Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | To address this difficulty the algorithm was changed to a depth-first one . |
| 2 | The algorithm was modified to allow forward pruning . |
| 3 | The intimacy was gone . |
| 4 | The primary job of the TAG was communications , a vital factor in the conduct of the operation of the Fleet and its aircraft around the oceans of the world . |
| 5 | The porter was so terrified that he fainted . |
| 6 | Even the porter was shivering . |
| 7 | The schoolmistress was ‘ quite inefficient ’ and was also to go , but the porter was to be admonished only . |
| 8 | The porter was reprimanded and a humble apology was presented to his Lordship . |
| 9 | The porter was standing on the platform , his hands dug into his overall pockets . |
| 10 | They reached Stephen 's jeep , where the porter was piling the bags into the back . |
| 11 | Brother Denis came out from the guesthall , Brother Paul from the schoolroom , with two of his boys peering out from behind his skirts , two novices and two grooms from the stable-yard , and half a dozen brothers from various scattered occupations , all appeared on the scene almost before the porter was out of his lodge in haste to greet Prior Robert , the sheriff and the guests . |
| 12 | The porter was expecting them and let Maxim park in an awkward position on the forecourt pavement . |
| 13 | And then she realised what the porter was really asking her . |
| 14 | Corbett murmured as soon as the porter was out of earshot . |
| 15 | The porter was tipped , Alain was in the driving seat , and she was being swept away by a complete stranger to a house she did n't know at all , far away from anyone who would help her . |
| 16 | At the tiny station of Plowden an angry old woman asked whether we had permission to park our car in the yard , so I did n't add to her troubles by asking for a ticket to Ludlow , as I had intended , but drove on to Marshbrook where the porter was more kindly . ’ |
| 17 | Immediately , they heard raised voices and saw that the porter was engaged in an altercation with two men in trench coats . |
| 18 | Moreover , the supporters of Morgan add , this should not lead to unmeritorious acquittals , because juries will not allow bogus defences to succeed : in Morgan itself the House of Lords was satisfied that the basis for the defence was so weak that a correctly directed jury would have found the defendants guilty . |
| 19 | For example , long after the News International judgement some authorities had still not reinstated the The Times newspaper , and the defence was , perhaps correctly , that they could no longer afford the subscription . |
| 20 | In one case this had happened twice on the same land and was about to happen a third time for bulldozer had arrived to destroy a newly erected building where a woman stood in the way , she was one of the nuns helping in the area ; the defence was successful . |
| 21 | The defence was alibi ; the judge gave the jury a full and careful Turnbull ( 1977 ) 65 Cr.App.R. 132 direction . |
| 22 | Defence counsel 's application for the judge to inspect the sister 's first statement under section 17 of the Evidence Act to determine whether or not it should be made available to the defence was refused . |
| 23 | The defendant accepted as a fact that he was holding the revolver when the fatal shot was discharged , but the case for the defence was that the revolver went off accidentally in the course of a struggle during which the defendant forcibly placed Paulette in the driver 's seat . |
| 24 | The principal argument for the defence was summarised in the judgment of Winneke C.J. and Pape J. , at p. 355 : |
| 25 | The defence was self-defence . |
| 26 | But the major plank of the defence was provided by the remarkable lady journalist Suzanne Cronjé . |
| 27 | The argument for the defence was that the defendant , being inside , was not ‘ in the vicinity of ’ the place , which meant outside . |
| 28 | In fact it became clear that a considerable part of the defence was going to be that of justification , that the laws and usages of war permitted reprisals to be taken against hostages . |
| 29 | Holding that the defence was not available the court in effect classified the defendant 's belief that the arrest was unlawful as a mistake of law , which could not avail him for these purposes . |
| 30 | The defence was that there was no consideration for the promise because the plaintiff was bound by his existing contract to assist in sailing the ship . |