Example sentences of "[that] [art] [noun sg] was [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There being no mirror in the house , she could not see what her arms and shoulders looked like , but she saw her sturdy freckled hands fidgeting at the roll of material , and felt that the dress was laying a claim on her , like an impostor demanding to be recognised . |
| 2 | There is no doubt that this form of target language is unacceptable to English speakers , who might dismiss the interpreter or , more likely , assume that this was a function of the deaf person 's lack of knowledge of English ( and feel that the interpreter was doing a good job ) . |
| 3 | Written material included a claim that the company was exploiting a legal loophole that enabled the device to be sold , even though it is illegal to attach one to a telephone in the UK . |
| 4 | In September 1991 we were given letters saying that the school was organising a ski trip to Austria on the second of April 1992 . |
| 5 | When it comes to the separation of powers and the system of checks and balances that the constitution asserted , it is also clear that the bureaucracy was given a much more equal share than either the Diet or the Judiciary . |
| 6 | Six days earlier , Boubacar had denied before the conference that the army was planning a coup d'etat ( having earlier threatened one — ibid . ) . |
| 7 | He reported that the Isle of Wight was not guarded , and that the king was to send a powerful embassy to the German king . |
| 8 | In an interview on Nov. 18 with The Independent newspaper , the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ( PUK — the other main anti-government Kurdish guerrilla grouping ) , Jalal Talabani , declared that the PUK was to adopt a new strategy of taking " our urban guerrilla war to Arab cities " . |
| 9 | V. P. Singh announced on Aug. 24 that the government was creating a National Security Council , which he would head , to deal with internal and external security problems . |
| 10 | Throughout this tine , the assumption was that the government was seeking a mandate to continue the war , and as late as October Bonar Law could still see " almost no chance of any joint action of this kind unless it is begun as the result of an election which takes place during the war and under the pressure of war conditions " . |
| 11 | On Jan. 18 Justice Minister H. J. " Kobie " Coetsee announced that the government was taking a comprehensive approach in a review of the position of restricted and banned organizations . |
| 12 | It was announced on Aug. 18 that the government was ordering a public inquest , in response to demands for a public inquiry into Muge 's death . |
| 13 | The authorities on Feb. 21 banned demonstrations following large-scale protests by students who claimed that the government was attempting a " cover-up " of the circumstances surrounding his death , and had demanded Moi 's resignation . |
| 14 | The Guardian of Aug. 2 reported that the government was to provide a further Fl650 million for energy conservation in addition to the Fl1,000 million already allocated annually for the programme . |
| 15 | In early 1990 there were reports that the government was planning a series of initiatives to liberalize the economic and political systems , in the light of the changes in Eastern Europe and the growing popular discontent with the state of the economy . |
| 16 | But when it became clear that the disagreement was becoming a hot issue , they gave way … only to find they 'd misinterpreted the producer 's fractured English . |
| 17 | Boyd Stych , looking strangely civilized in a dark business suit and neatly clipped beard , was informed by his wife , when he came home , that the Advent was sending a photographer and a reporter to see him this evening and he was not to litter up the lounge — she 'd just tidied it . |
| 18 | stated that if the Minister were acting administratively natural justice would not apply , that the Minister was in fact acting quasi-judicially but only because the situation was ‘ triangular ’ in that the Minister was deciding a lis inter partes between the local authority and objectors . |
| 19 | Never before today have I realized that the man was offering a Great Truth . |
| 20 | True , in the judgment itself it might appear that the court was making a pontifical statement of existing principle rather than laying down a new rule , for they regarded their own proposition as having been anticipated by Holt . |
| 21 | Later , Miranda imagined that the salesgirl was offering a discount to customers who bought a certain range of cosmetics — for her mother had wandered off . |
| 22 | The similar move by Singapore followed allegations that the country was becoming a centre for trade in endangered species . |
| 23 | The remodelling of commissions of the peace , and the careful disposal of government offices , had the effect of greatly increasing the ability of the government-backed party to bring pressure to bear on electors to vote in their favour , whilst the mere fact that the Crown was making a clear statement as to where its own political sympathies lay was often by itself a powerful factor in swaying public opinion . |
| 24 | Given the robust level of reserves that the board has enjoyed , and given that about £6.5 million of the reserves is being drawn down by the board to ensure a continuous and constant level of training , I should have thought that the board was exhibiting a responsible approach . |
| 25 | Such a phrase neglects the fact that the attack on the was a European literary fashion and that the Spanish was undergoing a complex change , which was later to allow it to revive some of its social and political influence . |
| 26 | I shall tell him that we have every reason to believe that the bomber was carrying a smuggled explosive device aboard , that its detonation was triggered by a radio wave and that we have the miscreant responsible in our hands . |
| 27 | In Nielson-Jones v Fedden [ 1975 ] Ch 222 it was held that it was not sufficient for the husband and wife to sign a memorandum to the effect that the husband was to have a free hand to sell the property and use the money to buy a new house for himself although in Burgess v Rawnsley [ 1975 ] Ch 429 it was held that a beneficial joint tenancy was severed by the oral agreement of one joint tenant to sell her share in the property to the other even though that agreement was not specifically enforceable . |
| 28 | The mullah was very hungry and when he heard that the Emperor was providing a free iftar to anyone who came to the Red Fort he immediately tied up his donkey and went along . |
| 29 | At the same time , she recognized that the photograph was exerting a considerable pull on her own imagination . |
| 30 | They both glanced down at her cotton jersey skirt and matching aqua-blue blouse , and Belinda saw , as he must have seen , that the outfit was looking a little tired at this stage in the day . |