Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book-collector can obviously fight his corner here with examples from well-known authors and historic figures who either drew the cheques or were at the receiving end . |
| 2 | Even the widespread belief that decisions on industrial location are ( or were before the introduction of the uniform business rate ) heavily influenced by the level of local taxation has been undermined by a series of research reports ( including Crawford , Fothergill and Monk ( 1985 ) which was commissioned by the Department of the Environment ) . |
| 3 | The letter rogatory specifies those facts and circumstances causing the requesting party reasonably to believe that the requested documents are or were in the possession , control , or custody of , or are known to the person from whom the documents are requested . |
| 4 | Initiatives aimed at addressing the needs of pupils in terms of independent learning and study skills were already evident in all four schools , and three of the four had developed ( or were in the process of developing ) reasonably spacious and attractive library areas . |
| 5 | The probability indeed is that the eastern Angles either had been or were in the process of being brought into a dependent relationship with Eadwine by the time of his marriage to Aethelburh or at least not long after . |
| 6 | It was widely believed that North Korea had the capacity — or was on the verge of achieving it — to produce a nuclear weapon . |
| 7 | The first defendant learnt of this but also became aware that no copy of his report had been sent to the tribunal or was on the plaintiff 's file at the hospital . |
| 8 | A substantial shareholder means any person who is or was within the preceding year a holder of 10 per cent or more of the nominal value of any class of capital of the vendor or any other company within its group , including subsidiaries of its ultimate holding company having rights to vote in all circumstances at general meetings of the relevant company . |
| 9 | Western intelligence experts , who believed that North Korea had already built or was in the process of constructing a reprocessing facility capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium , were taken by surprise since satellite photographs had previously shown only two reactors . |
| 10 | Notice to produce the document must have been given in order to render oral evidence of it admissible ; it must be shown that the document existed , is or was in the possession of the other side , and that the original would have been admissible and relevant . |
| 11 | Corbett and Ranulf immediately took their leave and were through the abbey gates travelling north to Leith just as the sun rose . |
| 12 | The United States expert sought to re-assure the Commission that pre-trial discovery procedures in his country were all after the commencement of proceedings ( the relevance of this being , presumably , that it picks up the requirement of Article 1(2) of the Convention ) and were under the control of a judge . |
| 13 | You see , to let you understand , this was maybe about four or five years after nationalization and prior to nationalization of course , was under the L M S , Street Station and were under the L M S and was under the L N E R. But when I arrived at , I heard them talking about the Callie see , the Callie railway . |
| 14 | These unfavourable contrasts were commonplace at the beginning of the decade and were at the heart of the centrist critique of two-party politics as then played . |
| 15 | We said good-bye to Stoyaeka and were at the warehouse at 07:30 where we were introduced to Josef who would co-ordinate the unloading of the trailer . |
| 16 | The United States and Japan , who spent less than 0.04 per cent and 0.07 per cent respectively on ODA to LDCs and were at the bottom of the league table of aid donors , undertook to increase their aid . |
| 17 | They heard the siren and were at the entrance ready to take over as soon as the boy was carried out of the ambulance . |
| 18 | During the war the Savoy Players were the resident drama group , and were at the theatre for the duration of the black-out . |
| 19 | Two years later , by the time the second edition was published , most of these had been rescued and were off the danger list . |
| 20 | Bright Yorkshire prospect Adil Ditta scored 58 for Middlesbrough but they too had to fight hard for runs and were into the last over before they achieved their win by a four wicket margin . |
| 21 | The full-time farms surveyed were mostly given over to grass and were on the higher ground . |
| 22 | At last they decided to withdraw from the square and were on the point of departure when they were suddenly surrounded by a group of tough-looking soldiers , helmeted and armed . |
| 23 | It is easily done as both his acute psychiatry ward and the alcohol unit looked similar and were on the same site , but he was adamant he wanted our service . |
| 24 | Hypocrisy is a key element in this plot , too , with the difference that while they started near the top of society and were on the verge of receiving power at the very beginning , he — as a bastard son who is only just back from having spent nine years abroad ( the typical occupation for one who has no prospect of inheritance in his own country ) and is due to go again — starts very much lower down in society , virtually at the bottom . |
| 25 | George I and George II were Germans by birth and upbringing , and were on the throne simply because all the heirs with better hereditary claims were disqualified by being Roman Catholics . |
| 26 | A core staff of assistant manager , guest services director , food and beverages manager , head chef and housekeeper had already been appointed and were on the payroll , helping with preparations for the hotel 's opening . |
| 27 | We worked a wee half a week and were on the dole , Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday we 'd be on the dole , then work Thursday , Friday and Saturday morning . |
| 28 | They lived in Gordon Square , and were on the fringe of the Bloomsbury set . |
| 29 | Finally we climbed a bank and were on the road again , the smoothness of it lulling me into such a deep sleep that I never saw the barrier at the railway crossing , did not even hear them telling Ward the Jequetepeque had broken its banks a little further on . |
| 30 | There was evidence that passers-by were annoyed , and were on the verge of resorting to violence when the police intervened . |