Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room was unlit and in the gloom the large man was almost invisible . |
| 2 | He told the jury that the crime was motiveless and in no way premeditated . |
| 3 | Where daylight was essential , a twelve-hour day was usual except in the winter months . |
| 4 | From this age group , the level began to increase first slowly ( infant mortality at the maternal age group 30–34 was lower than in the age group 20–24 ) and from age 35 more rapidly , although the mortality of infants born to women in the 35–39 years old group was not much higher than in the age group 20–24 which is often considered as the prime time for reproduction . |
| 5 | On days 6–9 fluid transport was lower than in the control rats ( p<0.01 ) , and on days 11–14 it was significantly greater ( p<0.01 ) . |
| 6 | Although the level of capacity utilization reached at the height of the upswing was lower than in the previous boom ( and so the extent of ‘ overheating ’ , as conventionally measured was less ) , the rate of expansion was faster than at any time since 1958–9 . |
| 7 | Demand was unstable and in the highly competitive market prices fluctuated widely , thus requiring firms to be able to reduce costs quickly in a recession in order to avoid losses . |
| 8 | ‘ I was free and in a way I was happy . ’ |
| 9 | On the other hand he was proud of what he was up to , and it was exciting and in a good cause ; so he talked about it . |
| 10 | The population of South Skirlaugh in 1891 was 261 and in the North 289 , including the officers and inmates of the workhouse . |
| 11 | It was clear that in the preceding year share prices in global financial markets had risen in such a way as to force yields down several points below gilt yields ( see Fig. 17.7 ) . |
| 12 | It had surprised Ruth that the Carsons should choose to live in a boarding-house , until she discovered that in New York it was quite the thing-always supposing that the establishment was high-class and in a good locality . |
| 13 | On the other hand , the margin of seats in the Senate was slim and in the House , despite an impressive surge by the Republicans , the Democrats were still ahead by 51 seats . |
| 14 | I could n't find what was wrong and in the end I gave up and started to walk home . |
| 15 | The evidence in support of these allegations was vague and in the event unsubstantiated despite in extensive Social Services investigation which ran parallel to the Statementing procedures . |
| 16 | Young people could be ‘ moulded to the demand ’ from employers and this was crucial because in the long term , the ‘ character of the demand … is ultimately governed by the possibilities of supply . ’ |
| 17 | It is impossible for the outsider to appreciate what this meant to a man as proud as Richards , but it was noticeable that in the Test series against Pakistan and New Zealand which followed his form was very ordinary . |
| 18 | Justin was convinced that in the highminded Stoic ethics of human brotherhood , and especially in the other-worldly Platonic metaphysics , there was much for a Christian to welcome . |
| 19 | In the sixth week of 1845 it held 260 people ; for the same week in 1846 the figure was 320 and in the last year of the Famine 893 . |
| 20 | Brian Stewart , chief executive of Scottish and Newcastle , said the Budget was wide-ranging but in the context of his own industry , the Chancellor 's decision to raise excise duty on beer flew in the face of commercial reality . |
| 21 | It was remarkable that in the Archidamian War the Peloponnesians abstained from destroying those Attic olive trees which were regarded as sacred to Athena ( Androtion F 39 ) . |
| 22 | Looking at these pictures one senses that an explosion was inevitable and in a sense the explosion was the Demoiselles . |
| 23 | I was glad that in the course of the night of 8/9 October it became clear that it would not be necessary to trouble Your Majesty to return to London . |
| 24 | The lighting was brighter than in the alley and the fog was thinner out here , patchier . |
| 25 | He was fidgety and in a dream world when being given instruction in a group . |
| 26 | Working in the Mid Wales Mental Hospital , Talgarth , was well as in a mental Resource Centre , Tessa is convinced that painting and drawing give the patients a rare sense of self-worth . |
| 27 | They said what I was doing was terrible and in a way , from the people 's point of view , it was . |
| 28 | The going was good and in the morning an Arab gave me a soft fresh loaf the size and shape of a strong man 's forearm . |
| 29 | Old Eddy Moulton , who was awake and in an unusually forthcoming mood , looked at Dyson and Bob alternately as he talked . |
| 30 | He had come to realize that the technique of politics as currently practised was ineffectual and in the long view immeasurably harmful in twentieth-century conditions . |