Example sentences of "it was [vb pp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within two years it was condemned by the Commission of Enquiry into Disturbances appointed by the Labour Government as ‘ out-moded at birth ’ . |
| 2 | Kirner , a former state Education Minister and the leader of the party 's Socialist Left parliamentary faction , was considerably further to the left than her predecessor and , whilst her election was welcomed by the state 's strong trade union movement , it was condemned by the opposition Liberal Party and the business community . |
| 3 | He stared wildly up at her cage roof but though it was buckled by the fall of the tree branch it was still intact and she could not escape . |
| 4 | It marked the end of the long process of transformations — starting with the seething leaves of the plant , then the reeking green stage of the first steepings , and the sulphurous yellow stage of the liquor before it was exposed to the air , then binding with the air , it gradually turned to blue . |
| 5 | Each man was struggling to fill the hollow that had opened inside him , to bridge it over with some kind of reasonable structure while saying nothing about it as though afraid it might crumble if it was exposed to the light . |
| 6 | This fraud caused much confusion until it was exposed as the result of bibliographical detective work by A. W. Pollard , Sir W. W. Greg [ qq.v. ] , and others . |
| 7 | Well forgive me , the , the reason for that is , it was explained at the time if one 's going to defend the decision of where you 're going to put your roads , then you 've got in reality look at all them options ridiculous some they will be , whether they dig tunnels under the Orwell or knocking down Wordsworth Road I mean it 's all got to be looked at . |
| 8 | Burning straw was the best fun — it was poked through the grill at the front of the grate and , when it caught fire , smoke would stream out of the other end . |
| 9 | Seemed that malais had a sixth sense , a special antenna for propositions of this kind ; it was absorbed in the mother 's milk . |
| 10 | On 31 May de Gaulle formed his cabinet and on 1 June presented it to the National Assembly , where it was confirmed by the margin of 329 votes to 224 ( with the majority composed of conservatives , centrists , and half the socialist deputies ) . |
| 11 | It was screwed to the jamb of a doorway that gave access to the premises of Henson & Burbidge , Fat and Bone Dealers . |
| 12 | Their decision was prompted by fears that the protector might usurp the throne , although Mancini adds that it was supported by the queen 's family , who wanted to prevent power passing to Gloucester . |
| 13 | Their decision was prompted by fears that the protector might usurp the throne , although Mancini adds that it was supported by the queen 's family , who wanted to prevent power passing to Gloucester . |
| 14 | This was not what English food exporters wanted but , as it kept down the cost of provisioning the sugar plantations , it was supported by the sugar industry in England . |
| 15 | It was combined with the similar but larger Maine-Anjou in the 1960s to form the Rouge de l'Ouest , and then virtually lost its separate identity in 1970 when it was crossed with the MRY and the German Red Pied ( itself a composite ) to become part of the combined group known as the Pie Rouge des Plaines in northern Brittany , in which the MRY is dominant . |
| 16 | To the south their influence controlled Y'frike and Dr'gasia , though far away N'czuan was ruled by default for part of every year because it was hidden across the Gulf of Mists , which only the men of the islands knew how to sail safely . |
| 17 | It was hidden at the bottom of a drawer , remember . |
| 18 | The area round it was hidden in the penumbra . |
| 19 | Yeah , but er normally Alan er organizes this with our car park warden , but unfortunately as was stated it was struck with the flu . |
| 20 | It was compiled by the university 's research support and industrial liaison office and describes projects in about 50 departments . |
| 21 | On 6 December , as soon as was decently possible , it was conveyed in a funeral wagon to St Stephen 's Cathedral , where it was met by the funeral party and blessed by the priest in a chapel on the north side . |
| 22 | It was created for the benefit of the inhabitants of the territory , not for that of the parties to the agreement . |
| 23 | It was created by the enclosing of some 3,000 acres of Sherwood Forest in 1707 . |
| 24 | Before 1992 it was levied on the sale of securities , other property and land and buildings . |
| 25 | It was seen on the evening of the following Thursday , passing so slowly over Llanbadarn crossing that two motorists jumped the lights . |
| 26 | This exhibition has been sent from the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York , where it was seen at the end of last year in a larger version and under the title ‘ Celebrating Calder ’ . |
| 27 | For Engels its significance lies in the fact that it was seen as the basis of what was to be the most dramatic change in the history of mankind . |
| 28 | Even conservatives could accept evolution , provided it was seen as the unfolding of a divine plan through forces built into Nature by its Creator . |
| 29 | It was seen by the father solely as manipulative behaviour aimed at him and his wife . |
| 30 | ‘ How did Lord Wittisham happen to have atropine with him , if it was done on the spur of the moment ? ’ |