Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [conj] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was that in these cases the separation between legal and equitable ownership ceased . |
| 2 | The question was whether on any construction of section 9(4) the court would have power to order an officer or servant of the Crown currently working in the Ministry of Defence to produce or give evidence of the contents of these documents . |
| 3 | The simple truth was that in any case , few such poor families would have had cash that they could have regularly given away . |
| 4 | The consequence of this intervention was that in some schools , the numbers of girls opting for science increased , while in others they decreased . |
| 5 | A consequence was that in many cases where the lamp was enforced by the owners , the miners would remove the gauze to get a better light . |
| 6 | From the king 's standpoint , the vital consequence was that in each county he had a loyal cadre of men whose services and renders he could call on directly when he chose . |
| 7 | A further drawback was that at that time most local authorities had neither the trained staff nor the organizational structure to manage a community care programme effectively . |
| 8 | The argument was that in this instance , the police were under no obligation to assist a person to eject a trespasser from his premises , and hence were not acting in the execution of their duty when the constable was assaulted . |
| 9 | I was truly disconcerted myself to have acquired so violent an enemy without meaning to and could see no resolution short of full retreat ; and the trouble was that since that morning 's schooling , any inclination to retreat had totally vanished . |
| 10 | The consequence of this pressure was that in some circumstances , at least , a community that was destroyed might never be re-established , because other species would invade the territory and prevent the original inhabitants reclaiming it . |
| 11 | The general understanding was that to all intents and purposes the State would now be responsible for the nation 's housing stock — its quality , quantity and distribution . |
| 12 | And we had an example of that , a good example this year of course with erm that in that , in the spring of this year John Major erm had to call an election before June twentieth I think the date was because by that time then parliament would have automatically been dissolved . |
| 13 | Much of the controversy which originally surrounded the rational expectations hypothesis was because of this implication . |
| 14 | The fact was that for many years she and her father had been living with a dangerous illusion ; and the illusion was that they were entirely virtuous in their endeavours , entirely on the angels ' side . |