Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority were in the private sector . |
| 2 | Boots continued to multiply , though the majority were in the expanding field of leisure walking . |
| 3 | For studies of ICJ transit , with this method , a value of 1 indicated that all the isotope was in the first 4 cm of ileum ; a value of 6 indicated that all isotope was in the caecum or colon . |
| 4 | Besides , in some ways the change was for the better . |
| 5 | With phosphatidylethanolamine most of the cholesterol ( 85% ) was in the vesicular fraction , while with phosphatidylserine most of the cholesterol was in the non-vesicular fractions ( 80% ) . |
| 6 | With a saturated fatty acid ( palmitic acid ) in the sn-1 position and the polyunsaturated arachidonic acid in sn-2 position most of the cholesterol was in the non-vesicular phase . |
| 7 | With a saturated fatty acid in the sn-1 position ( palmitic acid ) and arachidonic acid in sn-2 position most of the cholesterol was in the non-vesicular phase . |
| 8 | His bid for the throne was in the first instance an aspect of Merovingian family politics . |
| 9 | You see the primary was in the one side and the high school the secondary was in the other . |
| 10 | ‘ But in the Government 's view the Department 's handling of the case was within the acceptable range of standards reasonably to be expected of a regulator . ’ |
| 11 | The grave was in the new cemetery plot , with a figure of Jesus crowned in gold on the headstone . |
| 12 | Unfortunately the apartment was at the very top and it was quite a struggle to drag Maidstone up the eight or ten flights of stairs . |
| 13 | Lee felt a little puffed ; the apartment was at the very top of a tall riverside block without a lift . |
| 14 | It took Rosemary about a minute to answer the door , but , as all the flats in the building were of the same layout , Leith 's ‘ Ready ? ’ query never got said . |
| 15 | Founded in 1269 , most of the building was of the fourteenth century , though it has been extensively restored after damage in the late Middle Ages . |
| 16 | The story was in the public interest . |
| 17 | This meant that the public disputes and debates over policy that take place openly in the West were in the Soviet Union argued out within the party and in private . |
| 18 | During the Thirties when the streamlined fleet was introduced , the driver was for the first time provided with his own driving cab , complete with folding seat . |
| 19 | The truck was of the usual Brill 21E design with truss rods , but carried an additional pair of wheels under the motor springs at one end with rail brushes . |
| 20 | The motion-work was at the very apogee of clockmaking technology and the case-work enjoyed a world wide reputation for quality of design and good taste , all at very competitive pricing . |
| 21 | There were two lofts and the wedding was in the one and then the home brew and the stuff was kept in the other and the food . |
| 22 | The exit to the roof was on the other side of floor 5 so Ralph went back through the door into the large room . |
| 23 | At suppertime in the servants ’ hall all the talk was of the coming party . |
| 24 | ‘ But the brother-in-law was in the same line of business . ’ |
| 25 | This time the H.Q. was in the old offices of Hiltons , in Ferry Road , and again true to tradition the Five Bells became the unofficial H.Q. |
| 26 | The key was in the top drawer , neatly labelled . |
| 27 | The entrance was on the second deck , a large double door now wide open that Delaney remembered from before , thinking at the time that it led to a storage area . |
| 28 | The murder was on the 12th , the 13th found him in Farnham , the 15th in Petersfield , and on the 17th the fugitive was in Portsmouth , trying desperately to join the Marines . |
| 29 | The significance of this event was not so much that it was government interfering in artistic freedom , as liberal would-be martyrs would have it , but that it showed how frightened the President was of the populist , anti-intellectual feeling which has developed in the US over the last few years . |
| 30 | The first lots to come into the ring were for the annual lease of ewes . |