Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [subord] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least the postbag was relatively light at the moment : so many people were away because of the holiday season that the normal deluge of correspondence had dried to a trickle . |
| 2 | The displays were exactly as for the vertical symmetry task , except that the monitor was rotated 90° clockwise . |
| 3 | There were seven bookings in an untidy game and Hoddle added : ‘ The problems tonight were totally because of the new laws of the game . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's always some police by the Circus , ’ I knew they were there because of the Jewish population around the area — and the frequent Mosley British Fascist parades . |
| 5 | It was some years before I actually tried to ride it , and that was all because of the kindness of Martin from Sunderland . |
| 6 | A spokesman for North Wales Police said it was at least heartening to note that the rate of increase of vehicle crime up to June this year was less than for the previous 12 months . |
| 7 | In the NIPPV group , mortality within 30 days was less than with the conventional treatment group : 1/26 vs 9/30 ( relative risk=0.13 , CI=0.02 to 0.95 , p=0.014 ) . |
| 8 | Elizabeth , as a queen regnant , had fewer gentlemen of the Privy Chamber , and it may be that their influence was less than in the days of her father . |
| 9 | Although danger of mistake existed in the ‘ recognition ’ case it was less than in the identification case : Turnbull , above , at p.138 ; Byrne & others , unreported , April 11 , 1990 . |
| 10 | The absolute loss of population from the cores of Greater London , Greater Manchester and Merseyside was less than in the previous decade , but population growth is now firmly identified with smaller towns and accessible settlements in the countryside . |
| 11 | Oil pollution in the waters around Bahrain was less than before the war , the team reported , apparently as a result of reduced tanker traffic during the seven-month conflict . |
| 12 | If the decision was only as to the construction of a statutory provision that would explain why the case has received little attention in later cases … |
| 13 | ‘ It was only because of the glass . |
| 14 | The Historic Buildings Council was unable to increase its grant to pay for this work and it was only because of the intervention of the chairman of the planning committee that an exceptional grant to cover the extra cost was obtained from Southwark Council . |
| 15 | Webb , 29 , has played for United just once this season — in the UEFA Cup tie against Moscow Torpedo — and that was only because of the foreigners ' rule that restricted Ferguson 's choice . |
| 16 | Perhaps it was only because of the Substitute 's presence that he added , ‘ At eleven o'clock , ’ and then turned away quickly because the technician was about to protest . |
| 17 | Perhaps it was only because of the narrow range of human activities which fell within the orbit of the ECSC that the member states had been willing to cede potentially substantial powers to the body which was the fundamental supranational element of the new organisation . |
| 18 | Two more years of it then well You see as long as my wife had a career - it was only because of the little one . |
| 19 | But we could tell that it was longer because of the extra tape measures it would take to get from one side to the other . ’ |
| 20 | This was largely because of the influence of Salha Mahmud , from Salah 's own lineage . |
| 21 | The government decided against the enforcement of competitive tendering in the domiciliary services , but this was largely because of the undeveloped state of private and voluntary agencies in this area . |
| 22 | It described how there had been a fifty percent increase in food poisoning cases in district year and then it went on to say that it , it was largely , it was thought that that increase was largely because of the increased publicity which the council had been given hygiene training , and saying how many people had been trained , and how the Health Committee was being asked to provide more resources so there could more courses even , even more courses in the following year . |
| 23 | And the dough man was just as in the same responsible position . |
| 24 | Well I think it was just because of the the people who put the pressure on at that time , perhaps people who 'd been in the tenants association before , did n't see that as a priority . |
| 25 | But the management did respond and er I think it was just because of the sheer pressure of the shop stewards er making continuous overtures to them on each and every problem that came up , and they were not going to be set aside er with a simple answer er that would n't satisfy a member . |
| 26 | Denying that people learned in precisely the same way as pigeons , Cartier insisted that the reason why a programme taught better than typical traditional methods was usually because of the latter 's inadequately prepared design : |
| 27 | Ron Robinson took charge of this element and the gathering that was achieved might have caused him more than a few ulcers , but he had to admit was more than worth the effort ! |
| 28 | Brazil had no such push factors at work : when capital fled it was more because of the debt crisis than its cause . |
| 29 | If the words had chilled her at first hearing it was more because of the cold light they cast on the woman 's most intimate life than for any reference to her own innocence . |
| 30 | That they accepted my book was probably because of the interest in it taken by one of their editors , Peter Guzzardi . |