Example sentences of "[verb] [was/were] [det] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the material upon which he had to work was that of the early stages of industrial capitalism and of the working-class political movement , so that in any case it would be essential to review his theory in the light of subsequent historical experience . |
| 2 | What was needed was more of the same — intensified police action backed by the ever-watchful vigilance of the purity movement . |
| 3 | The air which he breathed was that of the famous treatise on the resting places of the old English saints , and of the days when , in Eadmer 's words , ‘ it was the custom of the English to prefer the patronage of the saints to every worldly aid ’ . |
| 4 | The world in which Christianity originated was that of the Roman empire . |
| 5 | She knew the part for which she was cast was that of the self-sacrificing heroine , encouraging the man she loved in his spiritual aspirations ; but she withheld the words of sympathy and understanding . |
| 6 | The context in which they arose was that of the capitalist world economy and imperialism ; hence there has also been , in many of these movements a substantial socialist influence , and in some countries , notably in China , nationalist movements have culminated in a social revolution . |
| 7 | Yet the point which he rightly argued was that for the previous thirty years he had personally controlled the maintenance of the ditches and hedges of this parish , so why should he consider newfangled ideas about nature conservation being built into any proposed scheme now ? |
| 8 | The social engineering which placed them in positions of powerlessness ensured that the only female voice readily heard was that of the shrill tones of the satirised scold — a literary stereotype . |
| 9 | One film part that Crawford did accept was that of the White Rabbit in Alice 's Adventures In Wonderland , which he made by day at Pinewood Studios during the stage run of No Sex , Please . |
| 10 | The form of structure chosen was that of the Roman basilica ( pages 55–6 and XII ) , and , from this , evolved the Christian basilican church . |
| 11 | A description of what it was like being a female secretary in a male-dominated office received much attention , and much fury and hilarity when it was realized that the office being described was that of the New Left Review . |