Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM Corp issued a statement last week confirming that it is ‘ expanding the role of AD/Cycle to support application development at the workgroup level ’ — moving to the local area network-based software engineering environment it is already offering for its AIX Unix users — but managed to avoid mentioning what was intended to be the core of AD/Cycle , Repository Manager/MVS at all . |
| 2 | Once the spirochaete which caused syphilis had been identified and Wassermann had invented the diagnostic reaction which perpetuates his name , the condition called general paralysis of the insane was recognized to be the result of a long-lasting infection . |
| 3 | This was claimed to be the work not of the IRA proper , but of the Irish National Liberation Army , an offshoot of it . |
| 4 | The Government have already scrapped legislation introduced by previous Conservative Governments , but it is extremely unusual , if not unique , for them to provide , in the Queen 's Speech , for the abolition of what was claimed to be the flagship of their opening programme . |
| 5 | In terms of the ultimate political objective of integration , the Common Assembly was designed to be the repository of ultimate control . |
| 6 | He had been recruited by Alfred Sherman specifically to provide a counterblast to the Treasury advisers , because Whitehall was deemed to be the source of the advice which had let the country down in the past . |
| 7 | Thus , the primary function of the university was considered to be the teaching of " the great cultural disciplines " . |
| 8 | The process Examine.Request was considered to be the transaction centre as it triggers many courses of actions in the system . |
| 9 | The city of Nagpur in the State of Maharashtra , located at the geographical centre of India , was considered to be the capital of their empire formerly known as Naga Dwipa , one of the surviving relics of old India known as Bharata Varsha . |
| 10 | One of the principal reasons for this was considered to be the existence of the defence for men under 24 . |
| 11 | The total of the incoming moneys under DEDUCT RECEIPTS was deducted from the grand total of the various costs of the mine , and the balance was considered to be the Cost of Working . |
| 12 | Below the top waterfall , the centre of the Gill itself was considered to be the line of demarcation . |
| 13 | In some places , this was considered to be the province of full-time managers , regarded as a technical matter with minimal reporting to the Health Authority . |
| 14 | Far too often the village teacher was expected to be the creature of his employer , the school manager . |
| 15 | Adaptation was expected to be the result of a change in visual perception or the proprioceptive sense of the arm . |
| 16 | The critical factor in the ‘ many sided problem ’ was felt to be the question of ‘ Rights and Duties within the State ’ , and their relation to the wider issues arising out of an increasingly democratic society , notably that of the ‘ sectional interest ’ of the labour movement , which was always of profound concern to the New Liberals who regarded it as undermining political stability and social harmony . |
| 17 | It was true that in the 1880s youth work had meant philanthropy and religion , whereas in the 1900s it was felt to be the responsibility of local education authorities , juvenile employment committees , after-care committees and part-time day continuation classes in liberal and vocational studies . |
| 18 | The central issue was seen to be the relationship between the growth or contraction of the money supply and the pattern of national income and expenditure . |
| 19 | The major problem was seen to be the hostility of teachers towards industrial and commercial values and the way in which this deflected ‘ bright ’ , traditionally educated pupils away from industry . |
| 20 | The row followed publication of what was said to be the Queen 's full message in The Sun newspaper . |
| 21 | ( In Chan Man-sin the thing in action was said to be the benefit of the contract with the bank . ) |
| 22 | On the same day it was the opinion of every poll that Roy Jenkins had no chance at Hillhead and a slight fall in unemployment was said to be the herald of economic recovery . |
| 23 | In Tripoli a bank raid was said to be the work of Tunisians . |
| 24 | Martin Harte , 22 , was said to be the brigade 's intelligence officer and responsible for ‘ targeting ’ policemen and soldiers . |
| 25 | At the risk of oversimplifying , the new style of labour relations were designed to overcome a high turnover of skilled workers , intense industrial conflict and a lack of motivation and commitment that was said to be the cause of Japan 's reputation as a producer of shoddy goods . |
| 26 | It was said to be the site of the shrine of the goddess Mumba Devi or Maha Amba who gave her name to Bombay . |
| 27 | The Soviet Union 's foreign debt ( previously a state secret ) was revealed to be the equivalent of 33,600 million roubles in January 1989 , 28,100 million of which was in convertible currencies . |
| 28 | While Fleury and Harry exchanged a glance of shock and bewilderment at the unfortunate turn the tea party had suddenly taken , an effervescent mass detached itself from one of her breasts , which was revealed to be the shape of a plump carp , then from one of her diamond knee-caps , then an ebony avalanche thundered from her spine down over her buttocks , then from some other part of her . |
| 29 | Another childhood — Lilian 's first , vouchsafed in flashback — was revealed to be the key to her incarceration . |
| 30 | Early morning was shown to be the peak period , with most accidents taking place between 0600 and 1100 hours . |