Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 27 June the Attorney-General sent to Buckingham warrants for the sale of Neroche , Selwood and Feckenham Forests , and the disafforestment of Braydon was begun at about the same time . |
| 2 | The Sex Disqualification ( Removal ) Act 1919 , designed to facilitate the admission of women to the House of Commons but worded in such a way as to be apt to give them access also to the House of Lords was seized upon by Viscountess Rhondda as having this effect but the Committee of Privileges refused to endorse her claim and the House rejected it . |
| 3 | The population of Britain was to rise from between seven and eight million in 1760 to 15 million in 1820 — in other words , it doubled in a period of 60 years . |
| 4 | The black population of London was estimated at between fourteen and twenty thousand in the eighteenth century , or 2.2 per cent of the total ( Alexander and Dewjee 1981 ) . |
| 5 | Although the Act of Supremacy was passed shortly after her accession in 1559 , papal condemnation of Elizabeth was postponed for over a decade . |