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

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1 To put such an effort into perspective , it is necessary first to investigate cross-culturally the various different conceptions of ‘ objectivity ’ and different means of attaining it .
2 Arguably the modern play with a limited cast is more effective in drawing in professional agents and casting directors since there are fewer ‘ bit ’ parts for students to get lost in .
3 Bernini was arguably the most important architect and sculptor in my period and Charles had effectively indicated that I was not competent to lecture on him .
4 And one who has arguably the toughest brief of all the carvers at the palace .
5 90 per cent availability is now the norm , and there have been weeks when the 150/ 2 series , arguably the most reliable diesel trains ever to have run in Britain , have attained 100 per cent availability during the daytime .
6 Arguably the most important development in radio since the invention of the transistor ’ .
7 Branagh 's version retains a Chorus — Derek Jacobi in voice-over or in twentieth-century mufti ( greatcoat and scarf ) , sometimes even sharing the frame with the action — though arguably the camera can be trusted to set the scene unaided .
8 Having lost their captain , Zbigniew Boniek , arguably the greatest of Polish footballers , to Juventus , Widzew saw Dziekanowski as a replacement and so , at 21 , ‘ Jacki ’ was transferred in 1984 for 21m zlotys , a record between Polish clubs , amounting at that time to some £200,000 .
9 GRAMM-Rudman-Hollings , the US deficit reduction law , is arguably the worst piece of legislation passed by Congress in the past decade .
10 Those All Blacks went on to win every one of 30 tour games , including Tests against Ireland , Wales , England and France , and were arguably the finest ever to visit these shores .
11 Arguably the blinder kinds of sexual radicalism , wherein sexuality is made the prime political mover , have tended to be mainly heterosexual , and in the case of Wilhelm Reich , overtly homophobic .
12 Arguably the most satisfying of all winter puddings for anyone with a trencherman appetite is Sussex Pond Pudding .
13 Van Morrison , arguably the second most difficult white performer in rock history , wandered on in a suit to start improvising round a punchy version of the old Weavers hit , Good Night Irene .
14 Mr Jan Urban , a leading activist of Forum , arguably the most potent political force in the country , indicated that a Communist prime minister was acceptable to the opposition but that the Forum would now demand a new non-Communist president to replace Mr Husak .
15 As Italy have only two full-scale friendlies between now and the start of their World Cup training camp ( against Holland in February and against Switzerland in March ) , Vicini wants to try out his strongest side — which , of course , means playing both Baresi and Donadoni , arguably the two most influential players in the squad .
16 CAME 'S BEAUTY stems from being built in the palest of pale Portland stone , arguably the finest building stone in Britain , quarried over the down a few miles towards the sea .
17 The same even goes for the JP233 , arguably the most useful offensive weapon of the war so far .
18 Injected , catalysed , with 24-valves apiece and an individual coil on each plug to speed the spark , the 2-litre 150bhp and the 2.5-litre 192bhp engines enhance the company 's reputation for building arguably the smoothest ‘ 6 ’ s in the business .
19 Arguably the necessary detachment was more likely to be found in people who had not had the kind of upbringing so thoroughly enjoyed by Mary Queen of Scots .
20 Berge and the entire Mitterrand government were made to look complete fools when , a few weeks later , he was appointed to succeed Sir Georg Solti as head of the Chicago Symphony — arguably the great powerhouse of American orchestras .
21 Davies , though a useful club cricketer , could hardly be compared with Fry , but he can boast an achievement that eluded arguably the greatest of all-round English sportsmen .
22 Since you can pick up a no-frills steam iron for £40 or £50 I assumed it would take all the angst out of what is arguably the last of the genuinely ghastly domestic chores .
23 Crossing desolate Rannoch Moor and glimpsing Ben Nevis , it is arguably the most beautiful in Britain .
24 He is particularly good with young players and will have to weigh up that security against taking arguably the best job in English cricket . ’
25 The living ‘ opera ’ of today is arguably the musical .
26 The two men , arguably the fastest finishers in the world , unleashed their 40mph sprints in the last 400 metres of the 131-mile race , leaving the rest of the field to watch .
27 SIR — As preparations are made for the 12th London Marathon ( arguably the largest and best race in the world ) , Londoners need to recognise and rectify an important problem .
28 In conjunction with changing Postglacial sea levels , high winds have driven large quantities of mineral sand and shell fragments inshore and inland to form machair , arguably the single most important habitat in the Western Isles for man as well as wildlife .
29 This is arguably the fundamental point made by a famous set of attempted proofs of God 's existence associated with the medieval theologian , Aquinas .
30 If it is in any way meaningful to speak in terms of a ‘ cultural dominant ’ , then arguably the nouveau roman could not have achieved this without the support of like-minded critics .
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