Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Crown 's powers of inclosure were greatly limited , and statutory definition was given to the commoners ' rights , which they could freely exercise under the supervision of the verderers : the Court of Verderers was reconstituted for this purpose . |
| 2 | In the UK one of the few recent studies of the impact of educational innovation was undertaken by the Schools ' Council 's Impact and Take-Up Project . |
| 3 | America was fascinated by the Russians ' presence in their prettiest city , and duly ignored the real significance of what was going on . |
| 4 | Jaggard 's first book was registered with the Stationers ' Company on 4 March 1595 ; he rapidly became a successful businessman . |
| 5 | He was educated at the Friends ' School , Rochester , and Grove House , Tottenham . |
| 6 | The prison kitchen was located in the short-termers ' compound . |
| 7 | In respect of one item the credit period expired at midnight on 1 December and property in it was transferred to the buyers ' customer on 2 December . |
| 8 | Once it was mooted that there should be a study-period after school , but this was vetoed by the parents ' meeting which protested that it would interfere with after-school sports . |
| 9 | The incumbent President , Arístides Maria Pereira , was defeated in the islands ' first free presidential elections on Feb. 17 . |
| 10 | He speared a full-toss into Stewart 's pads , out of the dark Press-box window , and what somebody calculated as the 27th appeal of the innings was answered to the Pakistanis ' exquisite satisfaction . |
| 11 | The restoration of the clock-case was done by the Museums ' furniture conservator , while the mechanisms of the clock were repaired and restored by , head of the engineering conservation section . |
| 12 | On that date , he appeared with the duty solicitor and an application was made under the Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s. 142 to re-open the case so that it could be heard by different justices . |
| 13 | It was made for the Dolls ' House by Hardy Bros Ltd. and presented by Mr W. Hardy , father of today 's Marketing Director , Mr James Hardy , who found this invitation discarded with some rubbish when the factory moved in 1965 . |
| 14 | This decision was made by the patients ' doctors ; neither patient responded , but both have been included in this analysis . |
| 15 | The camp guards had allowed the baby six months ' life and then , when Elisabeth was selected for the officers ' brothel and her breasts required for purposes other than those of nourishing a Jewish infant , a non-commissioned officer , having polished his boots , drawn up the mess accounts , written an affectionate note to his wife and son and relieved his bladder , took Elisabeth Danziger 's baby from her arms and dashed out its brains against the stone wall outside his office . |
| 16 | Derwentside 's Laura Jackson was selected for the girls ' 14–16 years 100m freestyle but had to withdraw through injury . |
| 17 | He was apprenticed in the Grocers ' Company of London in May 1634 . |
| 18 | Jane Stuart died in Wisbech 12 September 1742 and was buried in the Friends ' burial ground there . |
| 19 | At about this time tights were no longer worn on stage : ‘ wet white ’ was used for the Girls ' legs . |
| 20 | At the Hodge Holes it was " baggin time " ( a Northern word for lunch break ) and this was very fitting because Bill , who is a pedigree Bitzer ( bits'er this , bits'er that ) , rejoices in the name of Bilbo Baggins , a name given to him by my daughters on the day he was bought from the dogs ' home . |
| 21 | Tukalo — ‘ he would have been a hero , ’ noted Rutherford sympathetically — did not enjoy such fortune and was engulfed by the visitors ' defence who pirated possession to clear . |
| 22 | This plan was affected by the teachers ' dispute which took place during the main development period from 1984 to 1986 . |
| 23 | The handsome and sombre costumes , historically accurate , are relieved by colour only in the auto-da-fe , which seemed to belong to another production and signally failed to make the flesh creep , even when the fire was lit in the victims ' underground cage . |
| 24 | He helped umpire Barry Meyer to repair the damage , but was called to the umpires ' room at the close of play . |
| 25 | Shortly afterwards they invited the seventh defendant who was employed by the plaintiffs ' group to join them . |
| 26 | Although the structure plan was compiled mostly by a group of consultants , it was updated by the Islands ' planning authority and , since it does bear the name of the Council , one would assume that it mirrors the ideas of the local bureaucracy . |
| 27 | The plough-witches often wore women 's clothing , which was derived from the mummers ' plays where an old woman called Bessy , accompanied by the fool , was the central character who carried the money box . |
| 28 | Some sympathetic mothers covered it with bandages and bulging dressings and I was driven to the doctors ' where I was given a more impressive bandage , leaving my finger looking the size of a small banana . |
| 29 | After the war , his career was interrupted by the Allies ' investigative tribunals and partly blocked in Berlin , Vienna , and Salzburg by the machinations of Furtwängler . |
| 30 | Saynor was acclaimed as the supporters ' player of the year and as the players ' choice . |