroots politics , building support through ceaseless slogging , always available for a meeting here , a press conference there , a Sunday rally or a television interview .
15 Given the demands of their business , it is improbable that developers will commission masterpieces , but it is in their power to avoid monstrosities .
16 ‘ The problem for this Tory government is that their ideology is out of phase with the demands of ecology . ’
17 No other sort of mind is up to the demands of the system , which needs to seem to have judicial impartiality and a rocklike permanance while also being quickly responsive to the latest political fads .
18 ( First Edition ) MANCHESTER police will be at full stretch for the next round of the Littlewoods Cup — because of the demands of television .
19 And he made a number of management changes which reinforced the impression that Eurotunnel had become a company capable of acting in the best interests of bankers and shareholders and standing up to the demands of the Anglo-French contracting consortium .
20 LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III Sly American songwriter , whose new album , Therapy , ponders the demands of fame : like having your picture alongside Frankie Vaughan 's in the local launderette .
21 By entering ‘ the race … to show that the Government is wrong ’ Ukepra is clutching at straws and defying the accepted principle that marketing any product is all about listening to the demands of the consumer and satisfying those demands .
22 And he rejected the demands of environmentalists and opposition parties for measures to discourage car use in favour of public transport .
23 When Wales were successful in the Seventies ( and even then they could not beat the Blacks ) , mere victory was not enough ; it had to be done with panache and by a heap of points to satisfy the demands of a voracious populace .
24 Although it is a means of asserting authority , coming as it does at the start of the shift , parade is very relaxed and , from the point of view of the ordinary constables , serves as a way of casually reorientating themselves to the demands of work .
25 These quotations hint at a number of important dimensions to policing in Northern Ireland : that policemen and women in the RUC have common-sense conceptualizations of their role , with some defining it in terms of community service ; that they have sets of standardized guide-lines , what Schutz ( 1967 ) calls ‘ recipes ’ , appropriate for the situations they handle ; that they make , and try to maintain , a distinction between work and leisure ; and that they employ various distancing strategies to cope with the demands of their job .
26 These variations in media use suggest that radio and the press provide a choice of detail which matches the demands of different sectors of the public — in keeping with the Libertarian Ideal .
27 No other bishop can meet the demands of the see of London , in statesmanship , scholarship , spiritual force , ‘ and the rest ’ .
28 Work , however , proceeded slowly because of the demands of war .
29 The passion she had tried to feel for feminism was not enough , it did not give her enough strength to stand up for herself against the demands of these two women who wanted her , needed her and demanded her .
30 It was no longer a fantasy , a ritual extension of the dark dreams of her night times , in which the doctor was to play out some version of her lost father , an ally against the demands of the women in her life .
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