Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind the wheel was a young Japanese man he had never seen before , but Mum seemed to know all about him . |
| 2 | At the wheel was a short figure , arms at full stretch . |
| 3 | The wheel was an internal overshot type of modest proportions ( around 8′ diameter and 47′ width ) an unusual combination for this area . |
| 4 | Cognitio was an official procedure , and a judgment given in it was based on magisterial authority . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The divorce of science and religion was a tragic mistake ( Koestler 1959 ) . |
| 7 | The sociology of religion was a subject of primary concern for the ‘ founding fathers ’ of sociology — most notably for Max Weber and Emile Durkheim . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He spoke of Indian religion ; and indeed comparative religion was a subject becoming popular , a region in which scientific study seemed possible . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | At the very centre of this whole divinely-dictated religion was the ark . |
| 15 | Religion was the first vehicle for general thoughts about existence . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Religion was the political issue which aroused the most passionate emotions amongst the population at large . |
| 21 | This was why religion was the one subject required by British law to be taught in schools . |
| 22 | Religion was the base for the principles of society and they are all for the good and well being of society . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The drive to surpass had originated and was maintained from home ; my sense of neglect and isolation was a partial consequence of belonging intermittently to a cohesive community . |
| 25 | Isolation was a prospect Charles would confront ( so Archbishop Hincmar reminded him ) terrifyingly in the next world : " when the soul has left power and riches and the body itself , and is left naked and alone , without wife and children , and without the comfort and fellowship of followers and vassals " . |
| 26 | This enforced isolation was an accepted part of life in the dale , coming , as it did , every two or three years . |
| 27 | His sense of isolation was the chief suffering of his life in Cambridge . |
| 28 | Allsop 's auction was a record sell-out , with all but two of 111 lots sold for a total of £6.3 million , and other auction houses reported successful sales with average prices well above the guides . |
| 29 | Best bargain of the auction was a 1967 Cessna O-2A Vietnam combat veteran . |
| 30 | Mr Richard Dunn , managing director of Thames Television and chairman of the ITV Association , said the auction was the ‘ fatal flaw ’ in the bill . |