Example sentences of "this [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this were to happen in the case of the CAB , they would have lost their primary purpose as first tier advisory agencies ; there would be duplication of effort , waste of public money and , in all probability , deterioration in the quality of specialised advice provided . ’ |
| 2 | If this were done in the City , the IRA could simply switch their targets to prestigious offices in the provinces . |
| 3 | In the west , a woman could only have an abortion if this were approved by a doctor on medical , genetic or psychological grounds . |
| 4 | The original enquiries about this were directed to the County Surveyor 's Department , but I now understand that the work on the boundary sign was done on behalf of the County Planning Department . |
| 5 | In the mid-1940s , explanations for this were offered in the form of theories which presented anatomical features as the cause of the blacks ' advantages . |
| 6 | Some interesting reasons for this were suggested in The Observer in 1986 . |
| 7 | This was supported by the correlation between the male 's condition at the start of the season and the number of days he spent incubating eggs . |
| 8 | Of the remaining 40 cases , 38 complied strictly with their diet and this was supported by an improvement in the morphology of repeat small intestinal biopsy specimens or symptoms , or both and weight and laboratory indices . |
| 9 | It was proposed to lay the tramway extension along the broad Middle Walk , but this was defeated in a poll of the ratepayers , and the track had to be constructed along the narrow upper carriageway . |
| 10 | Some deputies proposed that footage of the exchanges concerning the ANT affair should be omitted from the coming evening 's edited television broadcast of Congress proceedings , but this was defeated in a vote by 1,250 to 637 . |
| 11 | Most Tories favoured the establishment of a regency , with Mary exercising the regal powers on James 's behalf , but this was defeated in the House of Lords on 29 January by the narrow vote of fifty-one to forty-eight . |
| 12 | All this was to feed into the stream of sexual radicalism in the early twentieth century . |
| 13 | In a parliamentary debate on Aug. 28 this was challenged by the opposition Union of Democratic Forces ( which like all major parties roundly condemned the attack ) , the UDF secretary Petur Beron hinting instead that the attack might have been instigated by communist provocateurs . |
| 14 | This was exemplified by the league of the Iroquois which Morgan had studied in detail . |
| 15 | There was a narrow foreshore at the foot of the little cliff and this was littered with the rubbish of the colony-sticks , droppings , feathers , a broken egg and a dead nestling or two . |
| 16 | This was repealed by the Theft Act 1978 , s.5(5) . |
| 17 | This was repeated throughout the night until 7am the next day . |
| 18 | This was repeated in the Court of Appeal decision , but was unanimously rejected by the House of Lords , in the next case . |
| 19 | An imposing entrance for this was built at the end of Kirby Road , and the inspection pits were only half the length of the depot to facilitate displays . |
| 20 | This was perceived as a threat to the Plantagenets in Aquitaine . |
| 21 | We shall see that there is evidence that this was perceived as a genre in its own right in England , and in English . |
| 22 | This was perceived as a source of inefficiency and uncompetitiveness through overmanning and other policies , which the government was determined to remove in its quest to create an ‘ enterprise economy ’ . |
| 23 | ( This was trumpeted under the holiday industry 's unofficial motto ‘ if you ca n't stand the heat , get off the beach ’ . ) |
| 24 | This was named after a village near Haverhill , Suffolk . |
| 25 | This was replaced in the fourth-century by a church built by Sant' Ambrogio and dedicated , at a later time , to St Tecla . |
| 26 | This was replaced by a stone structure , only partly examined in the excavated area . |
| 27 | Parkes ' Chemical Catechism of 1806 had a frontispiece of apparatus , engraved on glass with fluoric acid ; in the fourth edition ( 1810 ) this was replaced by a plate of the laboratory of the Surrey Institution , a less-successful version of the Royal Institution ; in later editions Parkes substituted a laboratory which a gentleman might copy for himself . |
| 28 | During the thirties ( presumably after the end of prohibition ) this was replaced by the can sealed by crimping and with the label printed directly on to the metal ( figure 7.3d ) . |
| 29 | This was said in a voice expecting contradiction , which Charles wilfully withheld . |
| 30 | All this was said in the context of that annual spring ritual , renewal of China 's most-favoured-nation ( MFN ) status under American law . |