Example sentences of "[prep] war [was/were] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The triumphs of war were a source of pride to them , and strengthened their loyalty to the crown . |
| 2 | Beyond the labyrinthine complexity of the diplomatic manoeuvrings detailed in the Chronique , Nizan articulates three hypotheses to explain the events of September 1938 : ( a ) the British and French governments , convinced that Hitler 's threats of war were no mere bluff , simply capitulated ; ( b ) the British and French governments exploited the political tension on the international scene in order to reap maximum dividends on the domestic front . |
| 3 | But the essential conservatism of UDC thinking is revealed in the fact that , apart from a footnote on women 's suffrage , the only addition made to a platform written within weeks of the outbreak of war was a commitment to the defence of free trade . |
| 4 | The instrument of war was the national State and it mattered little whether that State was called the beachhead of a world working class or simply an ordinary republic : the disciplines remained the same . |
| 5 | It is clear from the surviving correspondence that a naval career had become attractive to the Scottish gentry by the middle of the eighteenth century , perhaps because expenses at sea were much lower than those incurred in an army officer 's mess , while not the least of the attractions of a naval career in time of war was the possibility of prize money . |
| 6 | The immediate reason for the outbreak of war was the French king 's confiscation of the Duchy of Aquitaine on the ground that Edward was harbouring Robert of Artois , a rebellious vassal of the French king who had fled to England in 1336 after being condemned as a traitor . |
| 7 | The outbreak of war was the emergency and a centrally-funded national service came into being . |
| 8 | The initial public response to the outbreak of war was an upsurge of patriotic fervour , at any rate among the middle and upper classes : the Kadet leadership in the Duma called for a political truce and national unity against the common enemy . |
| 9 | Associated with the orders were the colour and the pageantry of war : the richness of the apparels ; the emphasis on the outward trappings ( say of the heralds ) ; the sense that going to war was an occasion , just as tournaments or jousts were occasions . |