Ironically, it was the Tories who finally agreed to purchase it, in 1858, for the then recently founded National Portrait Gallery, London | National Portrait Gallery.

Ironically, the Manila Galleons had sailed along this coast for almost 200 years by then, without noticing the bay.

Ironically then, the protagonist is most active when inert, and his life acquires meaning at its end.

Ironically, the arrival of the army and its construction of Camp Floyd in nearby Cedar Valley ended up greatly benefiting Grantsville's settlers as they were then able to trade with the army for many needed provisions.

Ironically during World War II production of the Minox was put in jeopardy several times as Latvia fell victim to invasion by the Soviet Union, then Germany, and then by the Soviets again.

Ironically, the establishment of the reserve on the open shrubland of what was then called the Great Plain in the Vineyard may have accelerated the heath hen's extinction.

Ironically, this same Opimius then later committed fraud and accepted bribes from the Numidian king Jugurtha and after convicted spent his days in disgrace.

Ironically, although Union Pacific was the dominant company, taking complete control of SP, its corporate structure was merged into Southern Pacific, which on paper became the " surviving company "; which then changed its name to Union Pacific.

Ironically, because the Texas had already to some extent engaged the Teresa, the Vizcaya, and the Colon, and now the Oquendo more closely and even the trailing Spanish torpedo boats, and had been involved with the excitement of the maneuvers by Brooklyn and Oregon, it received excellent press, far more than it actually deserved, and this to some extent may have exacerbated the negative impression arising from it having to first stop to avoid potential collision and then having its fire masked.

Ironically, the outgoing tide did not carry the raw sewage down the adjacent Bristol Channel, but instead cause it to be sucked in around the circumference of the Bay and only then out down the Channel.

Ironically, the regime of António de Oliveira Salazar was by then far more to Campbell's tastes than Franco's Spain, which was compromised in his mind by an intimate collaboration with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.

Ironically, the Combaticons ended up taking control of Cybertron and altered the space bridge to push the Earth into then sun, achieving revenge on Megatron, the Autobots, the Decepticons, and the Earth.

Ironically, WPCH-TV ( then WTCG till 1980 and WTBS till 2004 ) over the years was a stronger local station until the late 1980s and now that station is the subordinate station in this arrangement.

Ironically, the Giants went on a 14-game win streak that started during Marichal's absence and by then it was a two-team race as the Pirates, Reds, and Braves fell further behind.

Ironically, and unbeknownst to Honolulu officials, fishermen managed to recover the sunken statue, which was recognized and bought by a British ship captain who then sold it in 1882 to the Hawaiian government for $ 875.

Ironically, in the story, Averroës casually observes some children play-acting, then later hears a traveler ineptly describe an actual theatrical performance he once saw in a distant land, but still fails to understand that the tragedies and comedies of which Aristotle writes are a kind of performance art, rather than merely literature.

Ironically, readers are then referred to the entries for " Mutilation " and " Deformation " for a discussion of circumcision in its religious context ( 14th edition, 1929, Vol.

Ironically on New Year's Day 1936, a combined Dinamo-Spartak team traveled to Paris to face Racing Club de France, then one of Europe's top teams.

Ironically, IBM then later switched to phase encoding in its 1600 bit per inch tape generation because of its superior data reliability.

Ironically, Fernando de Ulmo was then married to one of the daughters of Fernão Teles and lived on one of the islands of the Azores when, in 1486, he received authorization from King João II of Portugal to begin his expedition.

Ironically, the situation reversed again in the 1980s, and the production power cars were then considered to be class 43, as this time round no power car or carriage was renumbered.

Ironically, the " collectivist " label then became more commonly associated with Marxist state socialists who advocated the retention of some sort of wage system during the transition to full communism.

Ironically, Eugene is ordered to be the warden of the prison, but then becomes an inmate, presumably via the same type of " hocus pocus " that led to his dismissal from his professorship.

