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

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1 If Ireland was a catholic nation , then its law and government would be correspondingly so whatever the disposition of church — state relationships , theocratic or secular .
2 But it has to be said ( it has to be said ! ) wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , typing , smiled to himself , it has to be said , wrote Harsnet , that if every project is likely , if not certain , to result in the addition of a little more shit to the shit that already exists , there is also the possibility , faint it is true but real , of the unexpected , and this is what delay makes possible and what the onward rush of time , the ever-increasing acceleration of time , perpetually denies , and in addition to the possibility of the unexpected appearing in the coils of delay , in addition to that , it has to be said , he wrote , that whatever the project , however trivial , however exalted , it will always say more than its maker knows , and , if genuine ( I will return to genuine ) , something will emerge which is distinct from whatever came before , from whatever elements went to make up the whole , a tone , a voice , which is not the tone or the voice of the maker but something else , something which , in my more optimistic moments , or perhaps my less clear-sighted moments , seems to be distinct from the shit though inseparable from it , a tone , a style , which links it to its maker 's other genuine ( I will return to genuine ) productions .
3 But whatever the size of your company and whatever business you are in , I believe it will be to your benefit to read this booklet and act upon its recommendations .
4 Whatever the particular significance of these RPs in terms of information processing , it is reasonable to conclude with Libet that 550 msec is the minimum interval by which neural activity precedes a self-initiated , and therefore presumably voluntary , movement .
5 Whatever the realities of Shirli-Ann 's situation , the broader truth is that she is not alone .
6 But , where as you suggest , ‘ custom designed ’ pieces which adopt this practice when using sold wood there is the likelihood of failure whatever the species or moisture content .
7 The muscles must be trained to counter-balance each otherappropriately if the dancer is to defy the laws of gravity whatever the style of dance .
8 Whatever the season , Ingleborough has something to offer the keen fell walker .
9 Whatever the current market climate , Christie 's expect success with the Man 's Best Friend auction , which features works by celebrated artists John Emms , Maud Earl , and John Henry Lorimer .
10 Whatever the outcome , the movement and control of graphical information is here to stay .
11 In practice , whatever the solution adopted there is always an uncomfortable shifting of gears in the movement from one of these perspectives to the other : nor does the assertion of this or that ‘ homology ’ between style and narrative do much more than to pronounce resolved in advance the dilemma for which it was supposed to provide a working answer .
12 They could always have maintained of course that , whatever the poet 's intentions , the poem as an achieved entity answered to their interpretations .
13 Blessed with tight and impressive management , however , and its firm French base , CB 's long-term growth seems assured , whatever the specific problems .
14 Whatever the opposite of a captain 's innings is , he was intent on playing it .
15 Whatever the past illusions of the imperialist and nationalist ventures of nations , or of the master error of Marxism-Leninism , they did evoke from people ‘ daring , courage , imagination and idealism ’ .
16 Yet , whatever the short- and medium-term vicissitudes , it will almost certainly be completed , if only because any other course would be seen , however unreasonably , as a failure of political and diplomatic will on the part of this country .
17 Whatever the ideological preoccupations of the Prime Minister , it is impossible for the Government to take no view and to play no role when the future of an infrastructural project with the potential impact of the Channel tunnel is in question .
18 Whatever the outcome , Marcos 's death has opened old wounds .
19 Whatever the readers ' perception , Le Monde is changing and will go on doing so for some time to come .
20 Whatever the price of these latter ( up to 20 times their cost in the West ) and reinforced customs procedures for their import , they are finding their way in .
21 In communications , too , the Soviet Union has realised it must modernise or die , whatever the risk .
22 Yet what such a comic ploy demands is , precisely , performers capable of representing stereotypes ; and , whatever the evidence to the contrary , that is where the true talent of the Pythonites lay .
23 Whatever the different roles assigned , Palin invariably personified a sweatily ingratiating Milquetoast ; and so forth .
24 Any judge faced with cases of this type found it very difficult because whatever the decision , somebody was going to be grievously hurt .
25 Whatever the media reporting , she claims , Cleveland was not hostile to her .
26 Whatever the outcome of those particular appeals ( in which I should declare my professional interest as representative of both Dr Colman and the journalists ) it seems inevitable that English courts , indirectly influenced by Europe , will eventually develop coherent constitutional and legal principles to review the substance of administrative decisions .
27 WHATEVER the home unions committee may care to think , the team who performed with great distinction in Paris are Lions to a man — and if the powers-that-be will not grant them the honour with a large ‘ L ’ they can hardly begrudge it with a small one .
28 Whatever the future holds for him , Mr Pozsgay has already ensured that his name will for ever be written in Hungarian history books .
29 It is not entirely without foundation : holidaying on the cheap in such places as super-smart St Moritz , Zermatt and Gstaad is next to impossible , whatever the tourist offices there might say .
30 IF THERE is one political lesson which recent events have underlined in Africa , South East Asia and Latin America , it is that peasant armies waging guerilla wars all end up committing the same sort of brutalities , whatever the flag they fight under .
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