Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Raynor was a little apart , his eyes unreadable and such an intense concentration about him that Grainne knew he was hearing her thoughts . |
| 32 | My lowest ebb was a seven month spell |
| 33 | The same weekend in 1990 was identical and sketching was a tedium of narrowed eyes against the glare . |
| 34 | Alternating periods of treatment with LM 's and C's are also possible remembering that the lowest degrees of potency are to be used with each new LM even if the last remedy was a high centesimal of the same remedy e.g. Sulphur 10m is followed by the lowest LM ( Sulphur LM 1 ) |
| 35 | If a player was not performing well the remedy was a spell in the reserves . |
| 36 | Accordingly , a writ of habeas corpus could not issue ; the appropriate remedy was an application for bail before a judge in chambers . |
| 37 | The final development to create a more highly dynamised remedy was the change of the dilution factor from 1:100 to 1:50,000 . |
| 38 | The proper remedy was the ballot box and not the court . |
| 39 | The usual remedy was the special action of trespass on the case for negligently allowing one 's fire to escape in contravention of the general custom of the realm which we first hear of in Beaulieu v. Finglam . |
| 40 | The shepherd was a loose-limbed fellow all elbows and knees , but quick and deft in movement for all that . |
| 41 | His thick white hair and silver-streaked goatee beard gave him a look of experience and authority , while soft blue eyes and a hint of wryness in his smile suggested a mortal to whom disappointment was a familiar companion . |
| 42 | Disappointment was a hard knot in her chest . |
| 43 | The only disappointment was the fuel charges . ’ |
| 44 | One disappointment was the absence of scrum-half Andy Gregory , the half-back partner to Edwards for the past six years . |
| 45 | His first disappointment was the lack of a porter to carry his bags . |
| 46 | Of course , in all the books , poisoning was a comparatively simple affair . |
| 47 | Coal gas poisoning was a common method of successful suicide until the carbon monoxide content of domestic gas was reduced . |
| 48 | Fermented glucose was the most potent stimulant . |
| 49 | This glamour by association was a specious one . |
| 50 | There had been , albeit tenuously , a link between us in that we were both coached at one time by Scottish coach , Bill Moss , although in my case the association was a relatively fleeting one , of which , quite sensibly , he has no recollection . |
| 51 | The company incorporated by the memorandum of association was a separate legal entity from Salomon himself . |
| 52 | Interlock with the requirements of the professional association was a crucial theme , and the Library Association expressed its willingness to accept CNAA degrees for postgraduate entry . |
| 53 | Dan Atkinson , deputy city and economics editor of the Press Association was the winner , and Anthony Hilton , the financial editor of the Evening Standard came third . |
| 54 | For the past two years , I have been questioning whether the Lawn Tennis Association was the right organisation to continue to be responsible for the development of a new generation of men and women tennis players who would be able to take on and compete on level terms with the rest of the world . |
| 55 | The second unexpected blow which befell the Association was the death , in 1967 , of Arthur Thomas Crellin , universally known as Tom . |
| 56 | The 1989 collapse of Keating 's California-based Lincoln Savings and Loan Association was the largest of the national thrift failures . |
| 57 | Whether the primary motive for the association was the wish to appear to be in partnership or to avoid being identified as sole practitioners was not clear , but the Tribunal drew attention to the fact that " such a sham partnership would serve to mislead the public who are entitled to believe that the persons being held out as being partners would enjoy the full relationship of support and responsibility which that state engendered " . |
| 58 | In this respect the Association was an important influence on later youth workers who saw that a combination of religion , recreation and welfare could capture the allegiance of members , and thus provide numerous opportunities for their social education . |
| 59 | Some learning theories ( differential association was an example ) moved away from the idea of criminals being identifiably different kinds of people : their criminal behaviour was seen as being acquired in much the same way as any other behaviour was acquired ; it did not require any special , predisposing characteristics for it to happen to particular people . |
| 60 | The only significant association was an increased risk of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma associated with first pregnancy . |