Ironically, the Walt Disney Company opened up an area of nightclubs at the Walt Disney World Resort called Pleasure Island, which was the same name as Wood's most successful amusement park.

Ironically, though the succeeding Estádio do Dragão had opened in November 2003, the replanting of the turf resulted in some games returning to Estádio das Antas.

Ironically, the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement led to a decline in trade at the Marsalis Motel when all establishments were opened to all people regardless of color.

Ironically, this opened the way for Tony Benn to return to the House of Commons as Varley's successor in the seat.

Ironically France opened their market for private online gaming in June 2010 which Bwin was the first to operate in.

Ironically, because of injuries to other players, he opened the batting in three of his four Test innings.

Ironically, the first new film released in Soviet Russia did not exactly fit this mold: this was Father Sergius, a religious film completed during the last weeks of the Russian Empire but not yet exhibited.

Ironically, without the implementation of the new testing campaign, the reported numbers of new diagnoses would have probably been lower.

Ironically the grates required the use of a gas fired poker to light the fuel so the new installation included installation of a gas line adjacent to the fireplace.

Ironically, the fire that destroyed the town ’ s new brick stores was incentive other business owners needed to rebuild using more sound building techniques and materials.

Ironically, while the name Cornell was kept by the new town, most of the early businesses were in the Amity part of the platt.

Ironically, this appointment to a senior position in the Finnish administration was approved by the new Governor General of Finland, Nikolai Bobrikov, whose term in office saw the beginning of the period of Russification, and whose policies represented all that the constitutionalist Ståhlberg was opposed to.

Ironically, it was considered that the Packard name might be used for the new fiberglass sports car, as well as Pierce-Arrow, the make Studebaker controlled in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Ironically, by the time the new line was built, the two companies had settled their differences.

Ironically, but as testament to the pure political expediency of the purchases, the Princes of Liechtenstein did not permanently live in their new principality for over 200 years, moving only in 1938 into the Alpine territory.

Ironically, a successor to the canceled supercarrier, the radical new USS Forrestal, and later designs, continue in service with the Navy into the 21st century.

Thousands of people came to ride the new ride, and it can be fairly stated that The Great American Scream Machine saved the park from an untimely demise ( Ironically, The Great American Scream Machine was removed in 2010 to make room for the new Green Lantern coaster ).

Ironically, Sun Yat-sen's new government was not based on the Provisional Constitution ; rather, it was a military government and Sun was its " Grand Commander of the Armed Forces " (, translated in the Western press as " Generalissimo ").

Ironically — given the fact that it is an indoor stadium, even more so because a new roof was installed before the 1976 season — the Astrodome suffered a rainout on June 15, 1976.

Ironically, the fervent drive for professional education gave birth to new Soviet intelligentsia, which gave the current meaning to the term.

Ironically, these areas ' inhabitants that are colloquially described as " old money " are almost always descendants of the people the term " nouveau riche " ( new money ) was originally coined to describe: nineteenth century industrialists, bankers, and builders.

Ironically, synthetic rubber manufacture turned more and more away from emulsion polymerization as new organometallic catalysts were developed that allowed much better control of polymer architecture.

Ironically, NYCT ordered fifty Metros in 1995, but Flxible closed its doors while the order was being produced, and NYCT obtained the remaining new buses from Orion.

" Ironically, during Pennoyer's term as mayor it fell to him to take the ceremonial first sip at the new water system's dedication ceremony.

Ironically, it was Waltrip's rival and long-time nemesis Cale Yarborough, the hard-charging, and hugely successful driver for legendary driver / owner Junior Johnson, that privately told Waltrip that he intended to cut back on his racing appearances and leave the highly coveted Junior Johnson team at the end of the 1980 season, opening the position for a new driver.

Ironically, immediately following the disappointing performance of the album and its singles, Texas released a new cover version of the Al Green classic " Tired of Being Alone " in April 1992.

Ironically, the temporary buildings erected on the new site in 1936 burnt down.

Ironically, two of the new buildings, executed in a brutalist style, are now listed buildings.