Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within each handedness group the difference between female inverters and non-inverters was in the direction opposite to that predicted by Levy and Reid but , for males , the difference was in the predicted direction . |
| 2 | Doctors and clergymen were among the earliest birth controllers in the middle class . |
| 3 | There was more to come : about 5,000 troops and seamen were in the area , including the crews of the five minesweepers and four harbour defence boats and the technicians of the naval Works Companies Nos 2 and 4 . |
| 4 | Such farmers were very conscious of the impediment that their lack of knowledge and skills was to the future development of the farm . |
| 5 | WWF members and supporters were amongst the first to receive full details of the new card . |
| 6 | That is why there is so much stress in Luke 's account of the life of Jesus that his deeds and words were at the inspiration of the Spirit ( Luke 4:1,14 ; 10:21 ; 23:46 , etc . ) . |
| 7 | ‘ I could n't see his face very well because the leaves and branches were in the way , but I saw him climb the fence and steal the bulbs . ’ |
| 8 | But I incline to think that our grandfathers and grandmothers were in the right of it , and that no one can claim to understand Wordsworth who has not been to Hawkshead and Ambleside . |
| 9 | The toilets and urinals were to the left of this section — the urinals being roofless and thus open to the elements . |
| 10 | Under the old Warsaw Pact policy of distributing military infrastructure , there were major imbalances ; most air force installations and planes were in the Czech Lands , for example , while training centres and tank depots were mainly in Slovakia . |
| 11 | The toilets and bathrooms and showers were at the end of the hall on the second floor , and from my window I had a splendid view of the cathedral , whose Gothic , Renaissance and baroque styles mingled perfectly in the dark-rose-and-amber stone to give it almost the appearance of some natural rock formation . |
| 12 | As Bowen admitted , it had been ‘ like the Alamo ’ for Norwich and bastions was on the lips of every Millwall supporter as they headed home complaining of an iniquitous defeat , their moans contrasting the broadcasted cries of consummation . |
| 13 | The room had several unexpected creature comforts : mineral water and glasses were on the table , along with a coffee tray , ashtrays and even a vase of fresh flowers . |
| 14 | ‘ We talked ourselves into believing that those gaunt , tight-lipped men in caps and mufflers were round the corner and tailored our policy to match these imaginary conditions . ’ |
| 15 | Machine guns , shotguns and rifles were among the weapons recovered in a series of raids on homes in Milton Keynes , Northamptonshire and other parts of the country . |
| 16 | Inflation reached levels beyond the control of the authorities , and mines and bakeries were among the few concerns continuing to operate , as workers did not arrive to work or raw materials were lacking . |
| 17 | Other work enabling Skerne to earn kudos and rupees was on the East India Railway , which was extended in 1873 . |
| 18 | Some at least of those corrections and qualifications were amongst the matters considered by the board on 26 March 1991 . |
| 19 | Four years ago , the National Certificate was still in its infancy and centres were in the process of adapting to the new system . |
| 20 | You could not have called it grey , it was of some colour that had never been given a name , and it glowed as if the moon and stars were behind the skin of it , waiting to break through . |
| 21 | The bomb exploded , apparently prematurely , in an empty bank building near a concert hall where the band of the Blues and Royals was at the time giving a charity performance in front of some 350 people . |
| 22 | About twenty boys and girls were at the party , ranging in age from ten to nineteen . |
| 23 | Before their reforms all footmen , livery-porters , and under-butlers were under the master of the horse . |
| 24 | Policies to contain employment levels affected railway employment in all areas and extended far into the public service sector ; here the greatest loss of Health Service and local authority work to private contractors and hospitals was in the South . |
| 25 | When bad times came and wages were below the level on which they could support their families , the labourers found that they had to ask the authorities of the parish in which they lived for relief ; in other words they became paupers , who could be sent to the workhouse . |
| 26 | But he could not give supporting fire to protect the civilian drivers because women and children were in the way . |
| 27 | Brewers , drugs shares , leisure and stores were in the vanguard . |
| 28 | Brewers , banks , leisure stocks and stores were in the vanguard . |
| 29 | Quentin nodded , preventing himself from saying that Miss Lavant 's sweets and smiles were beside the point . |
| 30 | Four Saddles , eight bridles , horse blankets and boots were among the tack stolen in the raid on Thursday . |