Example sentences of "the case was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His admission that Central Office had put a tabloid newspaper in touch with the consultant at the centre of the case was a spectacular own goal . |
| 2 | The case was a strong one , not least because Leonard Arthur had admitted that if parents rejected a mentally handicapped child ( which they had ) it was honest and ethical from his standpoint that the child was better off dead . |
| 3 | The crux of the case was a legal argument about whether the phrases ‘ products and substances ’ in the 1971 act , which are not defined , include the mushrooms . |
| 4 | The integrity of the officer in the case was a most important factor and the impartiality of the officer in this case is rendered , at the very least , questionable . ’ |
| 5 | Knowing that he was unquestionably going to die , and not knowing how or when , had been a strain , and the fact that it had been so much easier for him than might have been the case was a great relief . |
| 6 | If the case did concern a public function , the court would have to decide whether the applicant had sufficient standing , whether the case was brought in time , and whether the case was a hopeless , frivolous , or vexatious one . |
| 7 | To the Dutch judge the case was a miasma of fact and fantasy . |
| 8 | Again , a clearer indication of what the right sentence in the Crown Court would have been without the discount for the fact that the case was a reference would make the decision more useful . |
| 9 | The civil law applied because the case was a Quebec case and the civil code of Quebec is founded on the civil law . |
| 10 | The case was a departure from much pre-existing authority to the effect that a mistake to excuse must be reasonable . |
| 11 | He said the case was a one-off , but he 's writing to a Government committee on the safety of medicines pointing out the potential dangers . |
| 12 | The case was an extreme example of the extent to which hotel porters and concierges — to the detriment of guests — enjoy a much greater influence over the running of a hotel than their status would suggest . |
| 13 | Some said that the very writing of the case was an eye opener . |
| 14 | Their personal commitment to the case was an important ingredient in its success , and is an important factor in considering what further action should be taken . |
| 15 | I would not do it again ; it is too dangerous as things are today ; but the night on which I decided this to be the case was the night on which I leaned enough at my classes to decide me about Bertrand Russell , so it was well worth going . |
| 16 | The case was the subject of an inquiry by a former High Court judge , Sir Henry Fisher , whose report included forceful criticisms of police officers and of a lawyer in the DPP 's Department . |
| 17 | The case was the first in which a former government minister was brought before a Swiss criminal court . |
| 18 | The case was the first review of random testing of federal employees and the first in which the court upheld testing which did not involve workers concerned with public safety . |
| 19 | The case was the latest episode in a long history of antagonism between the government and the Far Eastern Economic Review , the circulation of which had been severely restricted in Singapore . |
| 20 | The case was the first brought against nine extremists arrested in June 1990 in East Germany [ see p. 37828 ] and the first under 1989 legislation allowing milder sentences for those turning state 's evidence [ see p. 36046 for draft legislation ] . |
| 21 | The key thing in the case was the phone call made by Kemp . |