Example sentences of "such subject as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book highlights such subjects as animism , Jewish , Christian and Hellenistic ‘ mythologies ’ ; the realities of health , sickness and death ; of nature — its seasons ( notably Spring and Winter ) and its glories , as well as its decadence ( we find no evidence for Djwa 's contention that ‘ the book moves through cycles of winter death followed by spring rebirth , ’ any more than for her ‘ structural myth ’ or ‘ controlling Orpheus myth ’ which form the foundation for her critique of the book ) ; of rationality and madness ; loneliness and intimacy ; of truth and treachery , prayer and protest ; of prophet and priest , doctors and teachers , angels and devils ; freedom and slavery , sainthood and sinning , wonder and despair , war and peace , love and loss , beauty and brutality ; regret and humour ; sensuality and discipline , joy and sadness ; of the greatness of God and his creation , and the pitiful smallness and incompetency of man ; the city and the breadth of nature itself : sea and air , rivers and countryside ; savagery and urbanity ; loss and its disappointing pangs . |
| 2 | It is possible for sixth-form students in British secondary schools to take the Advanced- ( ‘ A ’ — ) level examination for school-leavers in such subjects as philosophy or economics or sociology , but it is not at all common , and incoming university students of these subjects usually begin at the beginning , with open minds but with the necessary commitment to learning . |
| 3 | Hyam examines such subjects as sexual exploitation under slavery , sexual coercion in convict settlements . |
| 4 | She must wait months , if not years , for an interview with an Entry Clearance Officer at a British diplomatic mission on the Indian subcontinent , go through endless interrogations about such subjects as the colour of the family 's goat or the number of rooms in the house she lives in or how many guests there were at the wedding and what happened on the wedding night . |
| 5 | Questions focus on such subjects as the length of the journey , the dangers travellers might face and the kind of life which would await them in Oregon . |
| 6 | The exceptions were the teachers in such subjects as physical education , art , and the crafts . |
| 7 | These courses cover such subjects as sheep-dog training , hedging , ploughing , stone walling , livestock handling , farm mechanics , and , in some areas , working horses . |
| 8 | The major line of development of the College has thus been its transformation from a teaching school attached to an equine infirmary , to a fully fledged university school in which teaching at undergraduate level and research of high standing encompass the whole range of domesticated animals , and where postgraduate courses meet the increasing demands of specialisation in such subjects as animal health , pathology and laboratory animal science . |
| 9 | It is the task of Philosophy to confront questions which are posed in a variety of areas , to consider to what extent their answers are to be found in such subjects as Mathematics , Physical Science , Sociology , Literary Studies or Religion , and to determine how else they might be answered — where these can furnish no complete answers . |
| 10 | It has articles on such subjects as geometrical art . |
| 11 | The Rayner men decided that the establishment 's information papers , on such subjects as ‘ performance of cavity wall ties ’ should earn their keep . |
| 12 | Imagine the indignity of trying to learn by heart , over breakfast , a set of opinions , which you will later claim as your own , on such subjects as your party 's policy on the amateur status of Rugby Union , female circumcision and devolution of power to the regional arts boards … and all morning your party agent sending you urgent messages that your whole campaign 's falling apart . |
| 13 | Commercial breeders abroad , who are mainly rearing animals for the table , of such subjects as the Queen Conch ( Strombus gigas ) and various species of edible Tridacnid clams in the South Pacific , have turned their attention to the opportunities provided by the aquarium animal trade . |
| 14 | In just promoting ideal conditions in the reef aquarium for sessile invertebrates , such subjects as anemones and soft corals can reward you by reproducing asexually either by polyp division or budding . |
| 15 | ‘ For three weeks flying will alternate daily with the final phase of ground school which includes such subjects as aircraft recognition , intelligence and tactics , and from then on flying is the order of the day . |
| 16 | I realise Morrissey 's ambiguity on such subjects as race and sexuality will frustrate those who feel that a firm stance is necessary in the current political climate . |
| 17 | Like Departures , Connections contains 12 units of ‘ Everyday Conversation ’ on such subjects as ‘ Booking in Advance ’ or ‘ Cheques and Credit ’ , plus a students ' Vocabulary Index . |
| 18 | Streetwise Intermediate explores such subjects as how children acquire their first language ; gestures ; and varieties of English . |
| 19 | It is important to remember , however , that explanations of this type are also the stock-in-trade of such subjects as demography and criminology , which aim to establish generalisations relating social factors to human behaviour . |
| 20 | Herbert Spencer pursued a literary and journalistic career throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century and also found time to write books on such subjects as The Proper Sphere of Government , Social Statics , First Principles , Man Versus the State , Principles of Ethics , and many others besides . |
| 21 | 5.4.4 A further aspect of all the schools studied which was illustrated by these two schools was the relationship between the project and trends towards curriculum integration ( in such subjects as humanities and basic studies ) and the augmentation of the curriculum with such subjects as PSD and , of course , study skills . |
| 22 | 5.4.4 A further aspect of all the schools studied which was illustrated by these two schools was the relationship between the project and trends towards curriculum integration ( in such subjects as humanities and basic studies ) and the augmentation of the curriculum with such subjects as PSD and , of course , study skills . |
| 23 | Since adherents of this first school regard college as primarily an intellectual training ground , they stress the inherent educational value of such subjects as classical languages ( Greek and Latin ) , political philosophy or English literature , all of which encourage the development of sensitivity , subtle and flexible reasoning , intellectual ingenuity and the willingness to see all sides of an argument . |
| 24 | She emerged at the start of this year with the album Little Earthquakes , a collection of quietly rapturous songs that cast an unflinching eye across such subjects as loss of virginity , shattered romance and kinky sexual encounters . |
| 25 | However , the finer points of such subjects as tort can with relative safety be left to repose in his books of reference . |
| 26 | They wrote on such subjects as education , art , philosophy and science . |
| 27 | Carlton books are patently and blatantly mass market , covering such subjects as computer games , dinosaurs and rock ‘ n ’ roll . |
| 28 | He was elected a member of the Society for the Promotion of Arts , Manufactures and Commerce in 1760 , serving from 1763 to 1778 as the joint chairman of the committee on mechanics , and taking a leading part in its deliberations on such subjects as agricultural machinery , ships , and textiles . |
| 29 | Between 1903 and 1910 she wrote nearly sixty articles on such subjects as lace , samplers , stumpwork , wallpapers , tea caddies , silks , and velvets . |
| 30 | His pathological researches and field studies appeared regularly in the form of official reports presented by Dr J. M. Cuningham , then sanitary commissioner with the government of India , and were concerned with such subjects as cholera , leprosy , ‘ oriental sore ’ , enteric fever , relapsing fever , and prison dietaries . |