Example sentences of "was [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FIONA was aghast at the Chancellor 's plan to tax fuel and power in the home . |
| 2 | Only on one unit was there evidence of good buildings and this was due to the farmer 's previous experience in the building trade . |
| 3 | This delay relative to Europe was due to the USA 's later economic development and lack of colonial possessions . |
| 4 | Much of this increase was due to the government 's privatization programme , which encouraged small investors to buy shares in companies such as British Telecom and British Gas . |
| 5 | In such a case , it is up to the complainant to show that the damage or injury was due to the manufacturer 's negligence . |
| 6 | He supposed it was due to the railways ' air of resentful obsolescence , combined with their persistent insights into what was so often ignored : abandoned pastures , neglected buildings , all that was overgrown and outmoded , all that was best forgotten . |
| 7 | Chief executive Neil Arnold said the shortfall in profits was due to the Co-op 's ambitious expansion plans last year . |
| 8 | So , too , in Ponting v. Noakes , the plaintiff 's horse reached over the defendant 's boundary , nibbled some poisonous tree there and died accordingly , and it was held that the plaintiff could recover nothing , for the damage was due to the horse 's own intrusion and , alternatively , there had been no escape of the vegetation . |
| 9 | With the first stirrings of Jagger 's plans to out-Woodstock Woodstock at California 's Altamont race track , the London magazine office was low on the singer 's list of priorities . |
| 10 | Mutual cooperation was undesirable from the generals ' point of view , because it was n't helping them to win the war . |
| 11 | Yet many of the teachers we interviewed , far from being unaware of this risk , perceived only too clearly that it was inherent to the LEA 's preferred combination of group work and multiple curriculum focus teaching . |
| 12 | When at last he was private in the abbot 's parlour with Radulfus , Prior Robert , Herluin , and Brother Cadfael , whose presence Tutilo himself had requested , he launched upon his story baldly enough . |
| 13 | let me just get back that was abhorrent as a word w has already been used and er should be used again by what you said , you saw s somebody being raped by two soldiers . |
| 14 | As a bright and promising student of Armchair Theatre Sydney Newman felt Verity Lambert was right for the Producer 's post , in spite of her distinct lack of years , being only twenty-seven at the time of her appointment . |
| 15 | The president 's later budgets were substantially rewritten ; he was obliged to accept a succession of tax increases ; the legislature was unreceptive to the president 's agenda of social issues , ie school bussing , abortion and prayer in public schools . |
| 16 | Yet Labour had a double advantage with the electors : its leaders had served with complete loyalty in the coalition , and had thereby secured valuable experience of government , mostly , to be sure , on the home front ; but the party in Parliament had also by its single rebellion in 1943 made it clear to all that it was dissatisfied with the coalition 's progress towards social reform . |
| 17 | Moreover , an important client of the plaintiff told the defendant that he was dissatisfied with the plaintiff 's conduct of his affairs . |
| 18 | Dexter was used to the superintendent 's mannerisms but after a second or two , Blanche caught Jane Pargeter 's look of puzzlement , and the detective smiled apologetically . |
| 19 | Shirley Robertson has taken the slot in the Europe dinghy while Penny Way was pre-selected for the woman 's Lechner sailboard . |
| 20 | The opposition of the Council of Castile , as long as it existed , was consistent : the old constitution , and with it the powers of the Council , was unalterable without the king 's consent . |
| 21 | It was clear from the sentencer 's observations that he had given careful consideration to these matters . |
| 22 | It was clear from the governor 's demeanour that his invitation did not extend beyond the Americans , and the elderly mandarin remained standing apart with his son and his son 's wife . |
| 23 | It was popular in the cinema 's was n't it ? |
| 24 | He joined the then liberal majority on the court and was instrumental in the court 's many decisions which advanced minority rights . |
| 25 | But Wilkins , at 36 playing better than ever , was instrumental in the club 's 2-0 win at Wimbledon and said : ’ We were committed and in the end we came through . ’ |
| 26 | Young Donald — his eyes were clear black-brown , like a lochan stained with peat , his hair was curly like a bull 's poll , and he had been a lovely lad until his father went away , clever with his hands , whittling pieces of wood and glueing them to make little windmills and watermills . |
| 27 | I shall not forget how your husband helped a new and inexperienced Head to see what was wrong with the school 's Art Room , helped also in pressing in the right quarter , for its improvement — all of which resulted in a much-needed tonic for the Art teaching in the school . |
| 28 | He then has the defence under section 5(3) that he was unaware of the bystander 's presence , but carries the burden of establishing his defence . |
| 29 | They were examined by a single pathologist ( SD ) who was unaware of the patients ' clinical details . |
| 30 | Before long , though , Eliza 's melancholia was relieved by the couple 's introduction to Sir John and Lady Franklin . |