Example sentences of "this was perhaps [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The southumbrian kingdoms could have developed in any number of directions , three of which in particular seem to stand out : a southern England could have emerged , the domination of which was shared between the Mercians and the South Saxons ( this was the prospect in the reign of Wulfhere if the trends of that time had been maintained ) ; or even a south-eastern England dominated by the South Saxons ( this was perhaps a prospect in late 670s ) ; or a southern England dominated from the reign of Caedwalla by the West Saxons ( the prospect in the mid-680s ) . |
| 2 | He looked startled , wondering if this was perhaps a nineteen nineties condemnation of his sexual prowess . |
| 3 | This was perhaps a conservative precaution on Franco 's part , and a reminder that , when it came to the nation 's purse-strings , there would not yet be any hint of relaxation or liberalism . |
| 4 | In the CEGB 's tangle of arguments , this was perhaps the most bizarre twist of all . |
| 5 | This was perhaps the final and clinching element of a strenuous programme of persuasion on the part of Gordon Thomas , for shortly after came the committee 's decision to go ahead at Foxton . |
| 6 | Dismal though it might seem relative to the great hopes earlier , this was perhaps the high point for the accommodation of the nationalists . |
| 7 | What with the ‘ Shake 's Callahan breaking sweat and strings in bullish fashion and Stereolab set adrift on Sean O'Hagan 's organ-ic flights of fancy , this was perhaps the choice threesome of the entire bash . |
| 8 | This was perhaps the one element of veiled blackmail in Baldwin 's dealing with the King , the faint suggestion that if he was too awkward with the Government he might end up without either the Throne or the freedom to marry Mrs Simpson . |
| 9 | At the time this was perhaps the most lavishly equipped school of its kind in the UK ( though there were many more lavish examples still in the richer areas of the USA ) but its strength was to be the participation of its library resource centre personnel and the head of resources in the in-service education of the teachers . |
| 10 | In terms of ‘ class struggle ’ this was perhaps the high point of the government 's achievements . |
| 11 | This was perhaps the height of the reform movement 's optimism . |
| 12 | This was perhaps the most violent 2-year period in American industrial-relations history . |
| 13 | This was perhaps the most fundamental bone of contention between Adorno 's high modernist aesthetic ( Wellmer 1984–5 ) and what can be understood as Benjamin 's postmodernist alternative . |
| 14 | This was perhaps the main single reason why changes in teaching methods were not implemented . |
| 15 | This was perhaps the most directly inflationary aspect of Pitt 's financial management , and the bridging of the gap between income and expenditure was not helped by his stubbornly sticking to the idea of the Sinking Fund . |
| 16 | Now thirdly the Vietnam war , now this was perhaps the most harrowing war the Americans ever got themselves involved in and has had deep and permanent effects upon American policy making to this very day . |
| 17 | Now thirdly the Vietnam war , now this was perhaps the most harrowing war the Americans ever got themselves involved in and has had deep and permanent effects upon American policy making to this very day . |
| 18 | All this was perhaps an inevitable reaction by a new generation to the old creed of individualism and laissez faire which G. W. E. Russell , a Liberal MP and High Churchman , denounced in a Manchester Guardian article at the turn of the century as ‘ this intellectual but unmoral theory ’ . |