Example sentences of "this [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Construction of this was begun in the first half of the sixteenth century by the Donatory Captain Simão Gonçalves da Câmara .
2 Hatcher , by contrast , prefers a 1377 figure in the 23/4–3 million range , and thinks it unlikely that this was exceeded until the second quarter of the sixteenth century .
3 There had always been bad blood between Robert and Edward Bruce ; now this was transmitted to the next generation apparently .
4 This was demonstrated in the first political crisis of wartime , a carry over from peacetime .
5 km ) of Iraqi territory in the north , this was followed by the next attacks due in the Val Fajr series , Nos 5 and 6 , both in the centre , and Val Fajr No 6 partly in the south .
6 This was followed in the next issue by an examination of the reasons for the controversy , which could include personal vanity .
7 This was excavated in the nineteenth century , mainly at Vulci near Florence , and belonged to the noble Guglielmi family until 1935 , when Benedetto donated half of the more than 700 artefacts to the Pope ; the other heir died without leaving his share to the Vatican .
8 This was seen in the first five patients treated , by serial cholangiographies through indwelling nasobiliary catheters .
9 This was inspired by the first Renaissance programme in 1943 in which leading business interests in Pittsburgh took the initiative to forge a partnership with city government to address three critical problems of the time : air pollution , flooding , physical dereliction .
10 This was received in the next room on Creed teleprinters from the wires of the Canadian Press .
11 Under its extant rules , support from 55 per cent of those voting was required for a strike to be called , and this was achieved on the first two occasions only : in December 1971 , 59 per cent voted in favour , whereas in February 1974 support was an overwhelming 81 per cent .
12 This was illustrated during the second phase of the local elections , held in June 1991 to determine the composition of the country 's larger metropolitan and provincial assemblies .
13 Until this time , any bidder may retract his bid , and this was settled in the 18th century case of Payne v Cave ( 1789 ) 3 TR 148 .
14 Constantine the Great , it is true , gave the bishops a more substantial role in the administration of justice , but this was reduced during the fourth and fifth centuries .
15 This was shown by the first major DHAC protest following the 5 October 1968 demonstration , when the committee supported an NILP delegation to the council on the housing issue .
16 After the dark age this was revived in the seventh century , evidently under the influence of Bronze-age stones , and the centre of production seems then to have been the Cyclades ( above , p. 8 ) .
17 With the return to market relations for the bulk of the economy there also arose the need for a stable currency ; this was effected over the next few years with the introduction of a new , gold based rouble , alongside the paper Soviet rouble which was finally driven out of circulation .
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