Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Birthright had funded its development in Britain , and this was its introduction at King 's College Hospital . |
| 2 | And this was what kind of business filmmaking became . |
| 3 | This was their initiation into the NSC world of secrecy , and they entered into it with a will . |
| 4 | This was their way of making the celebrated assertion that quantum mechanics does not allow a separation between observer and the system observed . |
| 5 | The men liked what they saw and this was their way of showing it . |
| 6 | An important reason for this was their eschewal of the conventional ‘ straight ’ man , two-dimensional and irritable . |
| 7 | This was her debut as Health Minister . |
| 8 | This was her way of thanks — the only way , perhaps , that she knew in the pitiful misery of her life . |
| 9 | Added to this was his sense of justice and compassion , his lack of humbug and snobbery and , above all his brilliant , mind-jolting sense of humour . |
| 10 | However , he did not use it very well — not bothering with a control group , for example ( perhaps this was his concession to anti-positivism ) . |
| 11 | While the faded old creature who bore the main brunt of night duty would be too dozy to spot anything , Ramsbum was a different matter and Amiss was pretty sure that this was his night on duty . |
| 12 | Perhaps this was his idea of full dress for a ceremonial occasion . |
| 13 | The classic case of this was his veto of British entry into the EEC in 1963 . |
| 14 | This was his proposal of the Ordovician system as a separate thickness of rocks having its distinctive faunas , intervening between the Cambrian system of Adam Sedgwick [ q.v. ] |
| 15 | This was his responsibility for protecting the rights , lands , and privileges of the church of Canterbury . |
| 16 | This was his way of declaring that the battle for the Labour Party was won and the Battle for Britain about to commence . |
| 17 | There were some astonishing shouting matches over trifles , but we soon realized that this was his way of life . |
| 18 | If this was his way of helping her then Maggie did n't think much of it . |
| 19 | This was his way of reminding her that he intended to remain free . |
| 20 | Sara began to understand then that this was his way of paying out Jenny for her flirtation with James . |
| 21 | This was his moment of glory . |
| 22 | If this was his rule of life , should it not also be ours ? |
| 23 | The personnel director of SBCI Savory Milln , Peter Cole , confirmed that this was his view of headhunters ; he would employ a search firm only when he had exhausted his own supply of personal contacts . |
| 24 | Jesus had had many interviews with people , we 've looked at some of them over these past few weeks , the time when he met with Nicademus , the religious leader , the time he went out of his way to meet with a woman of Semaria in her dyer need , the other occasion that we looked at er a week or so back when he called Anzakias from that tree of which he was hiding , last week his judge , pilot , but of all those interviews and as many others that we have n't looked at this surely must be one of the strangest as Jesus himself is in the process of dying and as he is dying he is confronted with another person who has a need , but Jesus your need is as greatest as any body elses , your pain , your suffering , your physical suffering was every bit of great as those around you , why be bothered with others is n't that so often our story , when we are in need we can forget all about other people , it does n't matter there need , its poor me , what about me , what about my need , what about my requirements , what about my suffering , but we see here how Jesus apart from any thing else deals with his own suffering , he deals with it by ministering to the needs of other people , and this surely then must be one of the most strange and one of the most interviews that our lord ever had when he was here on earth , with this dying thief , but he was more than a thief he was a er , he was a re a rebel , he was a terrorist or a freedom fighter depending on which way you wanted to look at it and he was dying for his crimes and he was n't alone because there there was this man we 've been talking about , there was Jesus and there was another one , another criminal on the other side and we find that this is all in keeping with what god had promised , all there in , in line with his prophecy way back in Iziah chapter fifty three , it tells us that he was numbered with the transgressors , that he died with sinful men with , with law breakers and here it is its happening right in front of the , the very eyes of the Jewish leaders and the jewish authorities our lords intention in coming into the world was to save men and women , to seek out and to save sinners , remember thirty odd years previous to this event the word had come , for Mary his mother , to Joseph , we will call his name Jesus because he will save his people from their sins and later on writing to Timothy the apostle Paul in the first chapter of the first book in verse fifteen he says it is a trust worthy statement deserving full acceptance that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners , this was his purpose , this was his reason for coming into the world , not to be a good man , not to be a , a great leader , not to give us some model that we can , you know , that we can plan our life out and try and live up to his standards , he says I 've come to give my life as a ransom , I have come to save and to seek that which was lost and here in this incident as he himself is dying and is in physical pain and torment he is carrying out this very work , of seeking out and saving of those who will turn to him , those who will put their trust in him , he is saving the lost , and we see in a wonderful how great the compassion of Jesus was and is , in reaching out and rescuing those who are lost , here we see our lord suffering the most terrible agony and yet in the midst of his own sorrow and pain and , and torment he thinks of this dying thief and extends his grace and mercy to him . |
| 25 | This was his purpose , this was his reason for coming into the world , not to be a good man , not to be a , er a great leader , not to give us some model that we can , you know , plan our life out and try and lie up to his standards , he says I have come to give my life as a ransom , I have come to save and to seek that which was lost . |
| 26 | as if he had been considering Preston 's problems and this was his solution to them . |
| 27 | She did n't blush any more at jokes about somebody 's bust — but this was his fault for teasing her about being narrow-minded . |
| 28 | While his genuine care for the parties in the case may have won him their respect , another contributor to this was his respect for them which is demonstrated through his sense of perception and realism . |
| 29 | Asked whether he would ask for a postponement of the talks Mr Clerides said : ‘ This was my position in the election campaign , and it still stands . ’ |
| 30 | Basically , I figured that this was my ticket to at least branching out a little bit . |