Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [was/were] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Valerie Cass 's response was the most interesting . |
| 2 | Monday 's award was the second of its kind for Miss Paterson . |
| 3 | The practical key to Arsenal 's rise was the balance effected between defence and attack , to meet the new conditions of the changed offside law . |
| 4 | The second factor in Cologne 's rise was the contribution by the Aachen chocolate magnate , Peter Ludwig , of his extensive collection of Pop Art and Russian Constructivist works . |
| 5 | Complaints from staff about the behaviour of the group at a party at A&M 's office to celebrate the signing and protests from other A&M artists about the company 's judgement were the reasons cited for the volte face . |
| 6 | The Gloucester 's stand was the turning point of the Korean war . |
| 7 | Depending on favours for a substantial part of one 's livelihood was the vulnerability which Mary Leapor was reluctant to assume . |
| 8 | Er yes there the three things I got out of erm yesterday 's course was the thought patterns the Aldershot method and the delivery . |
| 9 | The answer in Geoffrey Cowdrill 's case was the same one that occurs to numerous middle-aged executives who find themselves with a bit of capital and a lack of inspiration : he invested in a franchise . |
| 10 | The boy 's existence was the horror he spoke of . |
| 11 | The man 's skin was the matchless white of a person who preferred study to sport and shadow to sunlight . |
| 12 | Liberals saw this as evidence that the dominions were more interested in going their own way , but Unionists retorted that Canada like Britain had been led astray by a radical government and that Canada 's decision was the result of Britain 's failure to offer preference . |
| 13 | The core of the meeting 's decision was the adoption by 18 votes to six of a resolution which would allow commercial hunting to be resumed when stocks had reached 54 per cent of their estimated population prior to large-scale exploitation . |
| 14 | Stabile , but on this occasion Robertson 's Hurricane was the only British casualty . |
| 15 | The alleged inspiration of the song from Pete Hamill 's story was the subject of a lawsuit in the 1970s and some have suggested that Mr Hamill 's story is fiction , not fact . |
| 16 | Laura 's story was the major factor . |
| 17 | Elisabeth did not think that a life sentence of Bo-Bo 's knitting was the harshest a man might serve . |
| 18 | DeFreitas 's miss was the turning point of the day , with Kambli on 39 of his eventual 164 not out when the Lancashire all-rounder misjudged a straightforward boundary catch off John Emburey . |
| 19 | Fama 's lawyer complained that the length of his client 's sentence was the direct result of the racial elements of the case . |
| 20 | Nobody associated with Irish rugby put one and one together and decided that Mullin 's preparation was the training of the future . |
| 21 | ‘ But my grandfather 's grave was the last on this hill . |
| 22 | KARL FAIRBANK 'S try was the difference as Bradford set up a Regal Trophy quarter-final against holders Widnes on Sunday at Odsal . |
| 23 | Mellor 's resignation was the final act in a drama running since July , when his romance with Antonia was exposed . |
| 24 | Mr La Malfa 's resignation was the biggest surprise of all , given his long crusade for moral reform . |
| 25 | In Iraq as in Iran , the country 's backbone was the oil industry , now entirely under Iraqi control , though a number of foreign companies concluded service contracts with the Iraq National Oil Company ( INOC ) . |
| 26 | Dotty Harmer 's cottage was the only house to be seen here , basking among the buttercups like a warmly golden cat . |
| 27 | The greatest cause of Charles 's despondency was the feeling that he served no useful purpose |
| 28 | But what struck like an ice-cold knife into Owen 's heart was the group of six or seven men standing in the middle of the road , between him and the fire , laughing and jeering at the villagers ' puny efforts to save their homes . |
| 29 | Posterity 's loss was the art world 's gain , as the recipient of the tetchy man 's largesse was his adopted son , the late William McCarty-Cooper , whose remains of the Cooper legacy , comprising important paintings and drawings by Gris , Picasso , Braque and Leger , are due to be sold by Christie 's New York on 11 May . |
| 30 | Last year 's outbreak was the first of its kind in the country . |