Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] modern " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally a flaunting parade of your new knowledge is not a good advertisement , when contacting members of the medical profession , even trained nurses ; do not seek to display your acquaintance with medical terms , although do not hesitate to put the case for Modern Embalming in technical language if the occasion warrants it . |
| 2 | That resistance may also derive strength from a suspicion that improvisation in this context merely exploits our limited knowledge of medieval musical practices in order to establish a creative freedom for modern performers who are denied it in virtually every other kind of ‘ serious ’ music in the Western tradition . |
| 3 | But there is no excuse for modern hymns to contain gender-based or sexist language . |
| 4 | He says he ca n't get the same enthusiasm for modern racing cars . |
| 5 | In the former Bilbo acts as the link between modern times and the archaic world of dwarves and dragons . |
| 6 | However , it is worth making a further point about the link between modern society 's sense of rationality and higher education , which emerges from the analysis of rationality offered by Jurgen Habermas . |
| 7 | The concept of a unified science of ‘ biology ’ was part of Huxley 's campaign to convince the government of the need for more support for modern science . |
| 8 | Then Protagoras went further in saying that ‘ man is the measure of things ’ , a saying that has become a secular creed for modern times . |
| 9 | This photograph shows the contrast between modern and traditional frames , with appropriate backing fabrics and mounts . |
| 10 | Three different elements of such a contrast can be identified : ( a ) the historical contrast between modern society and former societies ; ( b ) the investigation of modern consciousness to discover the extent of objectification ; ( c ) speculations about the future nature of social consciousness . |
| 11 | ( a ) The Contrast between Modern and Traditional Consciousness |
| 12 | In essence , though , it was to be ‘ a play about modern Europe and the peace we 're living in ’ . |
| 13 | Even so , the broad-ranging debate as to whether — and if so how much — the increase of power play through modern technology in recent years is damaging tennis as a spectacle , following hard on the controversial recommendation from the Rules Committee of the International Tennis Federation that the ‘ let ’ in serving should be abolished , ( see Editor 's Main Point ) , certainly helped focus minds on what is clearly an important issue . |
| 14 | In ‘ Sweeney Erect ’ the modern seems closer to the savage Polyphemus than to Emerson , and the delight in attacking the nineteenth century is obvious ; but so is the tension between modern and ancient . |
| 15 | These volumes became the vade mecum for modern British historians and political scientists . |
| 16 | ‘ Possibly too much of a piece for modern fiction . ’ |
| 17 | The corresponding figure for modern schools was 15.7 per cent . |
| 18 | I really need some guidance about modern authors . |
| 19 | In older cultures all changes are seen as relative — as in the thinking of modern physics . |
| 20 | But it illustrates a radical divergence between the Anglo-American tradition as a whole and a great deal of modern European literary theory . |
| 21 | Since this is an assumption taken for granted by a good deal of modern criticism , we should consider some of the objections that can be made against the New Critics ' arguments in its favour . |
| 22 | Richard Feynman , said to be the greatest theoretical physicist of modern times , stated that no-one understands quantum mechanics . |
| 23 | Lizzie was the daughter of a very famous mother , the late Jeannie Robertson , who after her ‘ discovery ’ in 1953 was acclaimed internationally as the outstanding ballad-singer of modern times . |
| 24 | In spite of all the technological developments land sophistication and speed of modern communication , the point of a campaign roadshow is the same as it was in the days of the whistle-stop tour when politicians addressed voters from the backs of trains : to communicate with the maximum number of people in the short time available . |
| 25 | It is often stated that the greater speed of modern farming operations and the larger machines used cause increased losses in ground-nesting species such as the Lapwing . |
| 26 | The purpose of these tight esses is usually to keep speeds at a safe level , invariably at corners made unsafe by the speed of modern bikes . |
| 27 | Finance in modern local government plays a very great part and the skilful treasurer with an appreciation of modern methods and legislation and by close study of money prices on the stock market can effect great financial saving to the local authority whom he serves . |
| 28 | Perhaps I should not leave our subject without a special mention of modern first editions , which have a special appeal to many collectors . |
| 29 | Although a decline in hedgerow timber and the consequent loss of farmland bird habitat is a result of modern farming , the recent losses caused by Dutch Elm Disease are independent of farming practice . |
| 30 | This is partly due to a real loss of features in the countryside as a result of modern agricultural practices , and partly due to the present policy of the Ordnance Survey . |