Example sentences of "that was [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Far from helping Third World governments to realise their development goals , excessive reliance on mass media had , in fact , generated consumerism and a new individualism which , in turn , had stimulated demand to a degree that was beyond the capacity of the economy to absorb , ’ writes Mr Jayaweera . |
2 | And then there was an iron bar going from this plank , through the wall , and you could Er then this sort of a a pronged thing that was over the strap , you you could s push it over with that pu pulling the the plank up here . |
3 | I found that interesting because it appears that the Minister does not know how many doctors made a claim that was above the amount of the reimbursement schedule or , if he did know , he was unwilling to tell me , so I must presume that he did not know . |
4 | Therefore , on 13 February 1991 , I tabled a written question : ’ To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners in previous years , in complying with his wishes to move to use computers , applied for a grant for the installation of a computer system that was above the figure of payment set out in the published computer cost reimbursement schedule . ’ |
5 | Like the FAOR Field Trial ( Chapt 10 ) it took place in an establishment that was under the control of a Social Services Department . |
6 | It was easy to cast a slug that was of the body size , therefore your paragraphs were separated by a slug that was the body size , you did n't put a three point which is what you 'd have probably wanted . |
7 | In these three miracles Jesus claimed the right to do any action on the Sabbath that was for the good of people . |
8 | Woodward opened the folder that was on the desk and took out a paper . |
9 | Christ that was on the way ! |
10 | No I do n't feel guilty , I mean I would I would love to see everybody that was on the platform still alive . |
11 | Monty was supposed to be on the wagon and I certainly did n't see him drinking , until I discovered that every time he passed the bar he 'd pick up any bottle that was on the bar and drink it . |
12 | Lee got up and ran back to the toilet , picking up the helmet that was on the floor . |
13 | And erm I rang the lady it turned out it was mother that was on the phone at Manchester . |
14 | ‘ Now , have a look at this interview that was on the News last night . ’ |
15 | erm we 're not expecting to see a huge amount of discounting in the summer months , so erm because the capacity that was on the market this year is going to very much match the demand from customers |
16 | Any name that was on the list was there because Nikos had put it there . |
17 | And Jim er Bill grabbed the camera that was on the mantlepiece and he got a shot , not of me , but he got a shot of Pat and her friend and Bryan and er , it was er , er , something I 'll never forget . |
18 | Jan did you lift the money that was on the side here ? |
19 | These had a privately run deposit-insurance scheme that was on the point of going bust , following the failure in October of the two-branch Heritage Loan and Investment of Providence . |
20 | The man that was on the mower , they had an eye to that they would just wait until it was off the the Where it was cut you see ? |
21 | " That one that was on the telly … " |
22 | Do you remember that programme that was on the telly , where those people went ? |
23 | He reached out for his tie that was on the table . |
24 | This Mrs Melburn , the parson 's wife … she seems a motherly figure , in a way , but that bit ’ — she pointed to the page of a letter that was on the table — ‘ that bit tells you why they came this way . ’ |
25 | Her tutored eye saw that it had been made by a skilled seamstress , the tight , low-cut bodice erupting in a flurry of lace at the breast , the equally tight sleeves stiff with fake pearls and silver thread which formed the same flower design that was on the over-skirt . |
26 | Well my fucking , my deep fat fryer 's sitting out we got an electric one we used to have the one that was on the cooker |
27 | that one that was on the cooker . |
28 | That 's the one that was at the gymnastics . |
29 | you found at the Country Dancing , it was different people that was at the Country Dancing than what than what it was at the more at the the ordinary dances . |
30 | On the contrary , it was the fusion of executive and legislative power that was at the heart of the eighteenth-century British constitution ! ) |