Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun sg] was [prep] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , while the eight-year war was under way Iraq was receiving substantial financial assistance from Kuwait and hence never fully pressed the claim . |
| 2 | Most writers agree that once the Civil War was under way , its outcome depended upon the manner in which , on the two sides , foreign aid and influence related to internal political and military considerations . |
| 3 | In addition , the industrial revolution was under way and its accompanying drabness made people look back to more romantic ages . |
| 4 | Inside the ancestral home of the de Tracy family , a more serious discussion of the same subject was under way . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) Where a document of title to goods has been lawfully transferred to any person as buyer or owner of the goods , and that person transfers the document to a person who takes it in good faith and for valuable consideration , then — ; ( a ) if the last-mentioned transfer was by way of sale the unpaid seller 's right of lien or retention or stoppage in transit is defeated ; and ( b ) if the last-mentioned transfer was made by way of pledge or other disposition for value , the unpaid seller 's right of lien or retention or stoppage in transit can only be exercised subject to the rights of the transferee . ’ |
| 6 | As news of the shooting spread , large numbers of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took to the streets and soon some of the most intense rioting of the whole intifada was under way . |
| 7 | A few miles down the road , at the village of Sesfontein , a political rally was under way . |
| 8 | On the following day , a sprinkling of ash fell over a wide area , and a great column of steam was seen rising above Krakatoa , leaving no doubt that a major eruption was under way . |
| 9 | All claimed that they had attacked La Tablada because they believed a military coup was under way and that they were trying to forestall it ; they also said that their attempts to surrender had been ignored and that at least four of their comrades had been tortured and killed . |