Example sentences of "move in on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scotland Yard said shots were fired at anti-terrorist squad detectives and a tactical firearms unit as they moved in on a house in Stoke Newington , north London . |
| 2 | Then Tin Pan Alley moved in on the act and the soul was lost … ’ |
| 3 | It seemed a very long time to Lee before the shadowy adults who surrounded the game moved in on the victim and she wondered why she found herself so static , impotent , so lost . |
| 4 | As soon as he had apprehended any kidnappers , the state prosecutor moved in on the hostages and he never saw them again . |
| 5 | She swam and sunbathed , went sightseeing , worked on her designs , talked brightly on the phone with Lucy , or Dad or Charles whenever they rang her , forcing herself not to ask whether Guy had moved in on the firm yet , and then wincing when Lucy said that he 'd made his mark in a dramatic emergency board meeting , put up the backs of most of the board of directors when he announced sweeping measures to increase profitability , cut overheads … |
| 6 | For Jeanne Favret-Saada ( 1980 ) , who set out to study witchcraft in the French Bocage , the only means of moving in on the discourse she hoped to understand was to become part of it . |
| 7 | When the dust settled yesterday Michael Knighton , a thwarted professional footballer who has been elected to the Manchester United board , spoke bitterly of the vilification he claims to have endured since moving in on the club and Martin Edwards , the chief executive . |
| 8 | Their acquiescence was to be encouraged by a campaign of information and by mobilising convinced peasants to persuade recalcitrant ones , but nothing could stop the tractors from moving in on the appointed day . |
| 9 | Then , when the next breeding time comes around , the males start moving in on the female groups again and fight one another for possession of that year 's harems . |
| 10 | Network Computing Devices Inc pretty much has the dedicated X-terminal business sewn up , and the Mountain View , California company is now moving in on the personal computer X Window System emulation business with launch of PC-Xware , a single software package that it claims provides full X terminal functionality on personal computers for the first time . |
| 11 | Network Computing Devices Inc has the dedicated X-terminal business pretty much sewn up , and the Mountain View , California company is now moving in on the personal computer X Window System emulation business dominated by the likes of Canadian outfit Hummingbird Communications Ltd and UK firm XVision Ltd , with launch of PC-Xware , a single software package that it claims provides full X terminal functionality on personal computers for the first time . |
| 12 | I can not see the flats becoming empty on a Friday , and the bulldozers moving in on the Sunday or the Monday . |
| 13 | But now new technology is moving in on the traditional auctions . |
| 14 | Once the enemy camp was roused , thousands would move in on the castle . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's a special word in Russian for someone who moves in on a household indefinitely and has the right to complain about the arrangements , ’ he said , ‘ and I 'm it . ’ |
| 16 | I move in on a twenty-kilogram monster , all bark and paws . |
| 17 | Anna Adams had no illusions about the decline of Scarp , ‘ When the artists move in on a way of life , that way of life is picturesquely anachronistic and in decay ’ , but it seems that a taste for tragedy only augments the awareness of beauty . |
| 18 | Anna Adams had no illusions about the decline of Scarp , ‘ When the artists move in on a way of life , that way of life is picturesquely anachronistic and in decay ’ , but it seems that a taste for tragedy only augments the awareness of beauty . |
| 19 | In what is being seen as Lloyd 's ‘ Big Bang ’ , the change should allow the giant insurance operation to move in on a growing slice of business which it has found elusive . |
| 20 | In what is being seen as Lloyd 's ‘ Big Bang ’ , the change should allow the giant insurance operation to move in on a growing slice of business which it has found elusive . |
| 21 | When a little brown bat detects an insect and starts to move in on an interception course , its click rate goes up . |
| 22 | If share dealers beat a rapid retreat this morning , Bond 's bankers — already at the end of their tether — may be forced to move in on the whole group . |
| 23 | Terry Venables has been keen on the 23-year-old for months and armed with over £2million from the Stewart sale , is set to move in on the £1.2m-rated player . |