Example sentences of "[noun] was [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only remaining impediment to the implementation of the deal was its approval by the Belauan population of approximately 15,000 , spread between the territory 's eight inhabited islands and Guam , Saipan , Hawaii and the USA . |
| 2 | Another instance of Charles 's outspokenness was his attack on the proposed Paternoster Square development . |
| 3 | Another very pleasing result was our performance with the Washroom Hygiene Service . |
| 4 | The right which he had most clearly in mind was his claim to the French crown , which he asserted formally in his renunciation of homage three months later . |
| 5 | The only setback for the LDP was its defeat in the gubernatorial election in Tokyo where the party had withdrawn support from its veteran incumbent governor , Shunichi Suzuki , in favour of a candidate supported by the DSP and Komeito . |
| 6 | Ingmar Bergman , who for some years now has been insistent that Fanny and Alexander was his farewell to the moving image , has decided to stage a come-back with a project called The Good Will . |
| 7 | His best work was his edition of the Oedipus Tyrannus ( 1920 ) which won him a Manchester honorary Litt.D. at the age of forty ; and The Pattern of the Iliad ( 1922 ) was based on his Manchester lectures on Homer . |
| 8 | Within a few months George Dundas was himself commander of the Lutine , and on 2nd November transferred in this rank to the sloop Calpe , again newly commissioned , and with this record of command his career was firmly established and his subsequent rise rapid , for in this case Keith had made no mistake in patronising a friend . |
| 9 | Possibly one reason for the author 's attitude was his ignorance of the geography of the country ; a striking instance of this is his statement that in 1461 the earl of March , whom he had rightly described as being in Wales , arrived in England having enjoyed a prosperous voyage and favoured by the west wind ( 14 , p.532 ) . |
| 10 | The most important aspect of the Revolt was its effect on the attitude of the Roman Government towards Britain . |
| 11 | Involved in the construction of the Great Central Railway 's ‘ London Extension ’ , one of her claims to fame was her involvement in the building of the long-gone Nottingham Victoria Station . |
| 12 | One of Messel 's important contributions was his study of the catalytic reaction and the poisoning of the platinum catalyst . |
| 13 | The distinctive feature of this Reformed theology of salvation was its emphasis on the doctrines of predestination , assurance ( or perseverance ) , and sanctification . |
| 14 | Of great importance was his work on the development of commercial crystallizers , which he dealt with in his 1947 presidential address . |
| 15 | To some extent the very brilliance of the court life led by the sovereigns and its impact on public opinion was their undoing for the fête impériale is indelibly associated with them . |
| 16 | In the previous chapter ( p.41 ) it was argued that this was the period when a major ideological stress of antislavery was its embodiment of the national interest across class and denomination , and such meetings offered dramatic demonstration of aristocratic support ( the Duke of Bedford at Woburn ) , ‘ the elite of the town , churchmen and dissenters ’ ( at Dunstable ) and caught up audiences , already stirred by ‘ an intensity of feeling on the fate of the Reform Bill ’ , into an almost equally excited interest in emancipation . |
| 17 | A further factor aiding China 's rehabilitation was its support for the UN peace plan for Cambodia . |
| 18 | Further shocks were to come : the reason behind Diana 's sometimes gaunt appearance was her battle with the binge-and-vomit eating disorder bulimia , from which she had suffered since the first year of her marriage . |
| 19 | One of the main reasons why I joined the 1990 rebel tour to South Africa was my disappointment with the way I had been used as an England spinner in the previous couple of years . |
| 20 | Rogers 's principal political achievement was his work for the National Committee of Organized Labour , a body established in 1899 to work for universal old-age pensions . |
| 21 | Montrose also appointed a second bailie to hold his courts in the regality of Tarbolton , which was considered too detached from the main body of the duke 's superiorities to be handled by the same judge , and , in addition , the duke was himself bailie of the regality of Glasgow with power to appoint a deputy to act in his place . |
| 22 | One of the most appealing aspects of this year 's event was its location in the Tate Gallery , the first time a national gallery has hosted the conference . |
| 23 | Looking back , that square was my gateway to the real world — and the gate could only work one way . |
| 24 | One of the major features of Scargill 's campaign to mobilize support for the strike was his emphasis on the centrality of the pit to a community 's economic and social health . |
| 25 | Constance Richards was her passenger in the jeep on Saturday , as they made their way to the little church of Santa Barbara . |
| 26 | One of Karajan 's simplest musico-dramatic experiments was his staging of the Callas Lucia in Milan in 1954 . |
| 27 | A by-product was his discovery of the ‘ zone of avoidance ’ and his extensive investigation of obscuration by interstellar matter in the Galaxy . |
| 28 | Councillor Bookbinder was his opponent at the last election , if I am not mistaken , and I am sure that he at least doubled my hon. Friend 's majority . |
| 29 | The second feature of George Stephen 's narrative which gave it a markedly ideological cast was its distancing of the movement from the kind of radicalism and militant nonconformity of the 1830s and 1840s many of his readers associated with antislavery . |
| 30 | One of the reasons why Napoleon wished to retain close supervision of France 's foreign policy was his understanding of the difficulties which would arise once he began to probe the weaknesses of the European system established in 1815 and designed as a check to French ambition . |