Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [noun sg] of [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , although Franco 's offer of sending troops to fight in Korea , as part of a new " crusade " against communism , was not taken up , there were lobbies in the United States and in Britain which were in favour of re-establishing full relations with Spain . |
| 2 | Reactions have varied — some were in favour of operating such a scheme , while others either doubted its feasibility or were unable to participate . |
| 3 | Last word from the local council was that they were in favour of providing some form of skateboard facility . |
| 4 | In 1970 , Labour identification was not necessarily tied to support for the party 's ‘ traditional ’ concerns , or at least the concerns of the left-wing : only 39 per cent of Labour identifiers were in favour of nationalising more industries ; only 40 per cent did not believe that trade unions had too much power ; and although 60 per cent were in favour of spending more on social services this represented a marked decline from the 89 per cent recorded in 1964 ( Crewe et al . , |
| 5 | In the late 1960s and in the 1970s the development of administrative law was strongly influenced by Lord Reid and Lord Denning , both of whom were in favour of expanding judicial control of government . |
| 6 | The deputy head ( curriculum ) proposed that a formula approach be considered by faculty heads and most were in favour of developing such a system . |
| 7 | After this an attitude survey found that most new mothers were in favour of screening newborn boys . |
| 8 | However , when the question of dropping the old title was brought up , many people protested strongly and were in favour of retaining Black Hats versus White Hats . |
| 9 | Rather than contend with the pain of being left , he ensured that relationships broke down if they were in danger of becoming important to him . |
| 10 | Although Stranraer were in command from the start of the final , they were in danger of losing four shots and the match at the last end but a missed stone from the opposing skip handed them victory . |
| 11 | Until the middle of last year firms wishing to adopt them were in danger of falling foul of the Companies Act , which prohibited companies from assisting in the purchase of their own shares . |
| 12 | However , the government 's spokesman on the Bill in its passage through the House of Lords , Lord Caithness , tried to give assurances that there was virtually no possibility that a local authority nor its librarians were in danger of falling foul of the Act by simply stocking homosexual material as part of the library service to the public . |
| 13 | St Augustine 's and St Bede 's in Darlington are manifestly good schools which were at risk of becoming bad schools because of overcrowding . |
| 14 | He was elected to Parliament for Pontefract in 1774 ; he supported Lord North 's government on the American war , and was in favour of granting further relief to Protestant dissenters . |
| 15 | FIFA general secretary Sepp Blatter said yesterday he was in favour of awarding three instead of two points for winning teams , particularly in the finals , and suggested it may be introduced in the United States next year . |
| 16 | The truth is Mr Fisher was a prominent member of the local Home Guard and he managed to persuade whoever it was in charge of building anti-invasion pillboxes that Fisher 's Farm was worth defending . |
| 17 | It is clear even at this early date that he had his eyes on a brigade structure , because his brother William , ‘ Bill ’ , was in process of raising 2 SAS Regiment in Algeria . |
| 18 | It is recognised that for many , the call of the profession was in anticipation of spending each day involved in surveying work . |
| 19 | The only relief was occasional stretches of soft sand in which the lorry was in danger of getting stuck . |
| 20 | Legal doctrine was in danger of appearing incoherent unless some reconciliation could be found between these two visions of the company . |
| 21 | He realised he was in danger of appearing rude and dragged his attention back to present matters . |
| 22 | It was in danger of going broke . |
| 23 | But , as tears pricked the back of Fabia 's eyes , she realised that she was in danger of becoming over-emotional — which would be of no help just now to Cara . |
| 24 | Instead his diaries had begun to assume something of the knowingness of incipient middle age ; at times , indeed , he was in danger of becoming priggish and opinionated . |
| 25 | I refrained from making any statement until I had the erm minutes which I received the er , agenda which I received the next day which contradict the abandonment , but if the idea was to sort of give this troublesome member from Bungay a heart attack , er it failed , cos I 'm still here and ticking , now I would like to go through once again the , the point regarding Bungay and I hope the committee will take it on board with . |