Example sentences of "[noun sg] was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Regional Council 's reasoning was the same in both instances : the Linlithgow HP4 requirement had been met , despite the misguided conclusions of the Reporter in her decision on the Springfield Cala appeal ( see minute of officials meeting of 13 May 1992 ) ; any Colt Hill housing proposal was/is inconsistent with Structure Plan policy HP8 in that |
| 32 | Williams ' theory , in brief , was that whilst the West Indian plantation economy with its slave labour force was the prime factor in the development of mercantilist capital in Great Britain , the ascent in the early 19th century of the industrial bourgeoisie created new forces whose interests clashed with those of the more established capitalist group . |
| 33 | The police force was the first public sector occupation to achieve widows ' pensions as such . |
| 34 | I have interviewed people who had spent 30 years in a big bureaucracy who said that the 6-month development task force was the only thing they were excited by and the only thing they would be remembered for — change was their mark on the organization . |
| 35 | A perceived lack of response may have been a factor in the withdrawal of these patients , but deterioration of eczema was the principal reason for withdrawal in only 8 patients , 7 of whom were assessed at least once on treatment . |
| 36 | And a curious coincidence — Livingstone Manor was the English country home of Franklin D. Hauser , President and Chief Executive of INCUBUS Inc. , the giant American organization Sandy had worked for until recently . |
| 37 | Some authors argued that such feedback was the primary signal for hunger while others argued that the signal came from elsewhere . |
| 38 | Across the corridor from the single bedroom was the modern innovation of an indoor closet . |
| 39 | His bedroom was the Sleeping Beauty scene he 'd done for Biba 's children 's department and the kitchen area was full of artificial trees — which his party guests used to piss against . |
| 40 | As the votes were counted it became clear that the contest was the closest federal election for 30 years , with both sides claiming to have won a narrow victory . |
| 41 | Chang 's speed was the best of any other player . |
| 42 | But for the British infantryman , overburdened and attacking up the slope , speed was the one thing of which he was incapable . |
| 43 | The £700 million investment was the largest single investment by a Japanese company in Europe . |
| 44 | In Schleswig-Holstein , whose Minister President was the federal SPD candidate for chancellor , Björn Engholm , the SPD narrowly retained an absolute majority . |
| 45 | Held 2–8 March , the fair enjoyed twice as much space in its new premises , the Grand Palais , as it had done in its former venue , the basement of the Hotel George V. Still an all-French affair despite the eagerness of foreign galleries to get in , this year 's Salon was the first to include nine contemporary dealers , including Gerald Piltzer who made a last minute decision to join in . |
| 46 | The defendant was the assistant manager of the Ealing branch ( ‘ the shop ’ ) of a chain of retail electrical goods shops trading as ‘ Bennetts Retail . ’ |
| 47 | The defendant was the highest-ranking White House official to be convicted of criminal offences since 1975 when Bob Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were found guilty of attempting to cover up the burglary of the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate . |
| 48 | But the effect of hypnosis on the victim 's memory persisted , and a year later he was still convinced that the defendant was the actual attacker . |
| 49 | Circumstantial evidence may include that the defendant was the only person with the car keys ; he was seen getting out of the vehicle ; he was seen going towards or getting in the vehicle and/or he said he was going to drive the vehicle . |
| 50 | If the defendant was the only person other than the plaintiff using the information ( or one of a few ) then the injunction would be effective to protect the plaintiff and would be granted . |
| 51 | Firth was the outstanding figure of his day in Britain and has no rival for the title " The Father of Linguistics ’ in the UK . |
| 52 | Back in Belfast , it was getting close to printing time , but men who thought they had finished work for the day were summoned from the former Brown Horse pub across the street and the result was that the ISN was the first paper in the world to carry the tragic story . |
| 53 | This puritanical , megalithic masonry was the chosen style of Muhammed bin Tughluk . |
| 54 | Sennett was the initial genius who taught the others that anything ought to be tried that produced laughter and that the ultimate test was whether any movie actually worked for audiences . |
| 55 | The prevalence of diabetic background retinopathy was the same in rural and urban patients ( 14% , table I ) , but the prevalence of advanced retinopathy ( proliferative retinopathy or maculopathy ) was greater among rural patients than urban patients ( 13% ( 122 ) v 7% ( 89 ) , p<0.001 ) . |
| 56 | The Sea Rover episode was the only occasion I have known a smuggling vessel to be fired upon directly during my time with the customs , as a result of failing to heave-to for customs examination . |
| 57 | One , more entertaining , episode was the lengthy attempt to suppress the publication of the book Spycatcher , the memoirs of an elderly ex-member of MI5 , Peter Wright , an emigrant to Tasmania . |
| 58 | Featured in that episode was the infamous sequence where a concussed Susan menaces Ian , and then Barbara , with a pair of sharply-pointed scissors . |
| 59 | In 150 healthy infants aged <3 months 88% to 89% saturation was the lower limit of normal . ) |
| 60 | The essence of the allegation was the unsubstantiated but persistent claim that the 1980 presidential election campaign team of Ronald Reagan and Bush conspired with representatives of the government of Iran in order to reap electoral advantage by delaying the release of the 52 US hostages being held in the US embassy in Tehran , in return for which the Reagan team promised , when he gained office , to supply arms to Iran . |