Example sentences of "was thus [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was thus a revolution in British fiscal policy which Chamberlain advocated in the name of Empire ; and from his Birmingham speech in May 1903 until he was struck down three years later his advocacy of tariff reform and his Imperial theme dominated British policies . |
| 2 | It was thus a relief to overhear The Angelic Conversation ( ReVision , PG , rental ) , whose background noise is provided by Dame Judi Dench drooling sonorously over Shakespearean sonnets . |
| 3 | There was thus a clear field for improvements to the route , especially in the sections that most needed it . |
| 4 | The struggle for national independence was thus a peculiar context where the normal sets of interests and classes appeared not to bind the leaders : the skilful adventurer could almost create his or her own outcome . |
| 5 | ( ii ) National liberation was thus a reaction both to the political domination of the Great Powers and to integration into a wider capitalist system ( the two were not always distinguishable ) . |
| 6 | Part of the process was interwoven with the Counter-Reformation : Philip 's Catholicism , his court and his Spanish armies and administrators became a further instrument of oppression that unified and heightened the Protestantism of the rebels ( the Inquisition was thus a means of imposing a homogeneity upon Philip 's subjects , the better to subordinate them to a uniform governance ) . |
| 7 | The ‘ State of the Greater Lebanon ’ proclaimed by the French General Gouraud on 31 August 1920 was thus a totally artificial , French-created entity . |
| 8 | His comment shows , say his critics , that Chapman 's aim was to defend that point at all costs — he was thus a defensive-minded manager who set a bad example for football . |
| 9 | There was thus a ‘ spiral of amplification ’ . |
| 10 | The somewhat unitary , homogenized world of local politics in the '50s and '60s was thus a reflection of wider social relations , of wider values , and of a wider economic stability — all of which have now disappeared . |
| 11 | Walking the paths was thus a ritual act , what the Buddhists might call ‘ walking meditation ’ , and the paths themselves reflected this importance . |
| 12 | It was thus a boon to the cause that one of its earliest recruits was T.E . |
| 13 | There was thus a legal obligation to ensure the packets did not fall below the required weight , but on the other hand the company did not want to give free biscuits to customers by making the packets heavier than necessary . |
| 14 | It was thus a new phenomenon when , during the winter and early spring of 1976 , outspoken resolutions on law and order began to arrive at the Presbyterian central office in Belfast from congregations and presbyteries across the country . |
| 15 | There was thus a combination of personal case-history and more general political commentary . |
| 16 | The recipe for a national paper was thus a mixture of national reputation , geographical reach and breadth of content . |
| 17 | There was thus a real danger , not of impoverishment , but of the closing of the gap between princes and other lesser lords , just at the time when display and liberality were increasingly important elements in princely political armouries . |
| 18 | The adoption of floating exchange rates was thus a consequence of the collapse of the adjustable peg rather than the result of a collectively planned decision . |
| 19 | Introduced so hastily after the original abolition of flogging , and remaining on the statute book until judicial corporal punishment was ended as recently as 1948 , the Garotter 's Act was thus a historic landmark of reaction ; and it was quickly followed by measures to toughen prison discipline and to introduce a minimum penalty of five years of penal servitude for second offenders . |
| 20 | A drastic reform of the land tenure system was thus a primary objective of the Occupation authorities and was implemented in late 1946 . |
| 21 | Postponement of marriage was thus a judicious policy and a vital element in his standard of living . |
| 22 | The United States might have argued that Nicaragua 's concealment of its incapacity constituted fraud and was thus a ground for invalidating its consent . |
| 23 | It was thus a political decision in the strictest sense , but it was taken , not in response to any kind of popular pressure , but in response to a narrowly but powerfully based pressure-group campaign in which those who stood to gain most from it financially , such as the makers of television sets , played a prominent role . |
| 24 | Much of his leadership was thus a form of pragmatic extremism , extreme action and the threat of more extreme action to come , but used in the cause of more limited objectives . |
| 25 | Lansdowne was more exposed to the views of the real diehards and was thus a restraining influence on Law . |
| 26 | The parliamentary party was thus a relatively young group of men , with the most privileged also the youngest . |
| 27 | Independence was thus a two-way phenomenon ; local parties should be independent not only of central direction but also of individuals . |
| 28 | There was thus a community of interest in the war between party and government in 1917–18 as there had not been before , and the party was hardly shaken by the secession of a few diehards to form Henry Page Croft 's National party . |
| 29 | By May the principle of change had been accepted as inevitable , for once an extension of the franchise had been proposed , it would be suicidal for the party to oppose it , and there was thus a need to concentrate on pressing detailed amendments , for example to protect the interests and representation of agriculture . |
| 30 | The NUM 's strike action in 1984 was thus a conflict between the perceived ‘ irresistible force ’ of the union and the ‘ immovable object ’ of the government . |