Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his choice of blooms was hardly the issue . |
| 2 | The study of functions was originally an offshoot of the study of properties of curves , geometrically defined , so it is interesting to see how a modern definition of function , expressed in terms of the set concept , is equivalent to what you would , in the case of a real valued function of one real variable , naturally think of as the graph of the function . |
| 3 | The older generations of miners were almost a race apart , misunderstood by outsiders . |
| 4 | There is no suggestion that passengers are or were more at risk on buses in Lothian than elsewhere : the level of casualties was simply the result of more bus trips being made . |
| 5 | In fact , a recent flip through Faye 's pile of fashion magazines told Belinda that simple spaghetti-strapped dresses modelled on the design of slips were now the height of fashion for evening wear in New York and Paris . |
| 6 | Nor was it much consolation to the church that the extension of prohibitions was less the result of deliberate crown policy ( though the king certainly assisted by the provision of new writs ) than of popular demand among suitors , often clergy litigating against clergy . |
| 7 | In rural areas ownership of cattle was also a barometer of status . |
| 8 | In the 1680s , when Colbert de Croissy was preaching honourable behaviour to his son , the theft or attempted theft of despatches was still a commonplace of diplomacy . |
| 9 | Whether their version of things was really the truth . |
| 10 | The introduction of girls was quite a novelty , as with very few exceptions the ancient grammar school foundations were generally only for boys . |
| 11 | From her account males did not often share their food with others , and the feeding of children was largely the mother 's responsibility . |
| 12 | Yet a loss of jobs was often the pre-condition of restored viability . |
| 13 | As one of the ‘ older ’ helpers it was a little like going back to school as my two ‘ children ’ are now 28 and 25 and I do not have any grandchildren so holding babies of 18 months upwards and playing with youngsters was quite a change . |
| 14 | Yet the shift in surroundings was also an indication of hidden meanings . |
| 15 | Fights between skins were usually the result of some territorial infringement . |
| 16 | The noise and nuisance caused by a decision to keep working on the building on Sundays was also a source of neighbourly discontent . |
| 17 | All theses contain abstracts which summarise their contents , but in the past , Aslib 's Index to Theses was just an index — by author and subject — to the theses notified to it . |
| 18 | ( 1987 ) concluded that there was no significant difference in overall dementia prevalence between the sexes ; the increased rates among women were simply an artefact of the greater age of women studied . |
| 19 | He tried to explain that possession by devils was just a form of words . |