Example sentences of "this [noun sg] was [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The impetus for the development of this framework was the realization that a common point in discussions with managers of innovative activities was the issue of uncertainty .
2 A part of this change was a fall in the number of widowed mothers .
3 This market-place was the site of the annual fair , when swings , a roundabout with proper horses and a steam organ , shooting galleries , side-shows of all kinds and numerous stalls came to the town for three days .
4 This nationalisation was an attempt to achieve the socialist objective of common ownership of the means of production and also to facilitate government intervention in the running of the economy .
5 One of the largest surveys of this kind was the University of Pittsburgh study .
6 However , the most valuable long-term effect of the plans for this index was the classification scheme which was devised in order to arrange it .
7 While both ideas turned out to be partially correct , the essential step in overcoming this difficulty was the application of an extra magnetic field — the so-called toroidal field — with lines of force parallel to the current flow round the torus .
8 This story was a favourite of the headmistress of her primary school , so she heard it often at Morning Prayers , and long before she could see it as a parable , she already felt shock before its injustice .
9 But by far his main task on this story was the designing of the Mechonoids , or Mechons as the first scripts called them .
10 A sad and ironic pendant to this story was the fact that when Dowding was dismissed he could not betray Ultra by calling it to the defence of his strategy .
11 The first development in this field was the invention of Coberine by Unilever , working with a leading English chocolate company , which was patented in 1961 .
12 The true pinnacle of success in this field was the Chamberlains in Birmingham , who combined an attention to organizational detail with a liking for the lim light .
13 This trial was a parallel , double blind , double placebo trial for one year comparing 20 mg enalapril plus placebo hydrochlorothiazide ( enalapril group ) with placebo enalapril plus 25 mg hydrochlorothiazide ( hydrochlorothiazide group ) .
14 This trial was an attempt to use the orthodox model , comparing a single remedy with placebo .
15 Sometimes this obstinacy was the refuge of the poor man who can not afford change and to whom stagnation has become a habit of mind necessary for survival ; at other times it represented a sound rejection of improper techniques culled by ‘ philosophical ’ amateurs from the journals of French and English agricultural societies .
16 There was no race and this case was no game .
17 Much as I sympathise with the plaintiffs , it would , in my opinion , be extending the implications based on the maxim … to an unreasonable extent if it were held that what has been done in this case was a breach of an implied obligation .
18 He continued by saying that ‘ the decision of the chief constable not to intervene in this case was a policy decision with which … the courts should not interfere ’ .
19 The preacher in this case was the Rev. William Cuff , a Spurgeon man .
20 The basis in this case was the CNAA 's own confident development of the field from the outset — unlike the other cases of amalgamation , or responses to different kind of initiative or pressure .
21 The target the researchers were working towards in this case was the ability for its systems to recover from transient errors and other faults in the software .
22 The answer in this case was the arrival of warm air and its combination with an area of low pressure over Britain .
23 Well , the spark in this case was the Spring issue 's piece ‘ Moving with the Times . ’
24 History in this case was the product of a specialized group ; and the arguments about the quality of the product were about its beauty , metre , wit , rather than about its truth , typicality and meaning .
25 One thing I forgot to bring with me this afternoon was a tape of the assembly worship I 'm sorry about that , but I do n't think you 've got a tape recorder have you ?
26 This afternoon was the capper .
27 This strip was a lot different .
28 Except from a brief outburst from Sonny ( when Pat urges him to face reality , he protests , ‘ Reality is not life ! ’ ) , you would never know this play was the work of a poet rather than a TV comedy writer .
29 Watching over this assemblage was the Science and Art Department .
30 Perhaps the most general comment in this direction was the fact that many felt far less bloated and felt their mobility had consequently benefited .
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