Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important of these for Isabella was the English Woman 's Domestic Magazine ( EDM ) , a twopenny monthly launched in 1852 , which pioneered the middle-class woman 's magazine . |
| 2 | For Belinda , looking after Sophie was the only way she knew how to deal with the shock . |
| 3 | As a point of interest , the $1.65 billion financing for IBM was the largest ever investment-grade corporate-bond issue . |
| 4 | Both he and his half-back partner , Gary Armstrong , might be forgiven if thoughts turned to British Lions selection for the summer tour to New Zealand but Gavin Hastings , another candidate in that department who is now being touted as Lions skipper , was adamant that performing for Scotland was the only issue at stake . |
| 5 | Juraj Sizgorić ( Georgius Sisgoreus ) of Šibenik was the first Croatian to publish a volume of Latin verse , which appeared in Venice in 1477 . |
| 6 | The battle of Sentinum was the natural prelude to the battle of Pydna — or even to the destruction of Corinth and the Social War . |
| 7 | Until then the only mental-health facility in the whole of Nicaragua was the psychiatric hospital in the capital , Managua . |
| 8 | Some believed his claim that the invasion of Kuwait was the first step towards the liberation of Palestine , and/or a blow in favour of the Arab poor ( of which the Maghreb has its share ) . |
| 9 | The creation by the mujaheddin of an Islamic State of Afghanistan was the latest in a series of political upheavals which had beset the country since the ousting of the monarchy in 1973 . |
| 10 | The conquest of Ireland was the largest military undertaking of Elizabeth 's reign , costing over £1m. , or the total royal revenue for three years , which was far more than any other military or naval activities , and a new wave of English landlords was able to gain estates if they could hold the rebellious Irish population in subjection . |
| 11 | Over the past five months , rainfall has been well below average : the month of January was the driest London has experienced for 154 years . |
| 12 | Peter Smith , of Aberdeen was the best of the surviving Scots , finishing with 70 for 291 alongside O'Connor , jnr to win £3,169 . |
| 13 | Archbishop Hugh of Lyons was the outstanding advocate and example of this policy in the last quarter of the eleventh century , and whatever influence he may have had on Anselm 's later political vocabulary , he had none at all in this matter . |
| 14 | Politically , and in practice , however , the House of Commons was the working guts of Parliament , and , in addition , it alone had the job of selecting ( and checking ) the Cabinet as the executive to govern the country . |
| 15 | His supporters , Baldwin said , thought that he should meet Parliament , ‘ and that former precedent did not apply in this instance , in which the question at issue was one concerning not two but three Parties , and that the House of Commons was the proper place for the choice of the Electorate to be made known ’ . |
| 16 | It has been suggested that in it is a memory , a hang-over from the days when a true prince ‘ reigned ’ at Restormel Castle and the peaceful town of Lostwithiel was the busy capital of the Royal Duchy . |
| 17 | The inhibitory effect of TPA was the same whether it was added 30 or 10 minutes before challenge with histamine at 20°C , but TPA was ineffective if added at the same time as histamine ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 18 | The quotation above about the ‘ greatness ’ of Kollwitz was the concluding line to Bachert 's essay . |
| 19 | A lay brother came over and took us into the abbey church to hear morning mass and , believe me , for the glory is now gone , the abbey church of Glastonbury was the nearest thing to heaven on earth . |
| 20 | Salvidge of Liverpool was the best-known example , becoming chairman of the National Union in 1913 and often cited as the only party boss on the American model in English politics , but his authority in Liverpool was no greater than that of Sir James Oddy in Bradford or Sir Percy Woodhouse in Manchester . |
| 21 | There was even some whispering , in secret and in Welsh , of birthrights ; for the lord of Glyndyfrdwy was the lawful living heir of the princes of Powys Fadog , and his mother , Helen , was great-grand-daughter to Llewelyn ap Griffith , the last revered and lamented prince of North Wales ; and Henry of Lancaster was the son of a younger son , and the stars and the elements could not be deceived . |
| 22 | The turnpike from Salisbury towards Romsey was the best and earned high praise for the trustees , whose management he judged responsible , for he had met with other roads whose materials were as fine but " never with any that were so firmly united , and kept so totally free from loose stones , ruts and water " . |
| 23 | But what in the name of God was the right tack with such a man ? |
| 24 | Eric of Mallion was the first champion to be born in this country , but not the first to gain this title because he did not actually become a champion until he was seven years old . |
| 25 | Abelard of Mallion was the first Rottweiler to be used by the Metropolitan Police and was handled by Inspector Roy Hunter . |
| 26 | Professor Dyos ' study of Camberwell was the first in a series of examinations which have enabled us to see how the ubiquitous terraced streets of our great cities were laid out and slowly built up in a highly complex way , for a whole series of social and economic reasons . |
| 27 | J B Graham of Maidstone was the lucky discoverer at an antiques fair of an exceptional piece of World War Imperial Austrian Air Force memorabilia . |
| 28 | Arhalien of Yvresse was the first to respond . |
| 29 | The law of Ohio was the proper law of the loan agreement . |
| 30 | An appeal to the House of Lords was the only avenue left open to him after the High Court rejected his bid to overturn the decision and then , in December , the Court of Appeal refused his application for a judicial review . |