Example sentences of "[prep] a tribute to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nowadays , most people 's idea of a tribute to the transgressive joys of altered states is ‘ A Trip To Trumpton ’ . |
| 2 | If you believe that the Eighties are something of a tribute to the independent trustee system , then it 's a pity that this centralisation is developing . |
| 3 | Then , the Hommage à Picasso with which Gris made his sensational début at the Salon des Indépendants of 1912 , must have had the character of a tribute to the chef d'école . |
| 4 | But the text could serve equally as a tribute to the man himself . |
| 5 | As a tribute to the Godfather of hip hop , Afrika Bambaataa , it demonstrated a due respect for the past , while signalling her intention to become a force in the future . |
| 6 | His funeral took place during the First Test at Trent Bridge , with South Africa the tourists : play was halted as a tribute to the man whose valet helped him to contrive county cricket 's most amazing victory . |
| 7 | This volume is published as a tribute to the genius and humanity ( borrowing Edmund Burke 's words ) of what remains the most exhaustive enquiry into prison conditions in Europe . |
| 8 | Cream 's ‘ fraternal individualism ’ , for instance , is easily metamorphosed into ‘ elitist exhibitionism ’ ( musically , this is the development from Cream to what has often been described as the ‘ empty virtuosity ’ of many later ‘ guitar heroes ’ ) ; similarly , the ‘ thinking ’ of unpredictable extended forms , given the predictable lulling rhythms and bland timbres of Mike Oldfield , is turned into LP-length ‘ easy listening ’ ; the ‘ psychedelic sound ’ becomes exactly that : a fetishized label , isolated from the radical harmonic/rhythmic context it has in ‘ Strawberry Fields ’ , and pinned on to simple Top Ten dance tunes , as a tribute to the middle class ideology of riskless hedonism . |
| 9 | Tucker , who is due to retire in the autumn , said : ‘ I regard the honour as a tribute to the work of Navy News staff past and present , and I 'm particularly proud of the fact that ours has always been virtually an in-house production . |
| 10 | As a tribute to the old railway they have retained the platform edge , decorated it with flower urns , and it thus forms a feature of the site . |
| 11 | Before starting the formal business , I would ask members to stand in silence as a tribute to the former Lord Mayor , the late Councillor Move to the election of Lord Mayor . |
| 12 | Dee Miller 's mother applauded ITV 's decision to show the programme as a tribute to the 2 who died . |
| 13 | Beyond are another four , much more boldly coloured works painted in 1982 by Rolf Winkler who exhibits here under the nom-de-peintre A R Penck , as a tribute to the geologist Albrecht Penck . |
| 14 | Now her schoolmates are raising cash for a CF charity as a tribute to the brave 15-year-old , of Pallister Park , Middlesbrough . |
| 15 | MARATHON man John Bishop , the Echo 's round-the-world cyclist , related his adventures to members of Liverpool Rotary Club with a tribute to the club for its support . |
| 16 | National Trust members Jerry Hall , Susan Hampshire , Angela Thorne and Gavin Campbell were joined by Trust staff in a tribute to the charity 's President , HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother , for her official birthday parade in June . |
| 17 | The job of promoting the LP was made simple for Red Rhino when the band decided to call the album ‘ George Best ’ in a tribute to the flamboyant Manchester United and Northern Ireland winger . |