Example sentences of "was [prep] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main thrust of all the writings was to show that Bonapartism was for France the natural system of government and that it had been so since the Revolution . |
| 2 | Making constructions from mundane materials : wood , string , glass , wire , plastic and such-like to define and encompass his concepts of space , energy , weight and transparency was for Lanyon a lifelong exercise which both grew out of and was channelled back into his paintings , thus extending the parameters of his vision and adding a further element to his work . |
| 3 | Whereas prior to 1954 the male homosexual was for Mailer a rather facile symbol of evil ( above , Chapter 3 ) , now he epitomizes a more insidious and actual kind of evil : the undoing of otherness , and a drive towards undifferentiation echoing biblical ‘ confusion ’ . |
| 4 | The separation of powers , one of the two central principles upon which the Constitution is based , was for Carter a flaw that prevented presidents from governing rationally in the best interests of the nation at large . |
| 5 | The struggle between these two classes was for Marx the key to understanding modern society and its likely future , which he envisaged as the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism by the proletariat leading ultimately to a classless communist society . |
| 6 | The bureaucracy was for Marx the most important instrument by which such domination was exercised . |
| 7 | There was for example no concept of " spending to save " . |
| 8 | Lord Reid went on to point out that this case was not of the type which would usually have been described as in restraint of trade ; there was for example no provision which prevented the plaintiff from working once the contract had run its course . |
| 9 | There was for example the capacity of an expanding middle class to afford their own homes . |
| 10 | Some of these newsreels I might say were faked , I do n't mean George Albert Smith 's were faked , but erm there was for example the case erm of the Boer War . |
| 11 | This was for centuries a strong point and later a prison ; among its prisoners , during the time of the Revolutionary Wars , was Lord Elgin , he of the marbles , who was held hostage in Lourdes on his way back to England from Turkey . |
| 12 | Hungary was for centuries the frontier state between the Ottomans and Europe . |
| 13 | On a rocky eminence commanding what was for centuries the lowest point at which the Forth could be bridged , the castle — on the site of a Roman fort — and its steeply pitched town stand between what was once a marshy plain and the shadowy beginnings of the Highlands beyond , with the Ochils and Trossachs already edging in . |
| 14 | Persian is also one of the two principal languages of Afghanistan , is spoken in what was Soviet Central Asia , and was for centuries the official language of much of the Indian subcontinent , where many fine poets wrote in Persian . |
| 15 | The small resort village of Fluelen at the end of the lake was for centuries an important lake port and customs station where goods were trans-shipped from the lake to mule transport for carriage over the Gotthard . |
| 16 | At least , he may have begun in a monastery , but in the event he took orders and was for years a junior pastor somewhere in Worcestershire . |
| 17 | The earliest authenticated cuckoo was for years a literal early bird seen as well as heard on March 27 , 1936 , in Kent , but one was reportedly heard and seen on March 2 , 1972 , in Berkshire . |
| 18 | When he has tovarisch say , ‘ Nothing I build ’ , this is to be understood not allegorically but literally : working of stone , either architecturally or sculpturally , was for Pound the register of culture — a conviction which he shared in his lifetime with few except the British art-critic whom he knew and esteemed , Adrian Stokes . |
| 19 | What , for Lawrence , was to be embraced , was for Eliot a torment . |
| 20 | What followed was for Charlotte a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience . |
| 21 | One CGI point was worth £1 a lactation . |
| 22 | For the 100-cow herd this was worth £20,000 a year . |
| 23 | In view of the hostile Chinese reaction to Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten 's blueprint for political reform outlined in early October [ see p. 39143 ] , there was during November a serious deterioration in relations between the Chinese government on the one hand and the United Kingdom and Hong Kong governments on the other . |
| 24 | Well it is so dry , god , but er , the first time I drank it , I think it was about threepence a pint , it was always a lot cheaper than beer , you know , it was in the thirties , threepence a pint . |
| 25 | Erm if I remember correctly the pre-War price for hanging a wall up , a roll of wallpaper was about sixpence a roll , and that included preparing as well . |
| 26 | The brothers were very much alike , the same strong shoulders and the fine head of hair , but physical appearances were deceptive and there was about Spencer a weakness that showed in the line of his mouth and the almost shifty look in his eyes . |
| 27 | Boy was of course no virgin , but he had never spent a whole week with one man before . |
| 28 | When the Asquith government was formed there was of course no post for such a recent recruit to the front bench . |
| 29 | There was of course no sudden switch to solos and duets with continuo or other independent instrumental accompaniment , yet by the mid-century the old forms of madrigal , polyphonic chanson , and Lied were obsolescent . |
| 30 | There was of course no mystery . |