Example sentences of "[noun] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , among the beliefs in virtue of which I claim to know that Napoleon was a great soldier there may be one which is false , but which is so insignificant that my justification for believing that Napoleon was a great soldier would survive my changing my mind on that particular point . |
| 2 | For instance , among the beliefs in virtue of which I claim to know that Napoleon was a great soldier there may be one which is false , but which is so insignificant that my justification for believing that Napoleon was a great soldier would survive my changing my mind on that particular point . |
| 3 | A court would interpret such words in their natural manner which is objective , i.e. the Secretary of State could not simply rely upon his own subjective beliefs , but would have to point to some evidence from which it could reasonably be inferred that , for example , Napoleon was a person of hostile origin . |
| 4 | Behind the wheel was a young Japanese man he had never seen before , but Mum seemed to know all about him . |
| 5 | At the wheel was a short figure , arms at full stretch . |
| 6 | The wheel was an internal overshot type of modest proportions ( around 8′ diameter and 47′ width ) an unusual combination for this area . |
| 7 | Cognitio was an official procedure , and a judgment given in it was based on magisterial authority . |
| 8 | The visit to Wagner 's Swiss home , Tribschen , in mid-May was the first of over twenty such visits made between 1869 and 1872 , the year in which first BT appeared and then , a few months later , Wagner , with his wife Cosima , moved to illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt and wife of Wagner 's friend Hans von Bulow , eloped with Wagner in 1866 and married him in 1870 . |
| 9 | Michael 's problem was that he saw the glamour in Frank 's position : the love of liberty ; the excitement in the free pursuit of truth ; the shaking off of convention and mere conformity ; the feeling that religion was a ‘ stuffy valley ’ out of which he had grown . |
| 10 | The divorce of science and religion was a tragic mistake ( Koestler 1959 ) . |
| 11 | The sociology of religion was a subject of primary concern for the ‘ founding fathers ’ of sociology — most notably for Max Weber and Emile Durkheim . |
| 12 | For the party that had leaned heavily on the established Church and derived satisfaction from its role as defender of the Church , the decline of religion was a serious blow . |
| 13 | We can see from Royal Institution Discourses again how religion was a part of the scientific culture , along with education and more central topics like energy . |
| 14 | He spoke of Indian religion ; and indeed comparative religion was a subject becoming popular , a region in which scientific study seemed possible . |
| 15 | Dionysiac religion was a religion of initiates , , and at the centre of its worship was the mystical evocation of nature 's awesome unity , the primal unity concealed by our dismemberment into individuals , and the worshippers ' yearning for a recovery of that unity . |
| 16 | Their general aim has been to recreate a perceived ‘ golden age ’ , to secure a return to a status quo ante , where , they believe , divorce rates were low , children respectful of adult authority and , most importantly , where religion was the binding force , the ‘ social glue ’ which provided moral authority . |
| 17 | Religion was the only subject treated by the Khmer artists of the Angkor period : temples were lavishly embellished with sculptures of gods and goddesses , and bridges represented the rainbows that united people and their gods . |
| 18 | At the very centre of this whole divinely-dictated religion was the ark . |
| 19 | Religion was the first vehicle for general thoughts about existence . |
| 20 | Until the eighteenth century , religion was the only force to speak to the central concerns of human beings , the only explanation for human suffering which was available . |
| 21 | Mrs Reid 's religion was the love of humanity and she found it hard that the first women 's college should win so very little understanding or support at its outset , especially from men . |
| 22 | Religion was the greatest difficulty : the thin crust of philosophic theism was hardly capable of containing the wilder emotions of prophecy , ecstasy , mystery and ritual cruelty . |
| 23 | see and he started up that way and , and the religion was the most popular thing in the country , but all the people were outlaws . |
| 24 | Religion was the political issue which aroused the most passionate emotions amongst the population at large . |
| 25 | This was why religion was the one subject required by British law to be taught in schools . |
| 26 | Religion was the base for the principles of society and they are all for the good and well being of society . |
| 27 | His funeral cortege was a quarter of a mile long , and the procession included not only members of Oxford University and distinguished public figures , but also representatives of the underprivileged , whose cause he had championed most vigorously . |
| 28 | Sir Billy Butlin was the first to deal with the problem of the straying guest in his original holidays camps . |
| 29 | In twelfth-century legend St Valerie was the martyr ( J saint who personified Aquitaine and her story as told at Limoges — where she had lived and died and where her " thousand-year-old " body was still preserved was intended to show that Limoges was a more venerable city than Poitiers . |
| 30 | The few social scientists who bothered with the issue pointed out that the control of risks was a social activity and in its analysis ideas like objective facts and rationality were a positive hindrance . |