Example sentences of "[art] [noun] as oppose to " in BNC.

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1 I would argue with the author on the merits of the wing-down as opposed to the crab cross-wind landing techniques , and feel that he should have concentrated less on right-hand tractor American rotation engines , but other than that I ca n't fault him , and would class the book as absolutely required for anyone aspiring to be a tailwheel instructor .
2 Some indication of the relative importance of the parallel as opposed to traditional markets is the widespread use of LIBOR , rather than treasury bill rate , by financial institutions as a basis for calculating their lending and deposit rates .
3 The eagerness of the plea as opposed to the hasty promise before it quite took Charles aback .
4 The dissociation of the Muftilik from a kadilik is thus important in that it seems to represent the further definition of a chiefly " religious ' authority , the representative of the more spiritual aspect of the Seriat as opposed to its practical application which was to some degree tainted , in the eyes of the pious , by its close association with secular government .
5 However , I never knew of any among our crew , and would suggest that the reason may lie in the contrasting modes of rest ie , the luxurious , all-encompassing comfort of the hammock as opposed to the cold , hard and impersonal barrack-room bed .
6 Certainly those which are relate to the future as opposed to what has happened in the past .
7 It 's actually and it 's actually sewn in into the louvre as opposed to the er the larger weights .
8 Possibly caused by people returning to work , I think those are the ones that really opened up the community and dropped people on either side of the fence as opposed to sitting on top of it .
9 The Commission was also impressed by the great confusion that would be caused when there were a number of participants engaged in street fighting , since it would often be difficult to prove who actually used the violence as opposed to merely threatened it .
10 This refers to the front of the mouth as opposed to the centre or back of the mouth ; a term used when describing where sounds are made in the mouth .
11 Do you see that as the difference between the way that Americans view philanthropy in the arts as opposed to the way the English view it ?
12 In addition , it was generally felt by the European as opposed to American contingent at the Ribera conference in Naples in May , that ‘ The sense of smell ’ from Oslo was probably by Falcone ( although this is in the Prado show as by Ribera ) and the ‘ Portia ’ is by Luca Giordano ( excluded ) .
13 If the newcomers have fairly extreme opinions , some towards the Right and some towards the Left , it will be more difficult for the select committee atmosphere to mould them into a team upholding the legislature as opposed to the government of the day .
14 Perhaps the first , and in the end the most lasting , impression that one carries away , is of the contrast between the golden-cream light and space and the exquisite feeling of harmony engendered by the ceiling as opposed to the deep blue darkness and turmoil of the ‘ Last Judgment ’ .
15 We established the same result in Section 9.2 by applying the CS conditions to LP* ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) and it is worth noting that the resulting inequalities typically involve more variables than if ( 9.8 ) is used , but ( 9.8 ) presumes a knowledge of the tableau as opposed to just knowing the BFS .
16 ’ there not being in force in relation to the use of that vehicle ‘ This phrase means that there is no insurance cover in force relating to the use of the vehicle as opposed to insurance covering the contents for example .
17 Nevertheless I share the doubts of Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. whether Lord Scarman was intending to mean that the parents of a ‘ Gillick competent ’ child had no right at all to consent to medical treatment of the child as opposed to no exclusive right to such consent .
18 First , we will need to consider the relative merits of selling the assets of the business as opposed to the shares .
19 The object was to concentrate on the use of the tool as opposed to the user 's task .
20 And if you quoted the earnings as opposed to some of these undertakings or districts , erm then there was a wide gap you know er which we felt the benefit of rather than the reverse .
21 It is surmised that this had happened during the initial fitting of the rings as opposed to any stresses imposed during the crash .
22 Improvements to rented property may raise rents to the detriment of the producers as opposed to the landowners .
23 Micky Yornutta is not so sure , so he asked Brian what exactly he expects from his side and Brian , as ever , decided not to sit on the fence , but the main concern being for his side to pass the ball as opposed to kicking it , but first Brian says that long ball to John Durnin is all wrong .
24 It was as though these managers expected motivation to stem from the organisation as opposed to management techniques .
25 In other words the remedial performance is designed to restore a favourable image of the offender as opposed to offering substantial compensation to the offended .
26 Well Chemistry of course is , is traditionally much easier in many ways than English or some other subjects , and this reflects the esteem held amongst schoolteachers and students of the sciences as opposed to the arts .
27 Both managers said their style of leadership was authoritarian , where power focuses with the manager as opposed to democratic , where power focuses with the group as a whole .
28 I am in sympathy with the approach Tony Wedd advocated , which was to accept temporarily everything that was put forward , to work with it and see where it got you : the attitude of the technologist as opposed to the scientist .
29 We would ari have arrived at the block of flats prior to six o'clock but not many minutes prior to and then from there er we made our way up to that floor by the stairs as opposed to the lift .
30 In essence this appeared to reverse the commitment not to maintain land , sea or air forces , but as the stress was placed on self-defence the SDK was said not to contradict the spirit as opposed to the letter of the constitution .
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