Example sentences of "of [noun] were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The docks of Cardiff were at the centre of the coal-based prosperity of south Wales . |
| 2 | More than 80 per cent of deputies were from the Azerbaijan CP , while the opposition deputies from the Popular Front , the Social Democrats , the Greens and the Union of the Democratic Intelligentsia united in parliament in an umbrella Democratic Bloc of Azerbaijan . |
| 3 | The go-ahead was given subject to a ‘ weather window ’ to treat one block as a trail because , to the surprise of all involved the largest concentration of woodlice were in the roof under the roof tiles . |
| 4 | Thus in the period when Labour was still in opposition in the early part of the war — September 1939 to May 1940 — there were twenty-one by-elections , but only six Labour candidates were put up and they of course were for the previously Labour-held seats : two of these were unopposed and the other four faced candidates of fringe groups , who did not poll well . |
| 5 | Again , the counts of Flanders were in the vanguard , with Robert the Frisian and Robert II offering protection for merchants crossing the county and their peace for the duration of fairs . |
| 6 | Perhaps the only two successful threats of action were by the water-workers in 1983 and the NUM over the Coal Board 's threat to close uneconomic pits in January 1981 . |
| 7 | Winds of 110mph were on the way . |
| 8 | The main areas of fighting were in the north-western provinces of Battambang ( especially in the Sisophon area ) , Banteay Meanchey and Siem Reap-Oddar Meanchey ( especially around Chikreng ) , but the guerrillas , dominated militarily by the Khmer Rouge component , also claimed victories in Kampot and Kompong Speu in the south and in the central provinces of Kompong Chhnang and Kompong Thom , especially around Kompong Svay and Stoung . |
| 9 | The worst rates of loss were in the Welsh steel making counties of West Glamorgan ( -31.4 per cent ) and Clwyd ( -27.7 per cent ) , followed by Strathclyde ( 26.6 per cent ) , Merseyside ( -24.2 per cent ) and Durham ( -23.8 per cent ) . |
| 10 | The development plans which they produced in the first decade of independence were for the most part competent , well thought out and well presented . |
| 11 | For it must be admitted that the courageous citizens of Phocaea were among the most consistently self-righteous colonizers of the Greek commonwealth . |
| 12 | Those most in favour of recycling were in the 15-19 and 35-54 age groups , and tended to come from higher income earners in southern England . |
| 13 | The main areas of disagreement were over the economic control of aviation on the North Atlantic . |
| 14 | inspectors from the Department of Transport were at the scene |
| 15 | From Mars it must have looked as if opposing armies of ants were on the move . |
| 16 | Various areas of reform were on the agenda ; Lini , himself an Anglican priest , was known to be concerned at the proliferation of fundamentalist sects and cults in the country . |
| 17 | And yesterday , Tom , now 76 , and the piece of bomb were among the highlights of an exhibition celebrating the Dunkirk spirit at Middlesbrough 's Dorman Museum . |
| 18 | Advocates of localization were in the same position as the explorers of the sixteenth century ; they knew there was something out there but they did n't know where it was or what it might look like . |
| 19 | At about 3 in the afternoon , the first newspapers announcing England 's declaration of war were on the streets . |
| 20 | It is necessary to establish that the effects of TPA on the cyclic AMP content of HGT-1 cells were mediated through activation of protein kinase C. The half maximally effective concentrations of TPA were in the low nanomolar region or below , which indicates specificity , as does the lack of effect of the inactive isomer 4α-TPA . |
| 21 | As soon as one set of questions were on the way to being answered , others seemed to take their place . |
| 22 | Even the , what few bits of lorries were on the road , they had a special mask on with er a shield over the top , so that the light was n't visible up above . |
| 23 | They earned an average weekly wage of 47 colones ( US$18.8 ) : 39% of the workforce were women , and 14% of females and 16% of males were below the age of 15 . |
| 24 | Unlike previous years the majority of sales were at the cheapest end of the price range , between £100 and £500 with works at the top price of £1,750 harder to shift . |
| 25 | It is extremely important that the trustees consider their discretions otherwise these may simply be set aside as the deeds of appointment were in the case of Turner v Turner [ 1983 ] 2 All ER 745 where the trustees simply did what the settlor stated without independently exercising their discretions ( see also Wilson v Turner ( 1883 ) 22 ChD 521 ) . |
| 26 | The Board of Trade were of the opinion that the Corporation 's permission to lay double track was not necessary . |
| 27 | He pointed out that Northern Ireland has one of the highest levels of unemployment in the UK , at around 14pc , and the majority of households were in the lowest socio-economic groups . |
| 28 | The manner of his death ensured that more than the usual number of people were at the funeral . |
| 29 | By last month tens of thousands of people were on the road to the few relief centres that the government runs . |
| 30 | Such drastic action seemed a heartless waste of resources when thousands of people were on the verge of starvation . |