Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | From that time , a long series of rigorous studies were developed in cognizance of the methodological problems , many of the recent ones using the WFS surveys and computerized data processing and analytical techniques ( see for example , Wray , 1971 ; Fedrick and Adelstein , 1973 ; Wolfers and Scrimshaw , 1975 ; Spiers and Wang , 1976 ; Gray , 1981 ; Baldion , 1981 ; Swenson , 1981 ; Carlaw and Vaidya , 1983 ; Fortney and Higgins , 1983 ; Hobcraft , et al , 1983 ; Martin et al , 1983 ; Cleland and Sathar , 1984 ; De Sweemer , 1984 ; Palloni and Tienda , 1986 ) . |
| 2 | Like the triumphal arches these were erected in honour of victorious generals . |
| 3 | Relative retention times and response factors were calculated by comparison of authentic standards to coprostanol . |
| 4 | Margaret , daughter of the illustrious Lord Florent Count of Holland and Mathilde , daughter of Henri Duke of Brabant , Sister of William , King of Germany , being forty-two years of age , was delivered on the Friday before Easter , at nine o'clock in the morning , in the year 1276 , of 365 babies male and female which ( in the presence of several great lords and gentlemen ) were arranged in front of the font and were all baptized by a bishop , the males being christened the same name , namely Jean , and the females Elizabeth . |
| 5 | Reservoirs at Sulby and Naseby , both in valleys of feeders to the Avon , were completed as part of the main construction programme in 1914 and 1921 respectively ; the head of Naseby was raised in 1934 and ‘ New Sulby ’ , better known as Welford Reservoir , came into use in 1837 . |
| 6 | Applied geology mapping Engineering geological interpretations of the soils and rocks of the Wrexham and Stoke-on-Trent areas were completed as part of the applied geological mapping of these areas for the Department of the Environment . |
| 7 | We were placed on top of the leading beast ; and our art was to bring them home by words only , no reins to be used . |
| 8 | The planks were placed on top of some metal barrels and we were all standing in a hexagon . |
| 9 | Hours before the announcement , large wagers were placed in favour of his son William becoming next king . |
| 10 | Four minor English politicians were placed in control of the seven ministries of the overthrown Northern Ireland government . |
| 11 | The king did not lack military resources , but they were useless if the men who were placed in command of them defected to the enemy . |
| 12 | Both these numbers were given as part of a short questionnaire about their driving histories . |
| 13 | Gran Gelato Ltd v Richcliff Group Ltd held that misstatements by a landlord 's solicitors in replies to inquiries could not result in an action ( of negligence ) against the solicitors , but that such replies were given on behalf of the landlord . |
| 14 | Local Communist Parties were authorized to approach their Labour Parties in an attempt to make electoral agreements , and in the November 1934 Municipal elections the bulk of Communist candidates were withdrawn in favour of the Labour Party . |
| 15 | In military terms the imperial era came to an end when the last British troops were withdrawn from East of Suez in 1972 , but politically it had ended sixteen years earlier at Suez . |
| 16 | It was as though I were sitting in a movie and my actions were flashing in front of my eyes . |
| 17 | Those who eschewed colour and decoration , like Spurgeon , and built what were really mammoth meeting-houses with a Greek front , were criticized for lack of taste and for concentrating too much on the preacher . |
| 18 | ‘ At Darlington county court in 1991 , 565 homes were repossessed for non-payment of mortgages , ’ the report says . |
| 19 | At Sketch-Club meetings his witticisms were regarded as part of the fun . |
| 20 | The breakdown of CENTO and SEATO were regarded as part of a historical process which paralleled the emergence of the Soviet Union as a superpower with its own ‘ legitimate interests ’ in the Third World . |
| 21 | This is partly because fishing rights erm were written in erm to the , to the European Community system erm as part of in a sense the agricultural policy , erm because they were regarded as part of food policy , and it was thought that you must have , if you 're going to have a common agricultural policy , and that was one of the important points erm of the negotiations for setting up the European Community , then a common fisheries policy went alongside with that . |
| 22 | At the final stage , however , his adherents sent in more letters on his behalf than were received in support of any other name . |
| 23 | The Attorney-General has no statutory right to preview programmes or to see transcripts or articles in draft , and if the rule against prior restraint were honoured in breach of confidence cases he would have to await publication before deciding whether the public interest required action . |
| 24 | The genera Ophialcaea and Ophiotreta were treated as subgenera of Ophiacantha by Mortensen ( 1936 ) and Fell ( 1960 ) , but H. L. Clark ( 1915 ) and Koehler ( 1922 , 1931 ) considered them to be of generic rank , a treatment followed here pending future study on the generic boundaries in this subfamily . |
| 25 | The development and dissemination of the family smoking education project were examined as part of the development of the English language version , but the project 's effect on smoking behaviour has not been thoroughly evaluated . |
| 26 | Twenty five patients who were referred on account of characteristic biliary symptoms and were known to have gall stones on the basis of previous ultrasound examinations were accepted for treatment by the rotary lithotrite . |
| 27 | Five were referred after failure of oral dissolution therapy and 10 were selected after unsuccessful extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy or methyl tert-butyl ether dissolution therapy . |
| 28 | Gangs were formed in honour of the film . |
| 29 | The coffee bar saw thirteen young people converted during the year , who were baptised on profession of faith . |
| 30 | Global Marine were enrolled as part of the subsurface team and managed drilling operations under a novel performance-related contract . |