Example sentences of "was [adj] in [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This observed acidification was greatest in the lakes at high elevation and was of the same magnitude as the current precipitation acidity in the region , that is pH 4.2 ( or 63 u eq/l ) , although mountain-top locations are frequently enveloped in cloud and mist characterized by very low pH values ( e.g. pH 3.6 or 250 u eq/l ) . |
| 2 | Gall bladder emptying in response to graded CCK8 stimulation was impaired in five of 11 patients with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy , whereas it was normal in the patients without cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy ( p<0.01 ) . |
| 3 | The stable had lost its star , but there was another in the wings in the shape of Chaplins Club . |
| 4 | Weber was interested in the reasons for the emergence of capitalism in western Europe . |
| 5 | Mr. Perot was interested in the properties on behalf of himself and his family . |
| 6 | Milgram was interested in the effects of authority on human behaviour . |
| 7 | The challenge of the environment was the key to progress — yet neither Lankester nor MacBride was interested in the details of local adaptation . |
| 8 | I was interested in the waves of immigration into Britain both pre-historically and later , and I kept on looking for proposals which would represent this both in multi-cultural and archaeological terms . |
| 9 | Jonadab had already hired a new third lad , or ‘ thoddy ’ as they were known , and there was little more for them to do in the town : neither was interested in the attractions of sideshows or stalls . |
| 10 | The situation was almost the same at Exeter , but 48 per cent of the subsidy assessments were at £1 , mostly on wages , while in Coventry these were only a handful out of a total of some 700 taxpayers , meaning that almost half the population literally ‘ possessed absolutely nothing but the rags they stood up in , a few sticks and boards for ‘ furniture ’ , and the tools of their trade , if any' , Exeter clearly enjoyed full employment — as full , that is , as was attainable in the conditions of the time — while Coventry languished in the grip of severe unemployment , and indeed in the early 1520s was undergoing a series of acute economic crises . |
| 11 | By ELISA 2 , the prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus positivity was similar in the subgroups with isolated ANA-H or SMA-AA ; by contrast , all the eight patients positive for both SMAA-AA and ANA-H were anti-hepatitis C virus negative . |
| 12 | It is known that he was proficient in the sciences of the time , as well as being a considerable linguist . |
| 13 | Giving priority to developmental work was appropriate in the circumstances of Nottinghamshire in the mid-eighties and still remains so in many respects . |
| 14 | In pursuit of a professional legal career Goddard was prominent in the affairs of King 's Lynn over three decades — freeman in 1645 , deputy recorder from 1645 to 1651 , and then recorder ( succeeding Miles Corbet , q.v. ) until the Restoration . |
| 15 | Elected for Northamptonshire to the second Protectorate Parliament ( 1656–8 ) , he was prominent in the debates over the alleged ‘ horrid blasphemy ’ at Bristol of the Quaker James Nayler [ q.v. ] , revealing thereby the limitations of his own toleration . |
| 16 | This in itself was serious in the contexts of delivering the Service and of heavy unemployment . |
| 17 | Charles Furness was unique in the annals of Blackpool Tramways in occupying two major posts : he was Borough Electrical Engineer from 1902–1936 and Tramways Engineer from 1910–1932 . |
| 18 | She was unschooled in the niceties of royal behaviour and felt absolutely terrified that she would embarrass her fiance in some way . |
| 19 | The results also show that most of the effect on the perceived depth can be attributed to the presence of the vertical perspective cues although the small effect of horizontal perspective cues was present in the estimates of eight out of ten observers and was statistically significant . |
| 20 | By the time Penry Vaughan came downstairs again she was deep in the adventures of a lady who had decided to dress as a boy to search for her lost crusading husband . |
| 21 | He worked contentedly for some time and was deep in the intricacies of a genealogy when the telephone rang . |
| 22 | A dreadful second shot from the perfect position in the middle of the 10th fairway had to be retrieved with a deft bunker shot ; he was deep in the trees at the 11th , where he took five , and bunkered at the 12th , though again at no cost to him . |
| 23 | There is some evidence that he was involved in the negotiations for property , and he certainly became associated publicly with the great success of the firm . |
| 24 | It placed a disproportionately severe restriction on the defendant 's right to compete after leaving the employment and went further than was reasonable in the interests of the parties . |
| 25 | Most impressive is the ‘ Hestia Giustiniani ’ ( fig. 76 ; the best known copy was long in the hands of the Giustiniani , and the statue certainly represents a goddess , though perhaps rather Demeter , Hera or even Aphrodite than the rarely represented Hestia ) . |
| 26 | Although many patients refused pH recording , this figure seems reliable , as only one patient with defective wrap was not studied and the incidence of reflux symptoms was equal in the groups with and without pH measurement . |
| 27 | He was equally at home in the Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Modern Art , keen in discerning what was good in the arts of many ages and styles . |
| 28 | Nevertheless a similar concern was evident in the discussions of ‘ positive discrimination ’ and the establishment of educational priority areas ( EPAs ) subsequent to the publication of the Plowden Report in 1967 . |
| 29 | Notwithstanding these criticisms there are five reasons which explain why the ASEA was important in the origins of the juvenile labour exchange system . |
| 30 | The solid emptying rate as measured by the percentage retention at 60 minutes was faster in the patients with idiopathic DU ( median 54 ( range 9–83 ) ) than in the H pylori positive patients with DU ( 79 ( 51–100 ) ; p<0.01 ) or H pylori negative healthy volunteers ( 87 ( 49–95 ) ; p<0.01 ; Fig 6 ) . |