Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lack of experienced management was commented upon when the prospectus was issued , but there was an even more serious problem — the powers given to the Founders ' Trust . |
| 2 | Second , it was badly planned and not enough thought was given to how the team would make their escape from a remote island like New Zealand . |
| 3 | Hours of wrangling over the protocol of such matters was squandered during both the preparation and the course of the pair 's ceaseless round of state visits to ever more obscure countries . |
| 4 | Because most of the oil was dispersed to below the surface , it would enter the marine food chain ; and because the oil was easily ingested , it could have damaging effects on birds and animals in the long term . |
| 5 | The ban was applauded by both the SMTA and the Royal Automobile Club in Scotland . |
| 6 | The need to support the police was accepted by both the Labour and the Conservative speakers in the parliamentary debate on the riots , and was established as a benchmark for the official response to the riots long before the Scarman Report was published in November 1981 . |
| 7 | Industry was seen as both the cause of German distress and Germany 's salvation . |
| 8 | In a reference to the ANC 's suspension of the armed struggle in August , Mandela said that this was done to further the peace process but that the movement had nevertheless not forfeited its right to self-defence . |
| 9 | ‘ There was necking ( acceptable ) , soul kissing ( exciting , dangerous ) and petting , which was subdivided into above the waist and below . |
| 10 | One control was selected from both the delivery register and birth register . |
| 11 | In spring 1991 a research project was used to further the debate in a broader context of views about the whole decision-making process within the school . |
| 12 | Like the Union it was founded to forward the work and views of the Tractarians , who were then fighting an uphill battle against fierce opposition in the Church . |
| 13 | He 'd opened the smashed engine compartment , and was pointing to where the battery was n't . |
| 14 | This arrangement , flexible but strikingly unmodern , was to last until nearly the end of the eighteenth century . |
| 15 | A firearm , found to be an air pistol modelled on a revolver , was recovered from inside the house . |
| 16 | Through one purple window he could see a soft light , and sweet music was coming from inside the church . |
| 17 | On their side of the line , singing was coming from inside the shell-smashed , desecrated church of Saint Michel . |
| 18 | when he was set upon outside The Steam Train pub in Cheney Manor road . |
| 19 | A police spokesman said Saints ' midfielder Terry Hurlock was set upon inside the club and former Arsenal forward Perry Groves helped restrain the attacker . |
| 20 | It is no coincidence that mass schooling was invented at roughly the time when nation states had come into existence and the need arose to instil in their citizens the idea that the new entity had first claim on their loyalties . |
| 21 | an arrangement was entered into whereby the widow was to receive an income p.a of $5000 from her assets remaining in the business . |
| 22 | In 1986 the landlord granted permission for the defendant company to assign to M. , the first defendant , who likewise covenanted directly with the landlord to pay the rent and observe the other covenants , and an assignment was entered into whereby the lease was assigned to M. for the residue of the term . |
| 23 | 101 ; although a contrary decision was arrived at when the member concerned , although attending the court , took no part in the deliberation : R. v. London ) ) . |
| 24 | Each person referred , even if he or she remained at home , was allocated to either the community psychiatric nurse or the social worker ( as key worker ) ; their case was reviewed by the team every six weeks , and was never closed , except by death or removal from the area . |
| 25 | In the elections for President of the new Territorial Assembly on March 28 Vernaudon was supported by both the Flosse and the Léontieff coalitions and received 37 votes compared with the four cast for Temaru , the only other candidate . |
| 26 | The peace of society was thus assimilated to the sacrament ; it was enacted as both the condition and the effect of the reality of Christ 's presence . |
| 27 | And Mary was to arrive at precisely the time when the reformers were beginning to add a new dimension to Scottish self-perception . |
| 28 | Tidswell lifeguards with three slat gates were fitted and the lamp was removed from below the roof ; it was replaced by small side lamps in boxes like those on the bogie cars , but lower down on the dash . |
| 29 | Deaccessioned last year by the Chrysler Museum , this rare group was signed with both the factory and modeller 's monograms on the side . |
| 30 | This view was taken from where the Mowlem now stands , looking towards the present Forte 's corner . |