Sentence examples for master or a from inspiring English sources

There could have been no question of a love affair with the art master, or a sex affair with the singing master, as in Miss Brodie's life.

He will also have to "play" capoeira with a master, or a black cord, in the middle of a circle created by dozens of other capoeiristas playing drums and tambourines and singing traditional call-and-response songs in Portuguese.

Immediate conditions, such as the brutality of an overseer or master or a temporary lapse of supervision, often precipitated slave flight, but willingness to undertake such a form of rebellion against the system was usually determined by such factors as the accessibility of refuge or the ability to blend in with the free population (some societies marked slaves to inhibit such blending).

At a time when stock portfolios are plunging and many homes, even grand ones, have no equity left to borrow against, an increasing number of art owners are realizing that an Old Master or a prime photograph, when used as collateral, can bring in much-needed cash.

"I see the scientific process as an apprenticeship--you learn from a master or a mistress," he asserts.

"But he can also get advice on something he'd like to buy, whether it's a painting by a master or a small engraving".

IOL master or contact A-scan biomicroscopy was performed to measure the axial length and to calculate IOL power.

The interfaces have InterfaceTypes such as an OCP master or an OCP slave.

For example, the severity of punishment was different when a servant or nephew killed a master or an uncle than when a master or uncle killed a servant or nephew.

Again, it depends on whether it's done by a boy, or by a master, or by a prefect.

At the beginning he must have followed the courses either of a secular master or of a theologian belonging to a different Order, as the Augustinian friars did not have a regent master at the time.