Example sentences of "[noun sg] was often [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob Naish of the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service , gave warning that the ‘ when ’ of succession was often a matter of considerable irritation and even aggravation between the parties . |
| 2 | However , a rigid class system still prevails throughout the country and the Indians ' attitude towards local labour was often a source of embarrassment to the British contingent . |
| 3 | As with any isolated and largely self-contained community the agricultural village was often the object of a fierce loyalty among its inhabitants . |
| 4 | For space close to the king was limited , and few occupied it for more than a decade or so , partly through accidents of mortality , partly through a career-structure in which the holding of high office in the royal household was often the prelude to a provincial post , but most of all through the play of faction around the king . |
| 5 | He feared the move was often an attempt to cram more houses onto a site . |
| 6 | Membership of a specific group was often the product of a boss — follower relationship with one of its leading members , and thus very large groups were in danger of becoming no more than a coalition of personal factions . |
| 7 | It is agreed that potatoes originally came from the Andes , but , in the absence of any written language in ancient Peru , tracing their chronological development was often a question of conjecture . |
| 8 | Service to a king or a great lord was often the key to patronage and status . |
| 9 | At a time when Victorian women had to conform to Ruskin-ian notions of purity and virtue , the Oriental woman was often a symbol of rampant , animalistic sexuality . |
| 10 | The local nature of much public library censorship was often an argument for saying that these were just local storms caused by local byelaws and local pressure and could be allowed to pass over without much fuss or comment . |
| 11 | As a result of the soke system , the medieval miller was often the subject of suspicion and distrust . |
| 12 | For all their high intelligence and exceptional reading ability , they were still two little girls and the world was often a puzzle to them . |
| 13 | Their background was often a conflict between different interests , although in some cases the conflict was masked by an apparent consensus at the time a particular measure was enacted , or by the general approval given to a measure subsequent to its enactment . |
| 14 | The medium of world commerce was often the sterling bill of exchange , which provided something like an international currency . |
| 15 | In the past that same tract was often the corridor along which migrating peoples or invading armies found their route . |
| 16 | Where a small hill or depression had to be crossed in the course of building a canal , a cutting or an embankment was often the engineering solution . |
| 17 | Boutin added that , in his opinion , Arazi was a ‘ more intelligent horse ’ than Nijinsky , whose temperament was often a factor . |
| 18 | At dinner we were offered a choice of menu and the first course was often a buffet with the main course served by waiters . |
| 19 | Just about the only humble occupation which derived from having the ability to read and write was that of teaching it to working-class children , and at that level school teaching was often the resort of widows , cripples and those generally unable to find better-paid work . |