Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The project was controversial and the power station was only permitted providing the smoke was clean and the building did not challenge the visual dominance of St Paul 's . |
| 2 | Helen whispered to Sarah that it had been confirmed that she was pregnant and the baby was due in late November . |
| 3 | th th the building went ahead and people every year or two sometimes twice in a year get flooded and they get sewages the the sewer with the volume of rain water they ca n't otherwise get away , but it brings to light what happens i i i in the ditches and , and the waterways that are spread across the direction of Airport and then out into the river when the tide is low because the switches close when the tide comes in and basically er and this is up to date information the information that I have is that the channels are the responsibility of the er you know responsibilities are either kept cleared or not clogged up and in connection with the , with the incident I , I did hear it said that in , in a place where once said it usually counts that possibly and more than the that the first flood was due because the drains and the ditches could n't take the volume of water after they were cleared and things have been pretty reasonable erm since that time , so it would seem to confirm what , what I have to say about keeping clear erm but it may be that authorities that were n't responsible had the job of cleaning them , I do n't know . |
| 4 | We ventured out only in the mornings and the evenings when the sun was low and the shadows of the tall robed figures stretched to impossible lengths across the sands . |
| 5 | But the wood was strong and the lock was well made . |
| 6 | The smell of rotten oranges from the alley was strong as the swing-doors were pushed open . |
| 7 | Intentionally or not , Sharp 's collection was strong where the museum 's was weak ; among his treasures were an exceedingly rare Adam Elsheimer copper of ‘ The flight into Egypt ’ , Annibale Carracci 's ‘ Boy drinking ’ ( the primary version of the ex-Ellesmere canvas now in a private collection , Zurich ) , Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo 's ‘ Boy with a flute ’ , Guido Reni and G.A . |
| 8 | Although drastic , this rebuilding was not a success , as presumably the main body structure was weak and the car was soon dumped in the back of Penge depôt ‘ out of service ’ . |
| 9 | Cranston sat on the bed just staring at the corpse as if the man was alive and the coroner wished to draw him into friendly conversation . |
| 10 | Her skin was sallow since the fever , and her little face was pinched with the cold so that there was nothing attractive about her . |
| 11 | the farm yard set for Katie but then , cos I have n't got her so much , so I thought we , she , I do n't think she 'd be into police , I thought if I bought police and that was dearer and the amount that I bought for Ben and Charlotte |
| 12 | I could n't afford to go anywhere , I cant walk far , so I had to buy stuff locally where it was dearer because the bus fare was 64p . |
| 13 | The total electorate was 12,319,787 and the turnout was 75 per cent . |
| 14 | The Selby Canal was iced and the Winter Warmers match was switched to the River Aire swhere conditions were so bad only organiser Billy Harrison turned out ! |
| 15 | When he had sex , he secretly fantasised that he was the woman but even that was confusing because the concept of being with a man repulsed him . |
| 16 | In 1954 I was eight and every Saturday morning I would set off to the movies with my first boyfriend , ten year old Skippy . |
| 17 | In the immediate post-conciliar phase ( 1966 – 7 ) , Rome remained not far off the avant-garde of progress , but once the first round of directives was complete and the curia firmly back in control , the conservative tendency regained the upper hand in the centre while progressive tendencies were still growing stronger in many a periphery . |
| 18 | By the outbreak of the second Welsh war in March 1282 Rhuddlan was complete and the others well advanced ; James proceeded to Aberystwyth ad castrum regis ibidem construendum ; in July 1282 he ordered the demolition of the old keep at Hope . |
| 19 | You could see everything that was n't visible out front ; the braced wooden frames of the canvas flats , the angle irons and stage weights that held everything in place , the fact that the ceiling was hollow and the space went on up to about another fifteen feet above , the gap crossed by a catwalk and a lot of cabling . |
| 20 | Its organization was similar in that it was controlled by persons of relatively high social status , that ransoming was a major source of profit , and that the transporting of animals over long distances was usual when a payment was not forthcoming . |
| 21 | She tried to speak , but her throat was dry and no words would come . |
| 22 | Although Mondello was convicted of lesser charges , including riot , his acquittal on the murder counts was unanticipated because the evidence against him was generally considered to be stronger than that which had led to Fama 's conviction . |
| 23 | The scenery was lush and the house values just as high as London . |
| 24 | From London to Canterbury the traffic was solid and the fumes that built up in the car made her head ache . |
| 25 | Beeney was solid as a rock , dealt with the back pass superbly , and only kicked ONE out of play the whole match . |
| 26 | The school was rural and the children from supportive , stimulating homes . |
| 27 | It was strange that a man who had known so much sorrow could radiate so much life . |
| 28 | It was strange that a man of considerable intellect could give so much attention and attribute such importance to a press which was wholly influenced at all times by political considerations . |
| 29 | I was not pleased with this interview , and thought it was strange that the news of my expectations had not made me happier . |
| 30 | The ratio for the Dow Jones Industrial Index was 0.6673 while the average for the 34 funds was 0.633 and only 11 of the funds had ratios higher than that of the index . |