Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was also necessary to fabricate and fit a new rotating cowl to replace the louvred terminal which was missing from the apex of the south-east roundel . |
| 32 | All the others before it will have hierarchical actions , each setting up the subsidiary search which was solved by the following rule . |
| 33 | On the other hand , Peter was responsible for the introduction of a punitive practice which was to remain at the centre of the tsarist criminal code and of the Siberian penal system until well into the twentieth century . |
| 34 | Many of the relevant rules appear in a Code of Practice which was circulated to the police when the Act came into force . |
| 35 | He attended Germaine Greer 's first feminist lecture , but if he had a connection with the ferment of drugs , ‘ sexual politics ’ and revolutionary doo-da which was stewing amid the spires , it was probably distant and reserved . |
| 36 | These trends have reinforced the already closer contact between farmers and their workers brought about by mechanization and the declining size of the labour force which were discussed in the previous chapter . |
| 37 | The colliery villages were clearly places in which control of the workforce was strong , beyond the normal social relationships between employers and employee which were established at the pit itself . |
| 38 | Rees and Miall examined investment data in industry which was assisted in the various regions for the period 1959–78 and concluded that the three regions — Scotland , Wales and the North — which received most government assistance under regional policy initiatives also experienced a noticeable shift of investment in their favour . |
| 39 | driving even further than spain is the Oxfordshire team of Francis Tuthill and Anthony Showell … the winners of the London to Sydney car marathon … are the first to enter the London to Mexico marathon which was unveiled for the first time this week … |
| 40 | The funeral has taken place of a teenage soldier who was killed by the IRA . |
| 41 | ‘ Ihre Kameraden , ’ said a soldier who was sitting by the window . |
| 42 | In early religion she was worshipped as the patroness of marriage , her fecundity being petitioned with gifts of fruit and seeds . |
| 43 | She was waiting to commence training as a nurse so her life was also heading in a new direction , but she was ill prepared for the grief she was to experience at the loss of the sister who had been so close and influential in her own life . |
| 44 | The defendant who was employed as the manager of a bookmakers only met customers once ( if at all ) as most business was done by telephone and was of a credit nature . |
| 45 | Shortly afterwards they invited the seventh defendant who was employed by the plaintiffs ' group to join them . |
| 46 | The award and the ceremony itself were instigated by the British Fashion Council , which tried every tactic it could -including the setting up of a smarter venue at The Duke of York 's Barracks -to persuade Katharine Hamnett to show in London . |
| 47 | The pope , who had agreed to be godfather , had sent a Legate , Cardinal Patrizzi , to represent him at the christening , though the ceremony itself was performed by the Archbishop of Paris . |
| 48 | In her mind she was acting under the highest orders — to give and serve and take up her cross daily . |
| 49 | The term itself was coined in the 1930s and arose originally from studies of schizophrenia , though it has since proved equally ( if not more ) applicable to psychotics with other diagnoses , notably mania . |
| 50 | A police spokesman said : ‘ He told them he could not wake his mummy who was found on the ground floor . ’ |
| 51 | Then with a splash she was plunging into the crystal-clear water , and , an instant later , bobbing unharmed to the surface . |
| 52 | oh my god it 's the incredible hulk oh and you know Jayne with the skirt up here , well in English study she was walking up the steps like this |
| 53 | oh my god it 's the incredible hulk oh and you know Jayne with the skirt up here , well in English study she was walking up the steps like this |
| 54 | ‘ Through me the defendants tender their sincere apologies to the plaintiff for the distress she was caused by the publication of the article . ’ |
| 55 | Following 13 years ' deliberation by a special Vatican commission , Pope John Paul II on Oct. 31 formally rehabilitated Galileo Galilei , the Italian astronomer , mathematician and physicist who was forced by the Inquisition in 1633 to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun . |
| 56 | In fact , he would have made an ideal barrister — and he defended quite a lot of men who were indicted for various things — got them away because he was too cute for the superintendent who was dealing with the job . |
| 57 | The oldest patient in the study was a 92-year-old retired college professor who was admitted from the emergency department with a 3-day history of productive cough , dyspnoea , and fever . |
| 58 | So she hurried downstairs to fix herself some breakfast — and almost stopped in her tracks at the sight of the figure who was seated at the kitchen table . |
| 59 | As Lisa pulled the door open Josey stepped out into the night … and literally came within a hair 's breadth of walking straight into the tall dark figure who was striding up the path . |
| 60 | She was swung round forcefully , so that her breath gasped from her body , then with equal force she was flung against the door . |