Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [noun prp] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of using social network as a speaker variable was developed in Belfast in response to an explicit hypothesis concerning the capacity of closeknit networks to function in society as a norm enforcement mechanism . |
| 2 | Under the first three Edwards when the government was located in York in order to conduct the war against the Scots — or to evade political constraints at Westminster — the archbishop of York 's household became an important source of royal clerks , especially during Melton 's tenure of the see ( 1316–40 ) ; these Yorkshire clerks dominated the chancery of Edward II and were also influential in the exchequer and wardrobe . |
| 3 | Abraham was accepted by God in virtue of what Christ would do upon the cross by bearing the curse of the broken law upon his representative shoulders : men living after the cross could be accepted by God as they put their trust in what God had done for them through Jesus . |
| 4 | Detailed information was presented to IBOA in response to the queries that were raised . |
| 5 | This letter was written to Osbald in exile , two years after he had failed to take Alcuin 's advice and enter a monastery . |
| 6 | Nick Collins was born at Chopwell in County Durham but came south to find coalmining work in the small Kent coalfield and began playing football for the attractively named Canterbury Waverley , and it was from there that the Palace signed him , in spite of opposition from Arsenal , in late August 1934 . |
| 7 | Federal action was concentrated in Slovenia in order to seal off the two breakaway republics from outside aid . |
| 8 | Or think back over some deep personal concern and the way it was brought to God in prayer . |
| 9 | It has also been suggested that the use of the atomic bomb was authorised by Truman in order to influence developments in Korea . |
| 10 | Basic rate income tax was deducted by MGN in accordance with The Income Tax ( Employments ) Regulations 1973 , SI 1973/334 . |
| 11 | ’ Someone in a bar was talking about Ardakke in connection with Gharr the Gherpotean ’ . |
| 12 | Then Jochen Rindt was killed at Monza in practice : |
| 13 | This office was to move to Assam in preparation for developments planned for the Katha-Naba-Bhamo area . |
| 14 | It has been suggested by revisionist historians that Truman 's policy in the Far East in the summer of 1945 was governed by his hostility to Russia and that the atomic bomb was deployed against Japan in part at least to persuade the Soviet Union to follow a less abrasive policy in eastern Europe . |
| 15 | The equipment was kept at Harwell in case of an emergency … but it 's not needed anymore since the reactor was shut down two years ago . |
| 16 | In October 1914 Maitland was sent to Belgium in charge of an RNAS balloon detachment for artillery spotting . |
| 17 | Despite the ceasefire Croatian forces were still fighting to capture JNA garrisons in Croatia ( the important garrison of Bjelovar near Zagreb fell to Croatian forces on Oct. 1 after a 12-hour battle ) ; military hardware was sent from Serbia in response . |
| 18 | BNS was established at Pontypool in South Wales post-war , and became the biggest nylon producer in Europe . |
| 19 | Hindhead should have taken the lead when Frampton 's cross was misjudged by Wagstaff in front of a gaping goal . |