Example sentences of "such as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , people are developing other problems are developing other problems such as cancers which give rise to the need for long-term community support . |
| 2 | The authorities were not granting full access to detainees by independent bodies , such as the International committee of the Red Cross , and relatives were not being informed of detainees ' whereabouts . |
| 3 | The authorities are reportedly prepared to release Fr Jin if he appeals for clemency on grounds such as ill-health . |
| 4 | AI delegations have been expelled from countries after discovering evidence of human rights abuse and several countries , such as China , have refused Amnesty entry . |
| 5 | In practice , however , issues such as the colour and social standing of the victim will also play a major part . |
| 6 | This did not mean , unfortunately , that human rights were being respected , but that regimes around the world were using new methods of repression such as ‘ disappearances ’ and extrajudicial executions . |
| 7 | Amnesty groups ' work responded to the challenge with new techniques such as networks focusing on abuses in specific areas of the world and campaigns on whole countries or themes . |
| 8 | There are some aspects of group work which never change — the satisfaction felt on receiving a letter such as this , for example : |
| 9 | I have worked for 14 years as a care assistant in a special school , and although the general attitude towards individuals with a mental handicap is gradually changing , it is both reassuring and encouraging to see youngsters such as these becoming a more regular part of ‘ everyday life ’ . |
| 10 | Venturi 's survey started with classical times , the uncertainties of writing by Xenocrates , lists of lost works such as the treatise by Apelles , and settled down to comment on two fundamental categories of criticism , the lives of artists , and the critic 's encounter with the work of art . |
| 11 | A supplementary approach to school art instruction is to draw attention to the types of subject in art , such as portraiture , narrative , landscape . |
| 12 | Moreover , other cultures , such as those of Africa , have had to wait until even more recent times for recognition . |
| 13 | These same qualities are needed by lecturers , so it is no surprise that some excellent critical writings , such as many of John Ruskin 's books , were first read out from a lectern . |
| 14 | His writings on art include several reviews of the Paris Salons , which were either published in booklets or in journals such as the Revue française . |
| 15 | Gentlemen : It is with great regret that I see so many students labouring day after day in the Academy , as if they imagined that a liberal art , such as ours , was to be acquired like a mechanical trade , by dint of labour , or I may add the absurdity of supposing that it could be acquired by any means whatever . |
| 16 | Or , the effect of a painting may be compared with those of other means of communication , such as photography , film or television . |
| 17 | How such as Donald Judd and Robert Smithson , was that they saw ‘ a false and pious rationality ’ as ‘ the enemy of art ’ . |
| 18 | Newer approaches to history can give accounts which do not have landmark events and which tell us about different aspects of the past , such as social conditions . |
| 19 | ‘ I want to paint men and women with that something of the eternal which the halo used to symbolize , ’ Van Gogh had written , groping to define for his brother the human essence that was his aim in pictures such as this . ’ |
| 20 | The imperative for a writer of a chronological survey is that a defined period of time is covered ; this may be linked with a theme , such as the history of styles in Gombrich 's case , but it is unlikely to be linked solely with a spotlight on quality . |
| 21 | The art discussed may still be in situ , or at least in the country of its origin ; hence the immense attraction of travel to the sites of great civilisations such as Egypt or Mexico . |
| 22 | Divisions in the book are unusually clear , separate chapters being given to topics such as function , the market , or the historical and political background of the subject . |
| 23 | European studio practice from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century included the master 's employment of assistants , and the use of specialists for parts of pictures , such as drapery or landscape . |
| 24 | Subsidies are available from a limited number of sources , such as government agencies , charitable foundations , and , today very rarely , private individuals ; there is a factor of prestige to be counted in this sponsorship , mediated by the decisions of committees . |
| 25 | The novel Lust for Life by Irving Stone , published in 1934 , is the most famous of these productions , popularising a vein of interpretation established early in the century by some of Van Gogh 's first advocates , such as the taste-maker Julius Meier-Graefe , who defended Van Gogh in 1906 , and went on to write a book in his praise in 1921 called Vincent . |
| 26 | We know that with major sculptures such as The Burghers of Calais and the Balzac , Rodin did not claim that they were equally successful from all points of view . |
| 27 | An art monograph need not be about a person , but can be about an individual work or a scheme such as a mural decoration . |
| 28 | for art historians , incomplete schemes or dismembered works such as altarpieces have the attraction of needing detective work ; but a critic takes an interest in a reconstruction only if it throws new light on surviving art . |
| 29 | In the introduction or other essays there may be some writing which will not date , such as art criticism which documents the personal experience of the writer . |
| 30 | Sometimes a number conceals a genuinely significant programme , such as the Group of Seven had in Canada . |