Example sentences of "devoted to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it was beneficial both to optimal planning and the creation of much-needed accommodation to maximise the number of rooms that could be sited internally , the aggregation of these spaces was still inadequate to ‘ fill up ’ the middle of the broad interior , and in the flour-mill section of the building the residual central space was devoted to a full-height internal courtyard or ‘ atrium ’ which rises through seven storeys to terminate in a glass-roofed conservatory . |
| 2 | Each corner of the stand was devoted to a separate theme with drawings emerging into three dimensional effects from which fabrics were draped and props arranged . |
| 3 | Our spare time was devoted to a vicious , unrelenting guerilla war inspired by Karen 's massive inferiority complex . |
| 4 | Erich Kunzel and the Rochester Pops Orchestra makes a good job of Candide , but then disaster strikes : over 28 minutes ( out of a total playing time of less than 62 ) is devoted to a certain ‘ Promenade Orchestra ’ , conducted by Alfred Gehardt , in some of the naffest arrangements of five numbers from West End Story that you 're ever likely to hear . |
| 5 | Each session was devoted to a relevant theme and the clients were given handouts summarising the main points . |
| 6 | The first 170 pages are devoted to a biographical account in English , copiously illustrated by photographs , reviews and letters , written mostly in Italian and French . |
| 7 | Most of the text is devoted to a multidisciplinary approach to various pelvic-floor disorders . |
| 8 | The presence of a minor American film star among the hostages had prompted more than usually exhaustive coverage of the event , and several columns were devoted to a blow-by-blow account of the aircraft 's comings and goings . |
| 9 | The cover of the magazine , which normally specialises in glossy features on the rich and famous , is devoted to a full-page picture of the couple . |
| 10 | Efficiency : seeking to ensure that the maximum output is obtained from the resources devoted to a department ( or programme ) , or alternatively ensuring that only the minimum level of resources is devoted to a given level of output . |
| 11 | Each rotunda was devoted to a different aspect of recent Czech history . |
| 12 | Each volume is devoted to a different type of plant . |
| 13 | The bulk of the issue is devoted to an acrimonious article full of names and packdrill , a furious rebuttal from the accused , a reply from the accusers , and , tucked away at the back , a letter from the accused replying to the reply . |
| 14 | Furthermore , in February 1711 , as part of a general move to increase revenue , it was decided to sell the " Commons and Waste Grounds " of Stockport , sufficient to yield about £60 a year ; of this , one sixth was to be paid to the Mayor towards defrayment of the costs of his office , and another sixth to the Schoolmaster , while the remaining two thirds were devoted to the poor of the town . |
| 15 | This edition of ‘ Update ’ is devoted to the new Quality Framework . |
| 16 | One chapter is devoted to the overwhelming impression made by Venice . |
| 17 | In the Third World in particular , but also in Europe , enormous attention is devoted to the socio-economic ‘ substructure ’ of society , and relations are cultivated with political actors across the whole spectrum of discontent . |
| 18 | The other two floors were devoted to the real business of the Turk 's Head and Uncle Titch 's particular folly . |
| 19 | The Fondation Gianadda holds Switzerland 's third retrospective devoted to the Cubist master |
| 20 | But the big central pavilions which house striking multi-media shows devoted to the central themes of the Expo ( discovery , navigation , nature , the future ) are complete , as are the many performance spaces . |
| 21 | The most substantial of these shows in all respects — ‘ Monumental Reputation ’ — which is devoted to the intriguing story behind the making of Adam 's lavish publication The Ruins of the Emperor Diocletian 's Palace at Spalatro ( sic ) , has now been transferred from the National Library of Scotland to London and continues at the Iveagh Bequest , Kenwood , until 28 February 1993 . |
| 22 | In many operations more time is spent on searching for , collecting and assembling cleaning materials than is devoted to the pure cleaning function . |
| 23 | Although much of the argument before him and much of his judgment were devoted to the legal rights of a 16-year-old , the only reason for exploring this was that W. was resisting a change of regime . |
| 24 | Crossman was a seriously-minded man and his diaries — although occasionally including some innocent gossip — were devoted to the serious topics that held his interest . |
| 25 | Under the heading " The Association and its Objects " it reads : The executive committee , in submitting this report , desire to point out that the British Deaf and Dumb Association is National in character , and its work is entirely devoted to the deaf and dumb , irrespective of creed or denomination . |
| 26 | In class-oriented studies ‘ politics , political action and the tensions between employers and employees are prominent … and less attention is devoted to the actual procedures and practice of industrial relations ’ ( Doeringer , 1981 , pp. 10–11 ) . |
| 27 | The thought was terrifying to one whose whole being was devoted to the outer show . |
| 28 | In addition to the foregoing there are numerous dialect dictionaries , each devoted to the colloquial ( or traditional ) speech of a particular region . |
| 29 | What makes Front Line Africa controversial is also what makes it particularly useful — that a third of it is entirely devoted to the political and economic steps the rich world can and should take to hasten the end of apartheid . |
| 30 | Following not so long after the large retrospective devoted to the Russian Suprematist in Amsterdam in 1989 , the Fundación Juan March is holding a much smaller show ( forty-two pictures rather than 215 ) from 4 April . |