Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the same letter to Katkov Dostoevsky also claimed that the murder was itself the merest peg ; ‘ I am only taking the accomplished fact ’ ; and he went on to assert that the human type ‘ which corresponds to this crime ’ was the creature of his imagination . |
| 2 | Mozart 's librettist for Figaro was himself a controversial and colourful character . |
| 3 | Held , dismissing both appeals , the tape recording of an interview was itself the primary exhibit , although as a matter of convenience it was usual for the prosecution , with the consent of the defence , to provide an abbreviated transcript of its contents for the use of the court and the jury . |
| 4 | There would be no epistemic appearances were there no such beings . |
| 5 | Lord Harlech was himself an admirable choice to lead the newcomers but it was unwise and insensitive to use the family name in the title of an ITV station half of which belonged to the West Country . |
| 6 | One of his main claims was that MI5 had been fully penetrated by Russian intelligence which led to the allegations that Roger Hollis was himself a Russian mole . |
| 7 | The sheer pace of accumulation was itself a mixed blessing . |
| 8 | And I suppose , I mean if I was to answer the question was it a good thing I would have to say no . |
| 9 | Not that Segesta was itself a Greek community : the Segestans were Elymiots , that is , natives , of some kind not yet understood , although the scribblings from their vases are in Greek letters , Kokalos , 1967 , pp. 233ff. and their architecture was Greek . |
| 10 | So how many years were you a French polisher then ? |
| 11 | Nevertheless Tolkien was himself a Christian , and he faced a problem in the ‘ theory of courage ’ he so much admired : its mainspring is despair , its spirit often heathen ferocity . |
| 12 | As the argument developed , I understood him to submit that as the remedy sought by the plaintiff was itself an equitable one , talk of strict estoppel was inappropriate , and he was content to put forward the alleged assurance and other matters to be considered in the exercise of my discretion . |
| 13 | Edward Jenner was himself a keen inoculator , but he was impressed by the apparently safer prophylactic effects of the mild natural disease of cowpox ; a zoonosis often caught by milkmaids which apparently protected them from smallpox , as he demonstrated in his paper of 1798 . |
| 14 | Phoenician art was itself a great borrower — from Egyptian , neo-Hittite and Assyrian — and it is impossible to disentangle the particular influences , direct and indirect , on Greek artists at this time . |
| 15 | Miloš was himself a rich man , with large estates in Wallachia as well as his Serbian lands . |
| 16 | That did not mean much , since Kursk was itself a drowsy centre with almost no factories and only the main railway line from Moscow to enliven it . |
| 17 | 2 Within the system of government , the increased numbers of bureaucrats and officials involved in welfare and public-service provision were themselves a powerful lobby for more state activity . |
| 18 | In addition the closeness of the alliance and the sheer multiplicity of contacts were themselves a major cause of ill-feeling — as in a family . |
| 19 | This is a crucial stage of development from that in which — in the earlier stages substantially , in the later stages residually — artists were themselves a specific form of social organization . |
| 20 | Frederick was himself a major figure in trade with the Peninsula and Herne succeeded him as head of their joint firm in 1685 . |
| 21 | Moreover , there is much to suggest that Cnut 's reign was itself a difficult time for some churches . |
| 22 | Among the issues the Palestinians wanted in their memoranda of understanding was what the Middle East International of Aug. 16 described as " the legal reference point of the conference " in addition to detailed US interpretations of UN Resolutions 242 and 338 and the US position on East Jerusalem . |
| 23 | Societies of boys were what the public schools essentially remained , with the masters forming no more than a thin crust of adult authority . |
| 24 | Seth was himself a charming drug-addicted , dope-dealing , pimping , strip-show barker who found what looked like salvation and wrote the novel that won him acclaim and rebirth . |
| 25 | Matters were made worse by the fact that Ruiz-Giménez was himself a practising Catholic and had , on appointment , sworn allegiance to the principles of the Francoist Movement , while Laín and Tovar were both erstwhile Falangists . |
| 26 | Lambert was himself a skilled administrator , with a working knowledge of sanitary reform . |
| 27 | The lure of live music-making is , of course , irresistible : the sense of occasion , of which Karajan was himself a great provider , the throng of music-madded fans and aficionados , not to mention that bear-baiting element Glenn Gould was always so amusing about , as soloists are led out and put to their instruments before the attentive crowd . |
| 28 | Even on what became its own home ground , however , the pluralist approach was not unchallenged , nor of course was it the first chronologically . |
| 29 | The curved orbit was itself the natural path . ’ |
| 30 | If Duncombe was himself an unaccomplished poet , he certainly laboured to promote the work of women whom he believed had been undervalued . |