(1) This painting of a child with a hobby horse dates from 1836

(2) It is a focus on the young which has been a very strong hobby horse of mine for my entire career.

(3) Morris men, lords and ladies and even Hobnob the hobby horse were to be found mingling among the stalls.

(4) A lot of green organisations have adopted recycling as their hobby horse despite the fact that many people have suggested that recycling involves a lot of energy to effect.

(5) Brennan admits that the greenhouse effect is a hobby horse of his

(6) Yes, it's my old hobby horse - the Quality of Life.

(7) He held her hand and rocked it back and forth like a child on a hobby horse .

(8) In the contest, they must race 100 metres with a hobby horse while hopping over jumps.

(9) A drawing of King William at the top of this broadsheet, rocking on a wooden hobby horse , might have caused some offense in loyalist circles.

(10) Indeed, when the leak story broke, he got right back on his favorite hobby horse and began railing against unauthorized leaks as if this never happened.

(11) This brings me back to my old hobby horse and the stupid traffic system inflicted on the residents of Spelthorne.

(12) ÔÇÿThe whole business of communicating with families from sea has been a hobby horse of mine for a number of years, and we had fallen quite a long way behind people's expectation,ÔÇÖ he said.

(13) Her unicorn hobby horse was a very special gift from Daddy.

(14) Warning the government to be prudent, and to remain prudent, may sound like my favourite hobby horse , - and it is, but there are sound reasons why I always carry on about not overshooting the main budget.

(15) One shot of a young boy claiming to be an expert horseman shows a toddler rocking on a hobby horse .

(16) For those who don't know me, free speech is my biggest hobby horse .

(17) And you asked about collaboration among researchers; that's actually a hobby horse of yours, isn't it?

(18) The other omitted item, and I admit this is a bit of a personal hobby horse of mine, is that there is no mention of the Little Ice Age, though consequences for it abounding in these pages.

(19) One of my little hobby horses is American cultural imperialism.

(20) It deals with one of my favourite hobby horses , Complexity Theory.