Example sentences of "was [adj] [prep] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By stating that he intended to fulfil his contractual obligations by repaying the loan , there arose the question whether he was dishonest in giving a false name . |
| 2 | De Choiseul recognised , even more acutely than de Broglie , that no invasion was possible without defeating the Royal Navy . |
| 3 | The identification and quantification of fatty acid methyl esters was possible by using an external standard ( Sigma Co , St Louis , Mo , USA ) . |
| 4 | He was used to flying the small Citation twin jet , and it was now parked , refuelled and ready for his journey to Moscow . |
| 5 | Knowing that she was used to entertaining the new man in her life in her bedroom , her former bedmate slipped into the house while she was away and hid a stick of dynamite between the mattress and the bed springs . |
| 6 | Noise had become Ariel 's lot : she , who had lifted her feet and put them down again so quietly on the slopes that birds did not stir at her passing , was used to hearing a single song in her head at any one time . |
| 7 | He was used to handling a great variety of young men , and his piercing stare , as he considered the request , made Hank quail ; he had a suspicion that Peter Dawson could make his wife quail at times , and in this he was right . |
| 8 | She was used to driving the luxurious Saab by this time , although at first the responsibility had unnerved her considerably . |
| 9 | Ross objects that Moore himself was guilty of confusing a contestable moral judgement in favour of his ideal utilitarian position with an account of the meaning of an ethical expression in much the same way as were those who committed the naturalistic fallacy by offering naturalistic or metaphysical definitions of ‘ good ’ . |
| 10 | Its first objective was that of urging the National Executive of the party to call a conference of the whole Labour movement in order to reassess their policy . |
| 11 | He believed that the central problem was that of helping the existing aged poor who had suffered from the bad industrial conditions of the past , and that younger generations should be induced to save . |
| 12 | Throughout his nineteen months at the Board of Trade his principal public service was that of observing the Prime Minister with an increasingly jaundiced eye . |
| 13 | The skirt was lovely , there was no doubt of that , swishing down rustling folds to the deep ruffle at the hem , but she was doubtful about managing the small train , even after an hour of practice in front of Aunt Emily . |
| 14 | To Amiss , it was clear from studying the small print that Lady Jane was no earl 's daughter , merely an enterprising working girl . |
| 15 | It was instrumental in bringing the young Niki Lauda into the public eye when he dismissed it as rubbish after a handful of laps . |
| 16 | Whilst studying at the College , Frank was instrumental in bringing an unconscious man round , and was henceforth known to his fellow-students as ‘ the doctor ’ , and every day thereafter had some ‘ visits ’ to make . |
| 17 | In research terms the study of programmed instruction was instrumental in encouraging a more systems view of the teaching/training process with associated trends towards greater consideration of objectives , task analysis , cost/ benefits and so on . |
| 18 | It is said that Joshua Reynolds , one of the Grand Old Men of English art , was instrumental in defining the successful modern portrait . |
| 19 | Leaving aside the question as to whether the State and reformers were successful in affecting young people , the process itself was instrumental in creating a new image for youth , one which in common with so many of its other images , emphasized incapacity while seeking to deepen its dependence on the appropriate agencies . |
| 20 | Curator of Asian Art , Yutaka Mino was instrumental in precipitating the Far East windfall . |
| 21 | Ida Smedley was instrumental in advancing the professional status of university women . |
| 22 | The neighbourhood was instrumental in securing the Urban Development Action Grant both through its lobbying efforts and the prevailing conditions in the area . |
| 23 | In 1970 he helped to found the British wing of Friends of the Earth ; with them he was instrumental in giving a hefty nudge to the rickety barrow of the British nuclear establishment . |
| 24 | He dislikes gaming and was instrumental in triggering the current Federal investigation . |
| 25 | He was instrumental in starting the Venereal Disease Reference Laboratory in 1924 . |
| 26 | In this sense a cultural popular front was undoubtedly in existence prior to the formation of a political popular front , and doubtless was instrumental in fostering the global popular front mentality . |
| 27 | The present exhibition features 165 works of art created in New York and California by twenty-one artists of a generation which had been schooled in the bold brushwork of Abstract Expressionism but was interested in exploring a new range of subjects drawn from daily experience and popular or commercial sources . |
| 28 | The delegation 's leader , Sulayman Gulayman Gal , told a reporter that " there was hope that a nation would emerge from the Somali people " and that the SNM was interested in forming a united front against forces loyal to Siyad Barre . |
| 29 | For whilst France was interested in pursuing an atomic energy authority ( EURATOM ) she had little interest , at first , in Beyen 's idea of common market . |
| 30 | I went with them because I was interested in seeing a new country . |