Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [noun sg] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Congress of People 's Deputies voted overwhelmingly in favour of renaming the Russian Federation ‘ Russia ’ , but within minutes members from the republics which make up the huge state were demanding restoration of the word ‘ federation ’ . |
| 2 | BY the time Mark Wright lifted the FA Cup on Saturday even those outside the North-East were becoming sick of the spoon-fed memories of 1973 . |
| 3 | Rentokil were voted Company of the Year The Jibes about tackling dry rot in the Cabinet came thick and fast . |
| 4 | Findings were considered representative of the situation generally in the UK and French upland LFAs . |
| 5 | Biochemical analysis and titration studies were done withoutknowledge of the diagnosis . |
| 6 | Equally obviously the questioners were seeking confirmation of the rituals they believed had taken place ; rituals that included real or simulated sexual acts between adults and children in the hours of darkness ; acts that included ritualistic music , dance and dress . |
| 7 | ‘ We were granted ownership of the building in March and in just three months we have been able to get it ready . ’ |
| 8 | It is thus unlikely that the metals used at Igbo Ukwu were prepared north of the Sahara . |
| 9 | English language broadcasts remained but were made part of the country 's external radio services . |
| 10 | Sihanouk was also reported as saying that if he were made chair of the Cambodia Supreme National Council ( SNC ) he would allow Hun Sen , the SOC Prime Minister , to become vice-chair . |
| 11 | Both bears were transported west of the Colville River . |
| 12 | Only from roughly the middle of the tenth/sixteenth century-perhaps coincidentally with the building of two other medreses which were to form part of the altmisli class , namely that attached to the mosque built by Suleyman for his son , Sehzade Mehmed ( the Sehzade medrese , completed in 954/1547 ) , and that built by the same sultan for his father , Selim I , apparently around 955/1548 — can one discern in the biographical sources the existence of a class of medreses , comprising these and others , one rank higher than the Sahn and normally carrying a salary of 60 akce , teaching in one of which seems to have been a generally recognized prerequisite for the holding of the highest learned offices . |
| 13 | Eliot describes how working men who went to the music hall to see Marie Lloyd and who joined in the chorus were performing part of the business of acting , collaborating with the artist in a manner essential in all art , most obviously ( for Eliot ) in dramatic art . |
| 14 | Bowyer and Southgate tried this but seemed incapable of getting their boots out of the stirrups whilst both were losing control of the reins . |
| 15 | Luckily Emma and Sophie were spending part of the afternoon with one of their friends , who lived in an apartment two floors down . |
| 16 | If that 's a natural as it were adapted effect of the Trivers Willard effect , there are plenty of cultural ones as well . |
| 17 | Fiji , too , were taking advantage of the seclusion the fort represented to conduct their training away from the media . |
| 18 | As the people of Stockport were taking care of the repairs to the School and contributing to the Master 's salary , they requested permission to appoint a new man without the formality of an interview before the Company in London , which would necessitate an expensive and inconvenient journey . |
| 19 | Laura could indulge these less directly profit-generating activities partly because of their invariable spin-offs but also because she knew others were taking care of the money-making imperative . |
| 20 | When Langdale was a planner 's dream , locals were to have use of the facilities . |
| 21 | I thought it was pretty er , ironic that we were playing Crime of the Century by Supertramp and I just got this bloody hi-fi off you and the bloody tape wo n't work ! |
| 22 | In three days time , after acclimatization training , the Russian lads were to take delivery of the aircraft and fly them back to Irkutsk by way of Yakutsk . |
| 23 | Earl Siward 's ships were sighted south of the estuary two hours ago . |
| 24 | But any any one of us in here now who were who were actually training and have finished our time , no no apprentices were to become part of the union . |
| 25 | I was doing a radio series called Holiday Hour , he was producing Pick Of The Week . |
| 26 | Wade Smith was given salesman of the year in January and promptly left to set up shop on his own . |
| 27 | In 1988 a High Court judge was given charge of the list . |
| 28 | On his return he was given custody of the honour of Arundel . |
| 29 | National Power was allocated 70 per cent of the power plant , but was given control of the nuclear programme . |
| 30 | The depositor also signed a letter addressed to B.C.C.I. , whereby B.C.C.I. , was given notice of the ‘ absolute ’ assignment in question . |