Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [pron] [prep] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her attitude was one with which the reader will now be familiar : that women could not reasonably expect the same pay as men : That we know would be impossible , at least in the meantime , as up to now all girl apprentices have only served an apprenticeship of three years , whereas a boy serves seven . |
| 2 | Whilst the experiment was limited to trainee engineers and by the type of microcomputer used , the results of this investigation indicated that : 1 ) the mode of man-machine interaction which was most popular and has the fewest dissenters , was one in which the user directed the course of action , as in the modular program ; 2 ) a fast design time was most likely to be achieved by the use of an optimization technique ; 3 ) an optimum design was most likely to be achieved by a preprogrammed optimization technique , but only where the problem , design parameters and constraints were understood ; 4 ) the technique thought most likely to allow some gaining of insight was one in which the user has control of the program , as in the modular program . |
| 3 | The inter-war period was one in which the distribution of population began to come to terms with a range of structural economic and social changes . |
| 4 | The Ellis-Beto-Estelle ( Estelle was Beto 's successor ) era was one in which the primacy of getting good people to do the important jobs was unquestioned . |
| 5 | His procedure for testing the properties of the target flavour was one in which the rats were given a choice between this flavour and some other . |
| 6 | A democratic society was one in which the mass of the people played an active rather than a passive role , and in which the old traditions of deference and subordination had been replaced by a sense of equality among the people — the feeling that one man , or even one person , is as good as another , or at least has an equal right to be respected and listened to . |
| 7 | This trade in India and the Indian ocean was one in which the Company had no legal basis for claiming a monopoly , so other Englishmen , as well as the Dutch , the Portuguese , and the Indians , could take part ; when the Company complained of ‘ interlopers ’ , it was entitled to complain only about Englishmen who brought eastern products to the English or European markets . |
| 8 | In what way was he for us the focus ? |
| 9 | The relationship among Crown , ministers , and Parliament in that century was one in which the king relied on his ministers to help formulate policy . |
| 10 | in a stable environment ( ie. the container finn ) the most efficient structure was one in which the influence and authority of senior managers were relatively high and of middle managers low ; |
| 11 | in a dynamic environment ( ie the plastics firm ) the most efficient structure was one in which the influence and authority of senior managers were somewhat less , and of middle managers correspondingly greater . |
| 12 | Having reached that conclusion , their Lordships considered whether the case was one in which the proviso to section 14(1) of the Judicature ( Appellate Jurisdiction ) Act might suitably be applied to uphold the conviction . |
| 13 | The question for the courts was whether or not the decision was one at which the individual official could reasonably have arrived . |