Example sentences of "was [det] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was little monitoring until the later 1980s ( Sills , Taylor and Golding , 1985 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ We were new to the business when we opened up , and we quickly realised that there was little advantage in the higher discounts from publishers when their long delivery times were taken into account . |
| 3 | The available reserves of its accumulated profit were reduced by workers ' demands , and by high taxation too , so that there was little money for the much-needed capital investment in new plant and machinery or for research and development . |
| 4 | Vocalisation suppression interfered with rhyming judgements in the experiment , but there was little interference with the meaning-similarity task . |
| 5 | Considerable alarm was expressed at these demographic changes ( Thane forthcoming ) although it was apparent that there was little idea of the possible economic and social implications . |
| 6 | There was little support for the white captain among the black players and the series was disaster . |
| 7 | Hagans solicitor augued there was little evidence for the earlier rape charge , he should be granted bail . |
| 8 | The wooden houses off Blackfriars Street , already referred to ( p. 51 ) , were ultimately rebuilt at least twice in masonry , and it is interesting to observe that there was little change in the original property boundaries through to post-Roman times , despite changes in use . |
| 9 | It is significant that there was little overlap between the ducal and Stanley affinities , although some royal officials necessarily had dealings with both lords . |
| 10 | It is significant that there was little overlap between the ducal and Stanley affinities , although some royal officials necessarily had dealings with both lords . |
| 11 | Specialists organised themselves earlier — the American College of Surgeons and the College of Physicians were formed in 1913 and 19l5 respectively , while the Academy of General practice did not appear until 1947 — and , despite the recommendations of the Mills Commission and the Willard Committee in 1963 and 1964 for more broadly trained physicians , there was little response from the medical schools ( Stephen 1979 , p.266 ) . |
| 12 | The whole episode illustrates the problems facing businesses caused by over-extending themselves and living beyond their means — there was little substance to the so-called boom of the 80s and we are paying for it today . |
| 13 | For geographical and political reasons , there was little contact between the various religious systems . |
| 14 | Despite these demotions and exclusions there was little trouble with the Conservative Party over the actions which its leaders had taken , inevitably without much consultation . |
| 15 | There was little traffic on the picturesque road from Roziac to Alès and Melissa drove slowly , stopping once or twice along the way to contemplate the magnificent scenery . |
| 16 | There was little danger of the methodical Faldo , the chalk , offering grip-it-and-rip-it Daly , the cheese , much in the way of companionship , let alone love or support , yesterday . |
| 17 | Throughout , the ideal of comprehensive planning was thoroughly endorsed , although there was little acknowledgement of the economic issues for the redevelopment process . |
| 18 | Yesterday , I was able to call all the Scottish Members because there was little pressure on the subsequent debate . |
| 19 | Throughout Portuguese Timor the church was still preaching the faith , and although priests were questioned there was little brutality in the early days of this occupation . |
| 20 | There was little spring in the ancient planks and Miss Barnsdale towered beside the box horse , ready to yank at the arms of any child who did n't manage to leap over the rough leather back first time . |
| 21 | Michael Bates , standing in Langbaurgh , said his other son had the same operation on the NHS and that there was little difference between the two . |
| 22 | To the defenders of tradition there was little difference between the cautious civil servants of the generation of 1760 and the radical intellectuals of the nineties . |
| 23 | Most people in both action and control groups were receiving home help ( and there was little difference in the mean number of hours received by the samples : 3.8 hours for the action group and 3.3 hours for the control group ) . |
| 24 | Similarly , there was little difference in the overall behaviour when CO 2 was doubled , with climatological ozone ( Fig. 1 c ) but , as might be expected , the temperatures were about 3K lower . |
| 25 | There was little difference in the respective proportions of subjects with non-progressive disorders ( 10% v 9% ; NS ) ( table IV ) . |
| 26 | A major drawback with this design strategy was that testing of the complete system had to wait until all the components and their interfaces had been completed . |
| 27 | Was that part of the intellectual landscape with you ? |
| 28 | And then there was that holiday at the six-bedroomed , six-bathroom pink villa in Marbella for which Mona paid $20,000 in readies . |
| 29 | In fact I do n't know what made me think he was that way in the first place — unless it was you , of course , leading me off the trail ! |
| 30 | What they did not seem to perceive was that non-intervention in the Spanish conflict was part of the policy of appeasement then being followed by the western powers , or that , even if a European war began before the Spanish conflict were settled , the European democracies would be reluctant to take on extended commitments , especially if this meant running the risk — as they saw it — of assisting communism on Europe 's southern flank . |