Example sentences of "of [art] [adj] [noun] it is " in BNC.

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1 Within the complex history of the twentieth century it is possible to discern a number of dominant tendencies , and distinct periods , various aspects of which have been illuminated and made more intelligible by political and sociological thinkers of diverse schools .
2 For us and the rest of the black community it is a way of life .
3 But unlike the £30,000 Range Rover , the Discovery is financially more accessible : at £17,300 upwards , it 's appreciably cheaper than many of the Japanese intruders it is seeking to chase out .
4 By the last quarter of the nineteenth century it is quite clear that the middle classes were limiting births .
5 It is possible to dial a number and , within seconds , to he speaking to a business acquaintance or friend in Saudi Arabia , the USA or Australia , to name just three of the many countries it is possible to dial direct .
6 In the absence of post-mortem verification of the site and size of the cerebral lesion it is difficult , on purely clinical and radiological grounds , to be certain that the two groups are evenly matched in extent or severity of damage .
7 In at least three of the four cases it is the notion of ‘ gender role ’ that ultimately underpins the explanation .
8 Most recent historical work on the rural economy has involved studies in depth of particular regions or even individual manors , and despite the patchiness of the surviving evidence it is clear that one can not draw hard and fast lines of distinction between regions of arable farming and those of stock-rearing .
9 Should the ego fail to satisfy the id it becomes prey to neurotic anxiety arising out of the strength of its instinctual drives ; if it fails the superego it is subject to moral anxiety ; and if it can not meet the demands of the outside world it is likely to experience realistic anxiety .
10 This is even more important in the case of homoeopathy than in the case of conventional medicine , because without an understanding of the different levels and aspects of the living being it is difficult to appreciate the differences in attitude between homoeopathy and the conventional approach .
11 Contrary to approaches influenced by Lacan , there seems little reason to suppose that the unconscious is structured largely in relation to language or some other grammatical form , since in the intellectual representation of the external world it is possible to account for symbolic processes through a variety of other cognitive mechanisms ( e.g. Sperber 1975 ; 1979 ) .
12 Whilst it is not possible in this chapter to provide a detailed comparative analysis of the two periods it is important to outline the context within which adult education responses to unemployment in the 1980s take place .
13 But of the two jubilees it is the one that gives us more to ponder .
14 Of the two methods it is generally agreed that ‘ write black ’ is much better at fine lines and accurate reproduction of small typeface sizes while ‘ write white ’ is best for large areas of solid black .
15 It might save money , but in terms of the environmental impact it is quite disastrous , and I think that it 's only now that the real problems in London for example are coming home to roost , er and I would ask that point to be borne in mind by whoever we decide should make representations to the commissioners .
16 In the discourse of the lyric poem it is unlikely that we can ascribe indexical meaning to symbolic elements of deictic terms .
17 If your child has any of the following symptoms it is advisable to let your doctor know :
18 In the light of the preceding discussion it is necessary to consider the methodology of comparative industrial relations more fully since it is clear that to be of value the studies need to be appropriately designed and the cases to be compared require careful selection .
19 In Nizan 's theory of the revolutionary novel it is elevated to the status of necessary pre-condition of authentic writing practices .
20 In Poland , Catholic education is now obligatory ( replacing one dogmatic ideology with another ) , and in those predominantly Muslim states that emerge from the wreckage of the Soviet Union it is possible that some very illiberal Islamic regimes will develop .
21 Mr Wood commented : ‘ After many months of being in one of the lower positions it is gratifying to see the improved collection which , I hope , will be continued in both the old and new taxes . ’
22 Being seated well ahead of the leading edge it is easy to keep the landing area in sight , and the descent angle is simply controlled with the throttle .
23 In the case of the thermal printer it is essential to get the correct grade of paper otherwise the image does not develop properly .
24 And in focusing on some problem areas it 's possible to fail to give an impression of the enormous privilege it is to serve the church and her lord in social responsibility .
25 By constructing the marginal social benefit curve DD , the government can decide how much of the public good it is socially efficient to produce .
26 In the matter of the loveless childhood it is possible to see that the measure of the deprivation bears a direct relationship to the measure of uncivilised behaviour that can derive from it .
27 We therefore believe that until such time as the Government can clarify what proportion of the projected demand it is willing to satisfy under MPG6 , can be acceptably met through existing reserves , and what realistic mechanisms it intends to apply to extinguish the remainder , no new sources of supply should be permitted .
28 We therefore believe that until such time as the Government can clarify what proportion of the projected demand it is willing to satisfy under MPG6 , can be acceptably met through existing reserves , and what realistic mechanisms it intends to apply to extinguish the remainder , no new sources of supply should be permitted .
29 The basic unit of credit is the module and in order to try to standardize its credit value across the many subjects and disciplines of the Modular Course it is defined in terms of notional student effort .
30 Outside politics Aristotle has the usual mixture of odd bits of information — for instance that in certain parts of the Celtic land it is too cold for donkeys to procreate ( De gener. anim. 2.8.748a ) .
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