Example sentences of "the [num] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In fact , I think my whole career at the end of the 60s was probably a guilt trip of some sort . |
| 2 | The 1890s were also a period in which deaf art flourished . |
| 3 | You could easily have borrowed a book from your local library and come to the conclusion that the specification of the 5086 was perfectly state-of-the art — whereas in fact it is now looking really rather old fashioned . |
| 4 | The seventies were certainly a period of great change in attitudes within the Customs & Excise in general , and on the cutters in particular we saw great improvements in many ways with the acquisition of better technical equipment such as highly sophisticated radio communication , and the development of international relations . |
| 5 | The 1970s was also an era of Congressional reform . |
| 6 | Thus the considerable increase in recorded burglary during the 1970s was largely a recording phenomenon . |
| 7 | The P-40 was probably the fighter worst hit . |
| 8 | Although her views are still regarded as highly eccentric outside reactionary conservative and fascist circles , it is interesting to note that some historians now argue that secret societies like the IRA and the Mafia have indeed played a significant role in world events , and that the Illuminati conspiracy in the 1780s was truly a model for future revolutionary organization . |
| 9 | The 1930s were also a time for experimental long-playing records . |
| 10 | While geographical proximity , cultural affinities and the need to justify Japanese rule encouraged the pursuit of a policy aimed at integrating the interests of ruler and ruled , equality between the two was never a possibility . |
| 11 | Britain 's lack of competitiveness in the 1960s was clearly the product of some combination of comparative productive inefficiency and the rate of exchange [ Thirlwall , 1982 ] . |
| 12 | Professor Dolley argued that raids on western England in the 980s were partly the responsibility of Scandinavians who had settled in Ireland , and that Æthelred 's expedition into Cumberland in 1000 , and the activities of his fleet in the Irish Sea , were in all likelihood the result of provocation in that area . |