Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unbreakable cups and space shuttles were among the uses of new engineering materials cited by an enthusiastic Dr Ian McColm ( Bradford ) at the NE Region Education Division ( NERED ) teacher 's conference at Sheffield Polytechnic in November . |
| 2 | About 10 foreigners were among the victims of political violence in 1989 , with the result that foreign aid workers , archaeologists and tourists increasingly withdrew from or avoided rural areas . |
| 3 | On closer examination , however , it was immediately clear that Franco did not trust the Falangists in the areas most closely related to the exercise of real power ( i.e. to the control of the force of arms ) : all three defence Ministries were in the hands of military men well known for anti-Falangist political sympathies . |
| 4 | Perhaps its last flowerings were in the events of May 1968 and in the punk revolution of the 1970s . |
| 5 | Body and mind were among the contraries to be reconciled , and the true union of opposites was always preceded by bitter conflict . |
| 6 | Communications , security and the maintenance of the entire complex were in the hands of Russian officers under contract to the Iraqi government . |
| 7 | Turned wooden vessels were amongst the grave-goods in the ship burial of Sutton Hoo mound 1 . |
| 8 | Perhaps the only two successful threats of action were by the water-workers in 1983 and the NUM over the Coal Board 's threat to close uneconomic pits in January 1981 . |
| 9 | Bicester Rugby Club were in the semi-finals of the Provincial Insurance Cup following an excellent hard four weeks , to go to Gloucester opponents , Hucklecote Old Boys at this afternoon . |
| 10 | If a rating or precepting authority over-rated or over-precepted , the remedy was in the hands of the electorate … |
| 11 | Moreover , useful as the clergy 's and particularly Winchelsey 's aid was to the magnates in the summer of 1297 , the laity had been encouraged to think that the clergy , especially because they did not fight , should bear a significant share of the financial costs of defence . |
| 12 | In 1857 , Reading police force was under the auspices of Chief Constable Henry Peck , a man who played it strictly by the rule book . |
| 13 | It seemed ( see , for instance , our Interim Report , 1988 ) that , right up to the moment when the repatriation of the Cossacks began , there remained a complete and unresolved contradiction between this insistence by 5 Corps and the reiterated insistence by AFHQ that force was in no circumstances to be used . |
| 14 | The highest death toll was on the islands of Kutubdia , Maheshkali , Sandwip and Chakori in the south-east . |
| 15 | In the string , taking Shine On for a showpiece half-speed over five furlongs , riding home , her mind was on the implications of his message . |
| 16 | In 1244–5 Richard was in the marches of Wales , and received another blow when Richard de Clare , sixth Earl of Gloucester , lord of Glamorgan , had him arrested and confiscated his Glamorgan estates , on the grounds that Richard had sided with a Welsh magnate of the area against the earl . |
| 17 | Their future was in the hands of pre-teen and teenage crews as the RYA 's Stuart Jardine and Jim Saltonstall , senior racing coach , stalked them round the lake to see how they performed . |
| 18 | The ceremony was in the hands of Mr Alexander Dubcek , who came in from the political cold less than 24 hours before , to be elected head of the new-style Federal Assembly . |
| 19 | Jonadab was in the depths of depression : he had kept the stallion in his stable and before going in for their midday meal , both father and sons were in consultation round the gentle grey . |
| 20 | Talk was of the mysteries of tension ribbing … and men . |
| 21 | The technical college was on the outskirts of town , miles away from the cinema . |
| 22 | Furthermore , Sica believed that the direction of organized crime was in the hands of no more than 17 men whose names were known to the authorities , and that if those individuals could be convicted the Mafia would collapse . |
| 23 | I quote from the graphic account of the wife of a teacher who suffered a false accusation of this kind : ’ An article about the allegation appeared in heavy type on the front page of the local newspaper and the headline was on the hoardings outside the newsagents . |
| 24 | A large part of hostel administration was in the hands of volunteers who were themselves refugees . |
| 25 | The Independent reported on the same day that control of Kuwait 's security and administration was in the hands of Ali Hasan al Majid , Iraq 's Minister of Local Government and architect of the government 's 1987-88 military campaign against Kurdish rebels . |
| 26 | Areas where the workforce extended their influence were in the procedures for promotion , where the power of managerial prerogative was weakened and increasing weight was given to seniority and skill tests ; in joint determination of rosters tor footplate and train staff ; in the ending of split shifts ; and in the reform of the authoritarian disciplinary system . |
| 27 | As with a number of other regions , a number of these early mill sites were in the hands of religious foundations , such as the Benedictines and Cistercian Orders who , up to the time of their suppression in the 16th century , owned as many mills as any of the estates or manors in Britain . |
| 28 | Many of the participating countries were in the throes of profound economic and social crises ; at the same time popular dissatisfaction with entrenched regimes was becoming more vociferous . |
| 29 | His chief concerns were with the conditions of labour and education of the working classes , and he was the instigator of the Factory Act of 18 19 , which prohibited the employment in textile mills of children under ten , and reduced working hours for those under eighteen . |
| 30 | Furthermore , a quarter of the freeholdings were in the hands of completely different families from those which had held them in 1575 . |