Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wall 's ( 1986 ) evidence shows that the really notable change between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries was in the smaller number of people living in other people 's homes as servants or lodgers . |
| 2 | The only heating in the Waaf huts was from the temperamental iron stove in the centre of each hut , and anyone who has had to struggle with one of these objects will appreciate what I 'm talking about . |
| 3 | In 1979 , National Savings was on the 18th issue of fixed interest certificates . |
| 4 | She chose to ignore him again , paddling on in silence , not knowing if the tension in her shoulders was from the unfamiliar strain of the exercise or from the unfamiliar strain of having eyes probe one 's back with habitual cynicism . |
| 5 | Before the end of the six months was up the other judges were trying to steal the devices and put their own people on it . |
| 6 | The opening chapter and most pace-setting of these contributions was by the only Englishman featured in the book , Arnold Toynbee . |
| 7 | It was also the fifth consecutive month in which both the number and value of bankruptcies was above the prior year level . |
| 8 | Perhaps the most intense of my health service battles of the mid-1980s was over the selected list of drugs . |
| 9 | His last 72 holes was in the Australian Masters . |
| 10 | First her challenge to the primacy of ‘ meaning ’ and support of ‘ cool ’ rather than ‘ expressive ’ aesthetic assumptions was at the same time an advocacy of the collapse of some sort of deep level of signified into the signifier . |
| 11 | Revision of the Temporary Provisions was at the sole discretion of the National Assembly , and the current changes reflected the determination of veteran members to enhance their own power , as more opposition members took seats in Parliament . |
| 12 | I was in this bunk , in this boat , this little cabin cruiser that belonged to God-knows-who , and the bastard who 'd stolen my dreams was in the other bunk , just along there . |
| 13 | The variety of RNA produced , repeatedly , in these experiments was of the same size and structure as the molecules that Spiegelman had produced . |
| 14 | The first of the two Sailing Challenge qualifiers was on the open sea in light winds . |
| 15 | Shane in Neighbours was in the Flying Doctor . |
| 16 | ( a ) Whatever the role of individual mosaicists or groups of mosaicists was in the second century , there appears to be a long term trend in the popularity of certain designs over which control by these mosaicists was negligible . |
| 17 | This follows a Monopolies and Mergers Commission decision that to forbid advertising by GPs was against the public interest . |
| 18 | This follows a Monopolies and Mergers Commission decision that to forbid advertising by GPs was against the public interest . |
| 19 | Thus an early draft of some of the major integrative levels was of the following form : |
| 20 | The dirty , oily waters of the river were lifeblood to the capital , and the steady throb of activity along its shores was as the living heart of London . |
| 21 | Foxe 's Book of Martyrs was in the old library , a one-volume edition for nineteenth century children with coloured illustrations and the text pruned to a litany of death by flame . |
| 22 | While the issue of means was left unresolved , clear teaching in regard to the issue of ends was in the long run probably more important . |
| 23 | Service providers were questioned about such matters as their attitudes towards new technology , and their willingness to adapt to new circumstances , whilst the emphasis for service users was on the possible effect in terms of work results and achievements . |
| 24 | However , he claims demand for Windows NT is twice what Windows was at the same place in the roll-out schedule . |
| 25 | When Windows was in the same place it only had 25,000 kits out . |
| 26 | If Vance had been able to convince 17 Politburo members that a far-reaching restructuring of strategic forces was in the Soviet interest , this would have become Soviet policy . |
| 27 | Before the guillotine motion , the longest speech in those proceedings was by the then Minister of State . |
| 28 | He taught them that they were serving God , not a Roman Catholic King , and practice of religion by his men was of the utmost importance . |
| 29 | A wish for children was about the only thing Karen and Manuela had in common , apart from their interest in me . |
| 30 | The mother of those children was in the crowded hall with some of her older daughters . |