Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] of [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anxiety over global environmental change has perhaps made us more aware of the converse idea : that the activities of microbes largely determine the state of the biosphere , and in particular the evolution of the Earth 's atmosphere . |
| 2 | Acute illness episodes were also significant , restricting the activities of men over 75 for an average 47 days each year , and of women for an average 61 days each year — compared with 23 days and 29 days respectively for men and women of all ages . |
| 3 | According to Melnick ( 1986:1–2 ) , ‘ The forms of misbehaviour commonly associated with football hooliganism include physical assaults on opposing fans and police , pitch invasions , throwing missiles , verbal abuse , vandalism , drunkenness , theft and possession of an offensive weapon . ’ |
| 4 | Certificates are decisions of the employer 's agent : in the forms of contract usually encountered , the certificates are reviewable by arbitration . |
| 5 | While both tuned and untuned percussion instruments can be used in many of the forms of accompaniment already mentioned , as part of an ensemble or orchestra , those of indefinite pitch such as cymbals , gongs , and drums need special mention because they can be used alone , without using other conventional instruments . |
| 6 | This unstable identification — much more unstable than the forms of identification usually associated with cinema — is reinforced by the much looser rules of engagement implied by television 's interruptable time . |
| 7 | This marks a change since 1969 , when HP and mail order were the forms of credit most often considered but not used . |
| 8 | The swings of attitude so clear in the historical analysis of deafness had once again created a climate of opinion where the predominance of one methodology could be questioned . |
| 9 | For example when foreign documents relating to professional conduct the opinions of experts not sealable on disputes of policy in professional to etiquette to elucidate the rules of a particular profession , English law , morals and probability of human nature and all our opinions of law is that which English law though they may prove the proper costs of particular legal proceedings , neither expert or ordinary witnesses may give their opinions upon matters of legal or moral obligations or general human nature or the manner in which other persons would probably act in the interests and my Lord this director points at the policy it is in fact the authority admits which is Mr Justice then was . |
| 10 | The institutions of art here are ‘ instances of conservation and consecration ’ . |
| 11 | Sedgwick , born in Dent in 1785 and for many years Professor of Geology at Trinity College , Cambridge , and a friend of Wordsworth and Darwin , describes the galleries of Dent vividly and delightfully in his book , A Memorial To Cowgill Chapel 1868 : ‘ The galleries were places of mirth and glee and active happy industry for there might be heard the buzz of the spinning wheel and the hum and the songs of those who were carrying out the labours of the day . ’ |
| 12 | He 'd deserved it , she told herself , deliberately fanning the flames of anger again as she tugged her gown over her shoulders . |
| 13 | This privileged position of an individual 's wishes over the wishes of others also finds its expression in the concept of segat . |
| 14 | Further , in an intuitive way , the meanings of sir here are not part of the content of what is asserted ; they are background assumptions about the context , specifically the kind of person B is addressing . |
| 15 | Not only are the meanings of terms often in dispute , but there exist more profound questions as to what economics is all about . |
| 16 | It is important to understand that language is used , in fiction , to project a world " beyond language " , in that we use not only our knowledge of language , the meanings of words etc , but also our general knowledge of the real world , to furnish it . |
| 17 | Just as our Grand Master thinks about the manipulation of further , and suggests that skilled readers recognise the meanings of words ahead of fixation . |
| 18 | Second , why are the meanings of words often felt to change from context to context , and how is successful communication possible if such instability exists ? |
| 19 | The patterns of usage therefore reflected the writers ' own individual styles , and their choice of words similarly reflects their own subjective knowledge . |
| 20 | But the signs of prosperity far outweighed those of damage : the new BMWs and Mercedes , freshly painted woodwork and the constant noise of machinery from the outhouses . |
| 21 | It pleases him to have his camp display the signs of Mars rather than those of Venus . |
| 22 | They see the signs of Satan everywhere , not just within dictators , and others widely acknowledged to be evil , but within individual people . |
| 23 | Bruner ( 1986 , p. 5 ) notes that in the realms of literature precious little is known about the ‘ reader-in-the-text ’ as a psychological process . |
| 24 | But among the bare rhythm tracks are some truly uplifting tunes that , without stretching the realms of credibility too far , are worthy of comparison to New Order at their most ecstatic . |
| 25 | The death of a baby boy this week in Sweden has raised fears there about the dangers of birth underwater . |
| 26 | Yet , the dangers of centralisation certainly seem to have been avoided in the main spending area , that of system engineering . |
| 27 | The Windscale cloud however , passed over most of the cities of England so the collective dose would be higher . |
| 28 | It predicts that , despite tougher standards for new cars , the problem is likely to increase for some years to come , largely as a result of a lack of any controls over the emissions of vehicles already on the road . |
| 29 | In a German broadcast it was stated that ‘ the defenders of Hazenbrouck not only delayed the advance , but resisted in a manner truly worthy of the highest traditions of the British Army ’ . |
| 30 | As long serving employees they will be able to bring a wealth of company experience and represent the views of members more effectively than outsiders . |