Example sentences of "[noun] was [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Napoleon was at this time trying to push the Russians into war with Turkey , and Czartoryski , aware of this , had no wish to see Russia involved on Serbia 's side in a conflict with the sultan . |
| 2 | The wheel was in commercial use until 1926 , and since the 19605 has been in operation as a tourist attraction , maintained by the Manx Government . |
| 3 | The wheel was in active service from 1960 , after a long journey by train from Argyll to Dorset . |
| 4 | But both Woodruffe and Hodson denied strongly that the Association was in any sense a secret society , that it sought to discipline members in breach of rules , to dictate terms to shipowners or to enforce a closed shop . |
| 5 | My thinking was in some way parallel to that of the generative semantics school , but at the same time I developed my own ideas independently of them . |
| 6 | And we have heard that Del Curb was on that planet , along with numerous evil people who seek the phetam Now all the evil ones seem to be on Uulaa , pursuing Del Curb , As are we . ’ |
| 7 | Indeed , not only was there a tremendous rapport between the members of the company , there was also a recognizable repartee between them , led by Ken , which was so fast that unless he actually knew the language , a stranger was in foreign territory . |
| 8 | So in Banbury and in Newport local Unionists were assured that the deal was for one election only . |
| 9 | Llanthony Warehouse was for many years a showroom and store for Western Trading Co . |
| 10 | Another meeting place in the Cheviots was at Windy Gyle , a bleak height difficult to reach even today unless one is a committed long-distance walker along the Pennine Way . |
| 11 | Rowse was at that time in London , or I might ( I said ) have asked him to tea and taken some soundings . |
| 12 | Across the Atlantic the riots had continued , and , even as the Red Army moved into Prague , Mayor Daley 's police force was in pitched battle with demonstrators outside the Democratic Party 's convention . |
| 13 | The outer ring was of blue iris , slightly above those in tiers were huge white carnations amongst scattered gypsophilus . |
| 14 | Gateshead finished fourth in the Northern 12-stage Championships at Sunderland and Walker was in scintillating form at Silksworth , setting a course record . |
| 15 | The interior decoration and furnishing of the King 's bedroom was of weathered sycamore , with brass-finished copper metalwork , and copper and silver electric light fittings . |
| 16 | Filmer 's bedroom was in that car . |
| 17 | They were that Filmer 's bedroom was in that car . |
| 18 | This recommendation was in apparent contradiction to an interview given by Saddam Hussein broadcast on French television on July 9 , in which he stated that he hoped that the first free and democratic presidential elections in the country 's history would take place later in the year and that he would stand for re-election alongside other candidates . |
| 19 | In Britain the legal speed limit was 12 mph but since they broke down frequently speed was of little consequence . |
| 20 | The minimum investment was for 100 shares at a price of £1 per share , but , as the initial payment was only 50p per share , members of the public could become shareholders of British Gas for a down-payment as low as £50 . |
| 21 | Balvinder Singh was in high spirits . |
| 22 | Louise had her clothes made for her : not by one of the grand West End couturiers such as Hartnell or Lachasse , whose prices were far beyond her , but by Paul de Levantiére , a Belgian who , because his salon was in unfashionable Chelsea , charged much less . |
| 23 | By a notice of appeal dated 25 November 1991 , and pursuant to the grant of leave to appeal out of time , the plaintiff appealed on the grounds that the judge erred in law in holding that ( 1 ) the defendant was at 24 December 1989 a residential occupier within the meaning of section 27 of the Housing Act 1988 and a statutory tenant within section 2 of the Rent Act 1977 ; and ( 2 ) once a possession order had been obtained against a statutory tenant it was necessary for the landlord to obtain a warrant of possession . |
| 24 | The judge decided that the defendant was within that definition and could remain in possession . |
| 25 | Not all plating was of precious metal . |
| 26 | Although not a Christian , Plotinus was in some respects a forerunner of St Augustine , particularly because he thought of time in psychological terms . |
| 27 | Neither of her brothers was in any way afflicted by claustrophobia . |
| 28 | For this reason the range of offices was in some ways wider than we would think normal in a modern bureaucracy ; and , since the winning of support was quite as important as the conduct of business , influential men were able to accumulate posts . |
| 29 | His nerve was in excellent shape . |
| 30 | For the eight-year-old Louis-Napoleon , this episode was of great importance for it provided his only memorable contact with his uncle . |