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, 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, Hook then opened a new club and live venue in Manchester, FAC 251 – The Factory, in February 2010 singing lead vocals with his band, The Light.

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, Minderbinder tends to trust the novel's protagonist Yossarian more than he trusts anyone else because Yossarian — an unselfish man of principle — is so unlike himself.

Ironically, one of the elite Round Buckler divers of the Earth Forces is an old friend of Gram, the main protagonist.

Ironically, by today's standard, Gauss's own attempt is not acceptable, owing to implicit use of the Jordan curve theorem.

Ironically the " normal phase " has fewer applications and RPLC is therefore used considerably more.

Ironically, it is also in the Reeve films that Clark Kent's persona has the greatest resemblance to Woody Allen, though his conscious model was Cary Grant's character in Bringing up Baby.

Ironically, the reincarnated Baron is soon haunted by the voice of Alia in his mind.

Ironically, though, Guy is the only character who goes unharmed in the adventure.

" Ironically ," wrote theatre critic Lucy Komisar, " possibly his only true book ... about a successful author who is shown to be a fraud.

Ironically, the OpenContent License is not libre because it forbids making copies for profit.

Ironically, as his decisions affect the fate of an entire nation, it is even more important that a ruler maintains a set of standards, and yet has none.

Ironically, however, it is sometimes easier to get a receiving party to sign a simple agreement that is shorter, less complex and does not contain safety provisions protecting the receiver.

Ironically enough, the President's paranoia and opportunism lead to the establishment of a real resistance movement that is organized through narrow-beam radio transmissions from a mysterious alien near-Earth satellite, by a superintelligent, extraterrestrial, but less than omnipotent being ( or network ) named VALIS.

( Ironically, the Chronicler is very generous to the south Judah and considers it God's will to recover the chosen people that they were destroyed by Babylon and exiled to Babylon.

Ironically, in export markets it is seen as a trendy, premium import and is predominantly drunk by the young.

Ironically, adoption is far more visible and discussed in society today, yet it is less common.

Ironically, Nora's leaving is as much motivated by " the letter " and disclosure of a " past secret " as it is by her own determination to strike out on her own.

Ironically, Kobe, the home city of the largest yakuza syndicate Yamaguchi-gumi, is one of the safest cities in Japan, because " cheap " criminals such as street gangs and thugs are afraid to attract the yakuza's attention so they avoid being active in the city.

Ironically, the pressure now upon them comes from non-renewable resources such as oil, sometimes to make synthetic clothing which is advocated as a humane substitute for fur.

Ironically, there is a saying in Marathi ( language of Maharashtra ) " santh vaahate Krishnamaai " which means " quiet flows Krishna ".

Ironically both of these levels she has been kidnapped ( she is kidnapped by Phoenix Group after discovering their plan ).

Ironically, one of the formulae, which does not represent benzene correctly and was not advocated by Dewar, is sometimes still called Dewar benzene.

Ironically, breeders tend to use the more formal " cavy " to describe the animal, while in scientific and laboratory contexts it is far more commonly referred to by the more colloquial " guinea pig ".

Ironically, it is these paintings, created late in his life, and after the heyday of the Impressionist movement, that most obviously use the coloristic techniques of Impressionism.