Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this period barriers to trade were high and thus the multinational structure of operationally-independent companies was a necessity . |
| 2 | Many of her gentleman clients were foreign and even the odd Arab prince had come to her office . |
| 3 | Three subsequent balloon dilations were unsuccessful and finally the patient was referred to our institution . |
| 4 | On the whole the roads were good and also the Inns — the latter however are extravagantly high in their charges . |
| 5 | The decision also followed appeals for a postponement from many within the 12-party Unity Assembly , Haiti 's opposition coalition , who were concerned that neither the safety of voters nor the fairness of the poll could be guaranteed because of the prevailing climate of violence and lawlessness within the country . |
| 6 | Environmental concern mushroomed during the 1960s and was stimulated by warnings about the impact of human activity and by debates about the extent to which earth resources were finite and therefore the basis for a pessimistic or optimistic future for spaceship earth . |
| 7 | Originally the horns were lyre-shaped and traditionally the animals were horn-tethered . |
| 8 | However , the skills required to build such systems were rare and also the required combinations of software and computer hardware were expensive . |
| 9 | ‘ There was n't a ha'porth of prejudice in him — except that the Welsh were marvellous and especially the Welsh-speaking Welsh and most particularly those from Pontrhydyfen and most of all the Jenkins family . |
| 10 | Quorshi commented that companies would only do this when they were satisfied that both the PC product and the company selling it had the proper standing . |
| 11 | Oh well the role of the police , well of course they were opposed to the strikers but there were n't er quite so many police you see and and the strike movement was strong and so the the the they did n't have a great deal of affect . |
| 12 | By the early sixties … it was clear that neither the efforts made in the first post-war decade nor the developments outlined in Mr Butler 's White Paper were reducing — or were likely to reduce — the volume of crime or the numbers of persistent offenders . |
| 13 | They stood to attention , but it was clear that both the administrator and his deputy were unsure of the proper response . |
| 14 | Shipbuilding was in crisis , and it was clear that only the fittest could survive . |
| 15 | Shearman recalled that , at first , discussion with Hickson was unpromising but eventually the appointment of Pateman to the post , vacant from 1928 , was confirmed . |
| 16 | The rate ratio for admission was similar when only the first admission of each child was counted ( 27 vs 42 , rate ratio 0.65 [ 0.41–1.04 ] , p=0.09 ) . |
| 17 | The King , however , made it clear that neither mother nor son was welcome and so the journey to England had to be resumed . |
| 18 | Law and morality were not yet clearly distinguished , nor could one even say that the whole of law or justice was to be found in any one court ; the Ecclesiastical Courts , and Local Courts of many different kinds , administered a justice which was not the justice of the Common Law Courts ; so the thought was natural that even the King 's justice was not exhausted in the power conferred on his courts . |
| 19 | It was argued that since any payment above the standard rent would be illegal and indeed a criminal offence under section 17 of that Act , the lease itself was unlawful and accordingly the agreement for commission fixed upon the amount of the rent stipulated in it was also illegal and irrecoverable . |
| 20 | Marion , a ripely handsome woman in her mid-thirties , who had played a season at Stratford-on-Avon and toured as Mrs Tanqueray , was extremely displeased at having to share Jessie , let alone a dressing-room , and particularly with a chit like Bunty ; but the Regent was small and naturally the two Star dressing-rooms , 1 and 2 , went to Salt and Pepper , that perennial and professionally married pair of comedy-thriller performers whose productions never ran for less than a year — a godsend in a profession where rehearse for three weeks , open and close in two was not unusual . |
| 21 | To be a hero on the field and to aspire to the red jersey of Wales was far and away the most dashing thing you could do . |
| 22 | Something like £1,500 shared among the family , not to mention generous bequests , including £200 towards the completion of Lavenham steeple and cash distributed among the parishes where Spring owned property , virtually accounts for what was far and away the greatest personal estate owned by any commoner , or for that matter almost any peer : only the duke of Norfolk 's £4,000 topped it . |
| 23 | The press was far and away the most important section of the audience . |
| 24 | On some railroads , however , it was far and away the most important single item of freight . |
| 25 | I invite him to read the Prime Minister 's response to the right hon. Member for Chesterfield , which was far and away the most interesting part of the debate — Amended text or not , it reveals the muddle to which the other 11 nations of Europe do not subscribe . |
| 26 | The CGT was far and away the most powerful union federation . |
| 27 | The crash of 1974 was far and away the biggest since 1929 . |
| 28 | The West saw revolution coming through military struggle , misunderstanding that the appeal of Communism was sociological and thus the struggle was political . |
| 29 | The success was phenomenal and soon the company opened factories in other parts of the United Kingdom . |
| 30 | The term ‘ an efficient farm ’ has defied description from many authorities but from this survey it appeared that it was not a farm or a system or an enterprise that was efficient but rather the man who ran it . |