Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] a master " in BNC.
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| 1 | For once , Steve Titcombe and Mark Hett saw precious little action out on the wings but full-back Dyble was outstanding when joining the line and fly-half Nick Gregory was a master at finding touch . |
| 2 | Clemens was a master of the frankly bawdy song and the song à double entente — witness his musically delicious ‘ Jaquin jaquet ’ , his enormously popular ‘ Frisque et gaillard ’ , and his ‘ Entre vous filles de XV ans ’ ( ‘ Tetin poignant , bouche riant , connin mouflant ’ ) which provided the model for the most scandalous of Lassus 's Masses — but his ‘ Je prens en gre ’ ( if it is his : one source attributes it to ‘ Jennequin ’ ) is a gravely beautiful love-song . |
| 3 | Norbert Wollheim was a master of the craft . |
| 4 | There are similarities between a stained glass window and a poster and Mucha was a master of both . |
| 5 | In writing , as in painting , Emily Carr was a master craftsman . |
| 6 | Karl was a master at ignoring unpleasantness , situations he had brought about by his own actions . |
| 7 | Walter Pater was a master of atmosphere ; he had been inspired as a young man by Ruskin , and his idealism about art and his fine prose were in turn much admired by a younger generation of aesthetes , among whom Oscar Wilde was a prominent figure . |
| 8 | The member for Berwickshire went immediately to the head of the Administration and ‘ desired the D[uke] of Newcastle to refresh his Lordship 's memory ’ , but Lord Anson was a master of diplomatic procrastination , never refusing an important supporter of Government , yet delaying performance of his undertakings . |
| 9 | A bonus on this disc is a New Year 's Concert of Strauss waltzes in which Krauss was a master . |
| 10 | ‘ Indeed , if Aristotle was a master of the art and handed his philosophy down to us very carefully , should n't he have proven everything in the most perfect form , especially when he insisted upon it himself — unless perhaps he intended to make fun of us ? ’ |
| 11 | RVS was a master printer and an amateur pianist , the latter facility enabling him to help out a friend who was touring the Glasgow districts before the First World War with a projector and a bag full of short silent films . |
| 12 | Newman was a master of populist medical rhetoric . |
| 13 | Getting Shutt + cash for Bob Taylor was a master stroke , as was getting 500K for Baird , when Chapman cost only 400K . |