Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the decision to allow the board to continue was cloaked in Ministers ' remarks suggesting that the statutory provision would be short-lived . |
| 2 | The operation , officially described as a humanitarian act to protect the health of the women and children in the camp , was criticized by immigrants ' groups and human rights organizations . |
| 3 | The Director of Studies expressed an interest in how much three dimensional ( 3D ) work was included in pupils ' experience and was dissatisfied with what he was told . |
| 4 | The hunt was met at Parks ' Lodge from where , at this time of year provided the scent was good , it was inevitably a red letter day . |
| 5 | One section of the list , " Statistical Ideas ' , was not included in the test development although one of the microcomputer tasks was built around pupils ' ideas on probability . |
| 6 | We report here the results of a case-control study set up to investigate whether the excess was related to parents ' employment in the nuclear industry . |
| 7 | The letter from Industry Minister Tim Sainsbury to Michael Portillo , Chief Secretary of the Treasury , was revealed by miners ' leader Arthur Scargill and the Coalfield Communities Campaign . |
| 8 | The key worker system was introduced in children 's homes in the 60 's and 70's . |
| 9 | Attention on fashion for most of the public was concentrated on women 's clothes , with mini-skirts and boots emphasising the rapid change in attitudes . |
| 10 | Also it could be said that the role of Equality Officer is , by its name , more open to being filled by man or woman than it was when it was known as Women 's Special Representative . |
| 11 | She added that 80 per cent of the annual education budget was spent on teachers ' salaries . |
| 12 | After a further examination at Bethesda , it was revealed on May 9 that Bush was suffering from Graves 's disease , the same thyroid disorder which had affected his wife , Barbara , since 1989 . |
| 13 | One feminist , Mrs Wolstenholme-Elmy ( who as a young woman determined to follow Mary Wollstonecraft 's example and live with her lover , until on becoming pregnant she took the advice of fellow suffragists and married ) accepted the idea that menstruation was essentially pathological , although she also argued that it was caused by men 's brutality . |
| 14 | This was followed by Workers ' Playtime — Arthur English and Ken Platt with his catch phrase , ‘ I wo n't take my coat off , I 'm not stopping . ’ |
| 15 | I just assumed he was making for Otters ' Bay . ’ |
| 16 | When I visited the area in 1981 I was regaled with fishermen 's stories of discoloured fish with scabs and other unusual deformities , of boxes of fish removed from the quayside for testing by the authorities , of radiation in seagulls ' eggs , of friends from the same school who had later died unexpectedly of cancer . |
| 17 | I was talking about children 's services , yes |
| 18 | In Women 's Body , Women 's Right : A Social History of the Birth Control Movement in America , Linda Gordon showed that the impetus for ’ family planning ’ in the US was motivated by eugenicists ' desires to stop Black women from reproducing . |
| 19 | This sentiment was confirmed by Saints ' boss Ian Branfoot who admitted that the attacking Town tactics had taken him by surprise . |
| 20 | The idea that large sums of money must be awarded to compensate people for words which " tend to lower them in the estimation of right-thinking members of society " smacks of an age when social and political life was lived in gentlemen 's clubs , when escutcheons could be blotted and society scandals resolved by writs for slander . |
| 21 | At his death he was unknown as a poet ; on 8 December 1975 , the centenary of the wreck of the Deutschland , a plaque to his memory was unveiled in poets ' corner , Westminster Abbey , honouring a Roman Catholic there for the first time since John Dryden [ q.v . ] . |
| 22 | The fact that everything relating to my loss was scribbled in children 's school jotters with cartoon covers was not exactly a boost to my confidence . |
| 23 | A series of conferences was arranged to pay homage to women 's spirit of self-sacrifice , a pamphlet was published on women 's legal rights and the year drew to a close . |
| 24 | A procession of Blackpool cars was staged on Members ' Day in May 1984 . |
| 25 | An information paper ‘ Hygiene Developments ’ , describing in more detail CCG 's response to the Act , was circulated to Operations ' Management to assist them in planning to cope with the onset of the new legislation . |
| 26 | He denied that introducing the measure would mean massive job losses and was backed by shopworkers ' union boss Bill Connor . |
| 27 | He denied that introducing the measure would mean massive job losses and was backed by shopworkers ' union boss Bill Connor . |
| 28 | This was guaranteed by women 's reproductive role , which put them in contact with the great physical and mental powers of the race . |
| 29 | His central performance is subtly mesmerizing and fully justifies the buzz of excitement surrounding the film when it was screened during Directors ' Fortnight at this year 's Cannes film festival . |