Example sentences of "[coord] was [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as Orientalism in particular and European knowledge of other societies in general have been concerned , historicism meant that one human history uniting humanity either culminated in or was observed from the vantage point of Europe , or the West … |
| 2 | ( 3 ) The losses against which a recognised body is required to insure under this Rule are all losses arising from claims in respect of civil liability incurred in the practice of the recognised body by the recognised body or by any of its officers or employees or former officers or employees or by any solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is or was a consultant to or associate in the body 's practice or is or was working in the practice as an agent or a locum tenens ; save that a recognised body shall not be required to insure against losses arising from claims of a type excluded , by the indemnity rules applicable from time to time to recognised bodies , from being afforded indemnity by the Solicitors Indemnity Fund . |
| 3 | ‘ Precatory ’ neither ( as in English law ) implied caution about the clarity of intention , nor was used as the touchstone for deciding whether a disposition was a trust . |
| 4 | To the crowd 's consternation , Eve , dropping her red cloak , had hurled herself off the front of the cart and was pushing through the crowd , quite plainly a boy in breeches , shirt and felt boots . |
| 5 | But by misfortune his telescope had now wandered back again and was trained on the Cutcherry at the very moment that it exploded with a flash that burnt itself so deeply into the Collector 's brain that he reeled , as if struck in the eye by a musket ball And then there was nothing but smoke , dust , debris , and a crash which dropped a picture from the wall behind him . |
| 6 | He served as editor of The Times while unable to type , as chairman of the Arts Council while unable to drive , and was appointed to the Broadcasting Standards Council unaware that one of Britain 's most popular television shows was named Jim 'll Fix It ( ‘ Who 's Jim ? ’ he once asked ) . |
| 7 | In 1852 he relinquished his teaching duties on grounds of poor health and was appointed to the sinecure posts of director of the College , secretary and resident governor . |
| 8 | Heng Samrin retained his post as President of the State Council and was appointed as the party 's " honorary president " . |
| 9 | Johnson took enormous pleasure in the honour , and reported it in both his book and , more touchingly , in his correspondence with Mrs Thrale : ‘ I had the honour of attending the Lord Provost of Aberdeen , and was presented with the freedom of the city , not in a gold box but in good Latin . |
| 10 | This dates from 1729 and was presented to the cathedral by Pope Benedict XIII . |
| 11 | To commemorate the visit , the Prime Warden the next year , Mr. John Prideaux ( whose father had been Clerk at the time of the 450th Anniversary ) , called at the School in April with designs of a second cup and cover , which was commissioned by the Company from Miss Jocelyn Burton and was presented to the Chairman and Headmaster in July 1974 . |
| 12 | This , in finely-worked bronze inlaid with semi-precious stones , is thought to be by the twelfth-century French master Nicola de Verdun and was presented to the Duomo by Giovanni Battista Trivulzio in 1562 . |
| 13 | The City and Guilds 201 certificate was for doing a course on the theory and practical aspects of machining and was presented by the director general of Lincoln Technology College , John A Barnes . |
| 14 | By 1970 the former was negotiating an ambitious first degree scheme with the CNAA , which was explained by the Vice-Provost as more fully meeting the needs of students , employers and society , and was presented in the belief that ‘ polytechnics should develop a degree pattern which includes an increasing amount of interdisciplinary study ’ . |
| 15 | One recent Saturday afternoon I was walking along High Row and was treated to the sight of a Labour Party vehicle giving out an election message closely followed by a similar van in Conservative colours broadcasting loud music , presumably to drown out the opposition . |
| 16 | Food was placed to sizzle on the barbecue , and was turned with the help of long utensils , and as she worked beside Silas , moving rapidly to turn first one piece and then another , Lucy became conscious of a feeling of quiet satisfaction . |
| 17 | erm I just put that up , which should have been up while we were talking about money , which is erm the beautiful Oxford crown , which you can see downstairs , which was minted at New Inn Hall , the college that emptied , and was turned into the mint , mostly from college plate . |
| 18 | The obvious implication is that the writer had experienced the order a just king could create , and was writing after the establishment of the monarchy . |
| 19 | The meal was finished , his father had returned to the newspaper , rather deflated at his family 's lack of appreciation of his vice-presidency , and his mother had finished her ice cream and was rising from the table . |
| 20 | A suitable window frame came off a skip behind a local double glazing merchant , and was incorporated into the studwork . |
| 21 | The facade survived intact and was incorporated in the rebuilding , which was completed in 1932 . |
| 22 | This was confirmed in the 1987 study and was acknowledged by the Authority , as we have seen . |
| 23 | They finally halted in a rough copse of thorn that had lopsided boulders scattered about it and was sheltered from the wind by the long shoulder of a hill . |
| 24 | Wexford , Ireland , and was sent to the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Paris after no expense had been spared educating him at home . |
| 25 | John W. McCandless was born in 1884 in Londonderry , the son of a Justice of the Peace , and became deaf at the age of 10 months through scarlet fever , and was sent to the Langside Institution at Glasgow , Scotland . |
| 26 | Short stories , pamphlets , and articles appeared on both sides of the Atlantic and her novel , The Magnetic North ( 1904 ) , was a best seller , and was compared to the work of Daniel Defoe [ q.v . ] . |
| 27 | He came from a peasant family and was born near the city of Pyongyang in 1912 . |
| 28 | Lawrence came on as replacement and was thrust into the action immediately with some solid tackling as Bishop 's Stortford started to attack . |
| 29 | The Diploma in Industrial Administration was part of the first batch of national developments and was completed in the Summer of 1989 . |
| 30 | He joined the National Art-Collections Fund and was elected to the executive committee in 1912 . |