Example sentences of "was in [det] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in many ways a mood rather than a movement , a transient phenomenon with shallow roots in the constituencies , and particularly weak in local government . |
| 2 | But this was in many ways a blessing . |
| 3 | Agriculture in Germany was in many ways a mixture of old and new . |
| 4 | Robert Indiana was in many ways a pioneer in the use of words as the chief subject matter for art , making what you read just as important as what you ‘ see ’ . |
| 5 | It was in many ways a logical consequence of de Gaulle 's seeking to impose upon his partners and neighbours , and to put into practice , his vision of the future Europe , a vision which contrasted sharply with that of the pioneers of the Six . |
| 6 | Basil Rocke 's instincts were those of a countryman , as is most of his imagery , yet he was in many ways a very urban character . |
| 7 | He was in many ways a remarkable Prime Minister , although there were obviously faults — and some grave faults — that history alone will assess in determining whether or not he ranks among the greats . |
| 8 | Vodnik was in many ways a typical figure of the European Romantic movement , drawing inspiration from the oral folk tradition of the peasants , which had a vigour and directness often lacking in the more formal literary tradition . |
| 9 | The immediate post-Aden period , 1927–30 , was in many ways a period of momentous change in Nizan 's lifestyle , a moment when his individual existence stabilised , a moment of transition when a line was drawn between his bourgeois past and his communist future : 1928 , the birth of his daughter , Ann-Marie ; 1929 , the death of his father ; 1930 , the birth of his son , Patrick ; 1929 , the passing of the agregation and the consequent termination of his formal education ; 1929–30 , collaboration in La Revue marxiste . |
| 10 | Dealing with people came naturally and was in many ways the most important part of the job , but there was more that could come only with experience , and Charles was there to pass on some of the things he had learned over thirty-three years , some of them the hard way . |
| 11 | Holiday was in many ways the first modern pop vocalist . |
| 12 | A woman 's sexuality indeed was in many ways the key to her economic survival . |
| 13 | He was in many ways the wrong choice in the harsh atmosphere of 1952 . |
| 14 | But the Doncaster Cord was in many ways the most interesting . |
| 15 | The stencilled letters and numerals in Braque 's Portugais are the prelude to the introduction of collage into Cubist painting , and collage was in many ways the logical outcome of the Cubist aesthetic . |
| 16 | Sullivan ) , we have to acknowledge that it was in many ways an attractive society , and an admirable one . |
| 17 | The WEU , which began life in May 1955 , was in many ways an irritant to Britain , placing upon it a burden as great as membership of the EDC might have done , with the pledge to maintain British forces in West Germany . |
| 18 | According to Gregory the division of 561 was in many respects a return to that of 511 ; Charibert I received Paris , Guntram Orléans , Sigibert I Rheims and Chilperic I Soissons . |
| 19 | In fact , he was in many respects an enigma . |
| 20 | His apparent obsession with Swindon Town was in many respects the beginning of the end . |
| 21 | Miss Danziger also had it in her favour that she was in all things the opposite of Bo-Bo . |
| 22 | The electricity cable laying to give 'em a job so you could play for the Ipswich Electric Supply Team and we had a jolly good team , we won the cup for the first three years that it was in being but the finals used to be on Portman Road and course that was in those days a thing to be looked forward to . |
| 23 | Along the Cumberland coast an industrial fringe was already well established , based on deposits of coal and iron ore : Whitehaven was in those days an important port . |
| 24 | But despite her impeccable bed-cred , Karen was in most respects a very conventional person compared to someone like Manuela . |
| 25 | Although Arminius , who had taught theology at the University of Leyden , was in most respects an orthodox Protestant , on the question of salvation he had turned his back on a century of Reformed theology by arguing against the extreme predestinarian theology of Calvin 's successor at Geneva , Theodore Beza . |
| 26 | The belief was in some senses a ‘ democratic myth ’ , but citizens participated in just enough well-behaved political activism to be able to believe in it . |
| 27 | There was in some cases an extraordinary Englishness about Argentine railways . |
| 28 | Although not a Christian , Plotinus was in some respects a forerunner of St Augustine , particularly because he thought of time in psychological terms . |
| 29 | The subject tends to intimidate many farmers and yet it was in some ways a natural extension of the record keeping and budgeting that already existed on most farms at present . |
| 30 | He was in some ways a sort of humanoid Winnie the Pooh ( the bear with very little brain ) without any of Pooh 's more lovable characteristics — although no one in their right mind would tell him so ! |