Example sentences of "was [art] [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Torrance was the winner at nearby Penina in 1982 and again the following year at Troia near Lisbon , and showed his liking for Portuguese courses by finishing fourth here at Vila Sol on the Algarve last year . |
2 | And that was the fall at Clear Water Bay . |
3 | First , it seems that as was the case at common law in classifying animals as ‘ ferae naturae , ’ the question of whether an animal belongs to a dangerous species is one of law for the court . |
4 | In Tynan v. Balmerls ( 1966 ) forty pickets in a continuous circle around a factory ( which had the effect of sealing off the highway ) were held not to be legalized by the Act of 1906 because their action was a nuisance at common law and an unreasonable use of the highway . |
5 | On graduating he was ordained , and for a short period was a tutor at New College . |
6 | As to the former , before 1968 robbery was a felony at common law and , according to Archbold , Criminal Pleading Evidence & Practice , 36th ed. ( 1966 ) , p. 644 , para. 1761 , consisted |
7 | He was a regular at fashionable Glasgow nightclubs like ‘ La Ronde ’ in Sauchiehall Street but when the mood took him , which was most nights ending with a ‘ Y ’ , he would wander into corner pubs and hold court . |
8 | Thinking that was a dig at female priorities , she smiled but said nothing as they chugged slowly to a small jetty . |
9 | It was hailed as one of the best heavyweight bouts of recent times and Bowe 's reward was a shot at undisputed champion Evander Holyfield on November 13 . |
10 | ‘ It was clear , incredible as it may seem , that there was a criminal at large on Ward 4 . ’ |
11 | It was clear , incredible as it may seem , that there was a criminal at large on Ward 4 … |
12 | When the trial started on Monday , Mr Goldring said that following a number of mysterious incidents involving youngsters at the hospital , it became clear there was a criminal at large on Ward 4 , the children 's ward . |
13 | Its principles were praised by reforming monarchs such as Frederick II of Prussia , Maria Theresa of Austria and Catherine the Great of Russia ; the French Code introduced by the revolutionary regime in 1791 was an attempt at direct implementation of his plan for a rigid tariff of punishments ; Beccaria also greatly influenced such English jurists as Romilly and Blackstone . |