Example sentences of "[art] example of [art] " in BNC.

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1 Davie himself provides the example of a dedicated university teacher , who is at the same time a fine poet , a practitioner of rigorously evaluative criticism , and a judicious reviewer .
2 We can use the same approach to examine the self-representation of a particular ruler , taking again the example of a Roman emperor such as Augustus ( 31BC-AD 14 ) or Nero ( AD54-68 ) .
3 The example of a tape recorder shows that it is not : the same machine can translate information in the form of sound waves in the air into patterns of magnetization on a tape , and vice versa .
4 In practice , unlike the example of a collection of objects with randomly assigned characteristics , we reach the same classification by using different sets of characters .
5 In the example of a factory , completely different assessments may be expected from the board of directors , shareholders , management , workers , and shop-stewards .
6 Rubbo cites the example of a farmer , who borrowed the equivalent of $800 to plant tomatoes .
7 Take the example of a company implementing new technology which requires the recruitment of an employee with a new skill .
8 Under such arrangements , work-experience might be planned thus , taking the example of a group of catering students in their first year of full-time attendance at college .
9 Faith is better caught than taught and the example of a parent is a strong influence even while teenagers seem to be rejecting what you taught them .
10 Itzhak Bentov envisages the example of a cleft in a rock where animals can find refuge .
11 ‘ What better way to show that going grey can lead to the heights of success and power than the example of a world leader such as yourself , John , ’ we said .
12 Gandhi cites the example of a man who in a fit of madness goes about with a sword in his hand killing indiscriminately .
13 Indeed , UAPT have considered , as an identifying factor which would virtually avoid the problem , filing date of birth ( following the example of a Dutch computer-based credit reference bureau ) ; but the reluctance of many people to give this information in this country is an obstacle .
14 Dr Tom McManus of the IIRS defended the Institute against allegations that it had been ‘ bought ’ by industry by claiming the IIRS had turned down 15 major industries which could have caused dangerous pollution : he cited the example of a herbicide factory which could have wiped out much of the marine life in Cork Harbour .
15 Let us see how the tax operates by taking the example of a haulage firm whose managing director died on 31 December 1986 .
16 Let us take the example of a debt owed to Swannson-on-Wheels for haulage carried out over a four-week period ( throughout the United Kingdom ) on behalf of a computer manufacturer called Computex Ltd .
17 she gave the example of a hedgehog pattern which she had used on a sweater .
18 She uses the example of a shepherd who works off his malevolence towards the human race by ill-treating his dogs .
19 John Kiser relays the example of a West German order for advanced medical equipment , judged in its prototype form to be fully competitive with anything else available .
20 He gave the example of a two-year Community Skills course in a local college that drew its recruits from the special schools .
21 O'Connell gives the example of a State that wishes to associate itself with the primary objectives of a treaty but not with its implementation .
22 Von Weizsacker ( 1984 ) gives the example of a natural monopoly transport sector with public provision being undermined by competitive entry in the area of private cars .
23 Such draconian time limits as these may be too strong medicine for our taste ; but the example of a general right of recovery subject to strict time limits imposed as a matter of policy is instructive for us as we seek to solve the problem in the present case .
24 For the example of a car described earlier , Figure 2.26 shows that the gearbox assembly file holds these attributes .
25 Using the example of a 90 per cent packed file with single-track buckets that can hold ten records : from Table 6.4 , 91.4 per cent of records are located on their home tracks .
26 This problem emerges even where , intuitively , it seems likely that data will be plentiful , as can be demonstrated by the example of a study of variable subject/verb concord in Belfast vernacular speech ( Policansky 1980 ; 1982 ) .
27 Let's take the example of a cooker .
28 Take the example of a newsletter which , every month has the text and illustrations removed from the file and the new copy pasted in .
29 The example of a geographer 's approach is provided by Knox ( 1982 ) .
30 The National Confederation of Parent-Teacher Associations cites the example of a secondary school in the Midlands with a roll of 1,100 where the annual meeting was attended by the head teacher and deputy , four governors and seven parents .
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