Example sentences of "was [num] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was 2,000,000 above the previous figures but within the wide range the organization had been estimating for some time . |
| 2 | Was the speaker trying to tell me something or was I in the first stages of paranoia ? |
| 3 | It was one of the loneliest places on earth , and he had never stood there . |
| 4 | Belau was one of the four components of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific established in 1947 and administered by the United States . |
| 5 | It was Hugh de Morval who was one of the four knights that determined to rid Henry II of ‘ … this turbulent priest ’ and kept back the crowd while Thomas à Becket was murdered . |
| 6 | So much so , that the cultural function of higher education was one of the four functions identified as the core of Robbins ' idea of higher education . |
| 7 | JOHN MOWLEM 'S HOUSE , 2 Victoria Terrace , was one of the four houses newly erected in the lower High Street by his brother-in-law , Robert Burt , who lived with his family at number one , later Burt 's Restaurant and now the White Horse Inn . |
| 8 | He was one of the four lawyers amongst the feoffees for impropriations established in 1625 , and by his will left £400 to the feoffees ‘ for furtherance of the preaching of the gospel ’ . |
| 9 | Leaving the Church of St Nicholas , on your left across the square , you can see a tunnel through a grand palace ( 12/259 ) ; , this was one of the four gates of the Malá Strana . |
| 10 | Five of the crew , including they captain , died in the tragedy but Lady Luck was with Ken and he was one of the four survivors . |
| 11 | That lack of authorisation by councillors was one of the four grounds on which the auditor was trying to prove the transactions were unlawful . |
| 12 | This subject was close to the hearts of all present as the provision of such homes was one of the agreed objectives of the BDDA . |
| 13 | Kevin Seymour , a 43-year-old architect who has cruised for most of his life , was one of the serious sailors attracted to these tough little cruisers . |
| 14 | The improvement of the physical and moral health of individuals was one of the prime duties of a Christian country , for the level of national health reflected the degree of civilization attained by the state . |
| 15 | Thereafter he was one of the prime figures in the resistance to Euric , until Nepos conceded the Auvergne to the Visigoths . |
| 16 | They blended together from the first and there can be no doubt that Harry 's forceful play on the right wing was one of the prime reasons why Simpson was able to crack in so many goals . |
| 17 | ‘ That was one of the prime reasons I raised the issue , because if the constituents are saying that , it is time the councillors were saying it as well . ’ |
| 18 | And and that was one of the prime things that I asked |
| 19 | In 1910 he was one of the prime organizers of the Royal Institute of British Architects ' International Town Planning Congress ( which attracted an astonishing 1,300 delegates ) ; between 1912 and 1914 he was lecturing at the University of Birmingham ; and in 1913 he was playing an active role in establishing a Town Planning Institute . |
| 20 | Patrick started , although only twenty-nine , Michael Collins was one of the prime movers in the Republican Movement now . |
| 21 | Although he was one of the prime movers in having the forest cut down and enclosed , Putt 's come out of it badly . |
| 22 | The Macclesfield Canal , which was built to serve the growing textile and other industries of Macclesfield and Congleton , was one of the final attempts to hold at bay the growing threat to canal transport from the railways . |
| 23 | The raft race was one of the final events of the 13th Mersey River Festival , which is organised annually by the Merseyside Development Corporation . |
| 24 | Now the Passover was meant to be held annually , and together with the Feast of Unleavened Bread which immediately followed it , was one of the week-long festivals to which we have already referred ( see Deut. |
| 25 | This paper was one of the controversial centrepieces of the affair . |
| 26 | Bert was full of praise for the quality of craftsmanship on the example which he had when they first came out ( he was one of the six guitarists on the committee involved in the design of Höfner 's ‘ Committee ’ guitar ) , and told us that he had used one for a couple of his hits — Big Beat Boogie and Sorry Robbie … |
| 27 | He was one of the six sons of rabbi Moses of London , active as a businessman and in communal affairs from around 1240 onwards and writer of an authoritative work on biblical punctuation , and his wife Antera , the daughter of Jacob . |
| 28 | Aloysia Weber was one of the six children of Fridolin Weber , a singer and copyist at the Mannheim court theatre . |
| 29 | The restoration of the army 's position of influence and autonomy was one of the six demands of the mutineers , which also included the replacement of Cedras , an Aristide appointment [ see p. 38332 ] by a new Army C.-in- C. |
| 30 | So far as we know they had met only in 1079 , when Eadmer was one of the young monks to whom Anselm talked during his first visit to Canterbury . |