Example sentences of "of [art] existence of the " in BNC.

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1 The narrator ca n't be sure but guesses he was n't even aware of the existence of the flowers .
2 The assertion of the existence of the totally communal gens at an early stage in the history of mankind was what drew Marx and Engels to Morgan .
3 The existence of a body like the Highlands and Islands Development Board is an acknowledgement of the existence of the problem .
4 This last section of the questionnaire relates solely to training — the opinions were recorded of those who had used the services of the ATB in the past and the expectations of those who , until this study , did not know of the existence of the ATB .
5 It is true that once a useful co-ordinating convention is established every person has reason to adhere to it , a reason which is independent of the existence of the authority , a reason deriving entirely from the existence of the useful convention .
6 Louis-Napoleon was now convinced that he must do something to remind Frenchmen of the existence of the Bonapartes .
7 The first probable record of the existence of the Book of Kells is an account of the theft of ‘ the great Gospel of Columkille , the chief relic of the western world ’ from the great stone church of Kells in the year 1007 .
8 Equity requires , therefore , that the third party be in good faith , have paid a real price ( acquisition by gift or for a derisory sum will not do ) , and be unaware of the existence of the trust .
9 The interest of this text is that it makes clear both the availability of a remedy against a third party , and the fact that that party has notice of the existence of the trust ; and it apparently limits the availability of the missio to cases where the buyer does have notice : cases , therefore , in which bad faith is involved .
10 Who knows , maybe it will appear with time , and by the end of the year we will be able to look back at Figure 2 and say that this was one of the first proofs of the existence of the W particle ?
11 Our homes , our territories and our pathways are all superimposed and coexistent , the one hardly suspecting or aware of the existence of the other .
12 With our present-day highly developed technologies , we can re-create many of the complex molecules found in nature , but we can not create life — another argument in favour of the existence of the life force or life energy , whatever it may be .
13 ‘ … directly reminiscent of the existence of the individual in infancy before he could talk readily , when everyone was bigger and stronger , when chairs and tables were mountainous and had sharp injurious edges , when he could flood the dark universe with light if someone lifted him to press the switch , but when usually his greatest efforts were ineffectual to change anything .
14 Evidence of the existence of the debt was documented and confirmed ; as regards recoverability , the auditors had assurances from Gimco and Berg that the bills would be honoured but no information about the ownership , financial position or resources of Gimco .
15 And there was even tacit recognition of the existence of the female electorate :
16 The Magill reporter concluded that the County Council officials ‘ must have known of the existence of the tailings pond soon after it began ’ .
17 Beyond this accessible and easily comprehensible illustration of the ‘ impact ’ of the mass media and the extent to which political activity is a by-product of the existence of the mass media , there is another , more elusive , but just as significant aspect to the media 's role in contemporary society : the nature of political practice and the contours of the political system are , to an extent , derived from the work of the mass media .
18 The nature of political representation and the meaning of ‘ public opinion ’ would all change as a consequence of the existence of the press .
19 Maughan and Rutter ( 1987 ) report on an extension of Fifteen Thousand Hours where the opportunity was taken of the existence of the original 1970 data set to follow the progress of some of the pupils throughout their secondary education in either comprehensive or grammar schools .
20 Max Caulfield , in his biography of Mrs Whitehouse , sums up the argument in one sentence , saying ‘ as to the purpose of all this frenzy it was easy to explain that the forces of revolution , unable to achieve their objectives at the ballot box or , because of the existence of the nuclear bomb , by full-scale war , were endeavouring to encourage moral decay ’ .
21 The DMT was aware of the existence of the concept of a comprehensive inter-agency service , but knew that if they were to test the feasibility of implementing it , ‘ it would take an enormous amount of time ’ .
22 This style of writing focuses on facts rather than abstractions : this explains the differences in the views of Dicey and Jennings on the subject of sovereignty ; it is the reason for the disagreement between Dicey and Robson over whether or not we have administrative law ; and it is reflected in Willis 's argument against Hewart that the test of the existence of the ‘ new despotism ’ was to be found in the way in which the powers were actually used rather than how the form of the power cut across abstract constitutional principles .
23 At the Party Conference of 1920 , which coalitionists had hoped would approve fusion , it was estimated that about five-eighths of the delegates were in favour of the existence of the coalition , and the rest against it on principle , but that hardly any of them approved its current policies .
24 If Barry Brittlebank ( 22nd January ) were to study a foreign language , he might perhaps become aware of the existence of the subjunctive mood .
25 It is that two lexical units will be assigned to the same lexeme if there exists a lexical rule which permits the prediction of the existence of the sense of one of them from the existence of the sense of the other .
26 1981 No. 1687 ( L.20 ) ) , specifically Ord. 29 , rr. 1 , 2 , 3 , and 6 , where there has been an injunction enjoining someone to abstain from a particular act , the judge still has a discretion notwithstanding the absence of a penal notice to make an order of committal if he is satisfied that the persons who are the subject of the notice were made aware of the existence of the order .
27 Certainly it was never specifically referred to but a reading of the judgment would , I apprehend , ground an argument that the judge , having found that the appellants were in contempt and knew at all relevant times of the existence of the order against them , was in a position to exercise the discretion that he was given .
28 ( 2 ) That , irrespective of the existence of the present system of national catch quotas , it was contrary to Community law , and in particular to article 52 of the E.E.C .
29 I feel bound however to say that , although I am well aware of the existence of the boundary , I am never quite sure where to find it .
30 On 27 November the defendant , having learnt of the existence of the order , applied for it to be set aside .
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