Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the idea of judicial independence in the sense of politicians not directly interfering with the activities of the courts was not a principle upheld in the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | In general the activities of the masses were though of as mindless but they were at least non-political and in many cases they even encouraged the acceptance of social norms and new routines necessary to urban and industrial life . |
| 3 | The response of the Governors was swift : they announced on 14th March 1975 that the School would go " Independent " and they launched The Stopfordian Trust to provide the sort of bursaries which would be required . |
| 4 | The response of the economists was different . |
| 5 | The income of the lands was divided among the canons of the minster , and they built their respective manors to the north and south of the church . |
| 6 | When the city decided to construct its canal system the defences of the terraggi were flattened and a circular waterway — with obvious defensive uses — was constructed just outside it . |
| 7 | The forms of the vessels were raised by hammering and completed by soldering on additional cast or hammered features . |
| 8 | The majority of the inhabitants were still the middling farmers of old , but the number of landless cottagers was on the increase . |
| 9 | In general there appears little to challenge the important conclusion of Mathias and O'Brien that the main economic incidence of British taxation was on the level of effective demand , for the majority of the taxpayers were not savers . |
| 10 | A number of Republicans within Congress also encouraged a full exposure of the scandal and , confident that the majority of the offenders were Democrats , called for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the affair . |
| 11 | By December 1990 the airframe and the majority of the systems were ready to re-ship back to Chino to be mated with the Nixon-built Griffon engine . |
| 12 | The majority of the pavements were wide enough to pass pedestrians easily in a wheelchair and relatively few problems were encountered . |
| 13 | The majority of the advisers were " long-time pro-Peking figures and confirmed establishment types " . |
| 14 | Although a number of influential parties had been trying to have New Year 's flay changed from the old style 13th of the month to 1st , the majority of the natives were loath to change and both days were partially observed . |
| 15 | Metal extraction was difficult , sources of non-ferrous ores are particularly scarce and these , and the smelting sites , were often far removed from where the majority of the artefacts were eventually used . |
| 16 | The regular aircrew treated us quite well as a rule but there were one or two time serving Air Gunners who seemed to be jealous of our youth and high spirits , and the majority of the skippers were real gents who appreciated that without the National Service contingent the Washingtons could not be crewed correctly . |
| 17 | Since the majority of the women were full-time housewives , some self-categorization as housewives can , in any case , be predicted . |
| 18 | The majority of the rebels were of the Tutsi ethnic group , who had ruled Rwanda until a bloody revolt by the majority Hutu in 1959 forced thousands to take refuge in neighbouring states . |
| 19 | After wide debate , the majority of the Branches were in favour of extending the mandatory requirement of CPD to all members , but such a proposal is unlikely to get the support of the membership if put to a referendum . |
| 20 | The majority of the settlers were Protestant but the Calvert family influence , sometimes reinforced by having a member of the family go to Maryland as governor , was quite sufficient to protect the interests of the Catholic minority and secure religious toleration in normal times . |
| 21 | Plus , the majority of the numbers were rigged in such a way that , what with lighting effects and special effects , they had to be the same length . |
| 22 | Ms Wilikins might speak in favour of female emancipation , but as the majority of the representatives were women , too strident an approach would be dangerous . |
| 23 | The majority of the survivors were sold as slaves . |
| 24 | In December the majority of the men were back at work , with lower wages , an eight-hour day , and with a substantial minority condemned to permanent unemployment . |
| 25 | Oh yes , the interesting part there , in those days , was that the majority of the children were in the same boat , we were all poor and er m the Town Council had got this skating ring at Mansfield , roller skating ring , near the Gas Works , where they provided a school meal for all the children that could there during the hour lunch . |
| 26 | The majority of the buildings were of post-hole or trench construction and display considerable variation in size and design ( Figure 2.5 ) . |
| 27 | The remainder of the plates were taken to be placed on the table , and she began rolling the cutlery into paper napkins , her fingers shaking as she did so . |
| 28 | Now as the garage grew , the , the blacksmith 's shop was , it still remained in the same place but the remainder of the cottages were made into the garage , and the garden ground in between was filled in between with sheds with corrugated iron roofs . |
| 29 | The distribution of the remainder of the portfolios was unchanged . |
| 30 | The remainder of the animals were confined by a net within a section of the dirty harbour , while the fishermen debated what to do with them . |