Example sentences of "the mother was [art] " in BNC.

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1 The members were generous with the collection which was donated to C.A.F.O.D. The organist was Mr J. Baron and the singing of the mothers was a joy to listen to .
2 The lobon-gur mixture taught to the mothers was a revised version of the pilot LGS , which consisted of a three finger pinch ( up to the first crease ) of lobon and one fistful of gur in half a seer of drinking water , the only change being that the gur was measured as one fistful rather than two four-finger scoops .
3 If the son was proud , the mother was no less so .
4 The mother was a pretty blonde barmaid called Evalina .
5 The mother was a good subject , and the little girl , and soon there would be a baby .
6 The mother was a good-looking girl .
7 Irina refused to allow it ; the mother was a danger to her child as well as to herself .
8 Edgar Prais , prosecuting , said the mother was a single parent and had never been in trouble before .
9 The death of the mother was the test of the family .
10 The mother was the centre of the household .
11 In severely ill children presenting to a referral hospital at 1670 m altitude the logistic regression prediction models we have developed indicate that for newborn infants and those up to 2 months of age history of cyanosis reported by the mother was the best predictor of hypoxaemia ; a respiratory rate of >=70/min,; retractions , and grunting were the best predictors in infants 3–11 months old ; and in children 12 months and older a respiratory rate of >=60/min; was the best predictor of hypoxaemia .
12 The mother was an unmarried girl by the name of Mercy Barnett , a whatever'sstreet trader 's daughter , ill used by a seaman who had made off to the other side of the world rather than face up to his responsibilities .
13 There was a crudely written note attached to the child giving her name and saying that the mother was an unmarried Irish girl who had been in service and was going back to Ireland .
14 Fifth , the justices had no doubt that the mother was an inadequate parent .
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