Example sentences of "objective [was/were] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a part of Britain 's case that when she joined the Community , economic objectives were the only ones on offer . |
| 2 | Its main objectives were the creation of a pro-Western grouping centred on Saudi-Arabia , and the preservation of the stability of Lebanon , Jordan and Iraq . |
| 3 | One of its objectives was the reform of the London College , which it pursued in a generally persuasive and constructive way . |
| 4 | Erm , he organised the coordinating , after a while she did actually stop them after five minutes and explain the time situation , er , the final objective were the constraints . |
| 5 | The rebels ' immediate objective was the bridge at Warrington , from which they proposed to swing west and seize Liverpool , an important prize . |
| 6 | Another objective was the provision of a direct link between east and west Dedridge . |
| 7 | Certainly , it justified the rebellion as a military duty , necessary to save the Fatherland from anarchy ; but it did not say that the objective was the overthrow of the Republic . |
| 8 | Some of those who had supported the 1936 rising had done so in the belief that the objective was the overthrow of the Popular Front , but not of the Republic itself . |
| 9 | Another objective was the area containing the port of Khorramshahr and the oil refinery , town and airport of Abadan . |
| 10 | Well the objective was the maintenance of a friendly regime er in a country which had become part of the American sphere of influence . |
| 11 | Well the objective was the maintenance of a friendly regime er in a country which had become part of the American sphere of influence . |