Example sentences of "[noun sg] was the subject " in BNC.
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| 31 | Amaranth was the subject of much comment . |
| 32 | The independence of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay was recognized in 1828 after a period in which its territory was the subject of a dispute between Argentina and Brazil . |
| 33 | Her career after graduation was the subject of expert evidence given by Mr for the plaintiffs . |
| 34 | The monastic life was the subject on which Anselm could speak with widely recognized authority and with the power of deep personal experience . |
| 35 | The incident was the subject of international condemnation . |
| 36 | Although the provenance of the offence was the subject of some doubts , its existence was affirmed by the House of Lords in Button and Swain , and the offence was judicially extended in several ways shortly before it was abolished by the Act . |
| 37 | In other areas where similar changes occurred at a slightly later date , the rise of mass material culture and retailing was the subject of some incisive commentary . |
| 38 | Also out of this world was the subject of another excellent Soundtrack documentary , Benjamin Creme ( Thursday , Radio 4 ) . |
| 39 | The first day of steam operations on the Great Western line was the subject of yet another superb location video by North Wales-based video company Sutcliffe TV . |
| 40 | Syd 's health was the subject which chiefly occupied the thoughts of the majority . |
| 41 | They ate , three times a day , in the Lycée where they were staying , and the food was the subject of much exclamation . |
| 42 | The West Midlands Force were instructed to investigate the South Yorkshire Police , ironically , at a time when their own Serious Crimes Squad was the subject of an investigation . |
| 43 | The principle was the subject of authoritative exegesis by the House of Lords recently in the tax case of Clark v. Oceanic Contractors Inc. [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 130 . |
| 44 | Last month the school was the subject of an ITV documentary series called Park High , due to be repeated from tomorrow . |
| 45 | One thoughtful article by a headteacher whose school was the subject of an inspection pointed out the need for HMI to be scrupulous in their attention to details of factual accuracy . |
| 46 | In 1990 , the Murdoch papers ' association with Sky TV was the subject of most controversy , but that story does not belong in this post-war period . |
| 47 | A fugitive was the subject of extradition proceedings in the Bahamas . |
| 48 | Later moving to the RAE at Farnborough , it acquired service roundels and serial number VX147 , and its unusual two-control system was the subject of much investigation by them and by A&AEE at Boscombe Down . |
| 49 | What might be called ‘ external ’ interpretation or construction was the subject of Section 2 : jurists resort to construction , when there is evidently an intention on the part of a testator to achieve some object by means of some legal institution , in order to embody that intention in a legal framework . |
| 50 | If , however , that order was the subject of an appeal to the Divisional Court , then the practice was that they thereafter drafted reasons , usually in quite considerable detail . |
| 51 | His philanthropy as much as his fortune was the subject of speculation . |
| 52 | Moreover , popular culture was the subject , and arguably the condition of existence , of high modernist culture . |
| 53 | The alleged inspiration of the song from Pete Hamill 's story was the subject of a lawsuit in the 1970s and some have suggested that Mr Hamill 's story is fiction , not fact . |
| 54 | The case was the subject of an inquiry by a former High Court judge , Sir Henry Fisher , whose report included forceful criticisms of police officers and of a lawyer in the DPP 's Department . |
| 55 | But that case was the subject of research by Mr. Glick and his team , and was revealed ( from the reports in Lofft 655 and in the State Trials 20 St.Tr. 239 ) to be a cause celebre in which the great issue ( of immense public interest ) related to the power to levy taxes in the island of Grenada following its capture from the French King , it being accepted by the Crown without argument that the relevant taxes , if not duly levied , must be repaid . |
| 56 | The White Lion was the subject of one of his etchings . |
| 57 | ‘ It is a measure of the level of the people with which he was dealing , in that at a time when he thought he might be a witness in another case , he was assaulted rendering him unconscious and his house was the subject of an arson attack . ’ |
| 58 | ‘ It is a measure of the level of the people with which he was dealing in that , at a time when he thought he might be a witness in another case , he was assaulted , rendering him unconscious , and his house was the subject of an arson attack . ’ |
| 59 | The significance of his additions lies largely in the proof they provide that a Touraine monastic source was the subject of study within the count 's own household by a secular clerk of distinction . |
| 60 | Identification of 3-D shapes from their 2-D representation was the subject of two groups of items in written tests . |