Example sentences of "was [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OEEC demonstrated how easy it was for policies of coordination to clash with national wishes and interests . |
| 2 | Flying was thrilling and romantic and taking to the air was for women of spirit while those who stayed on the ground had feet of clay . |
| 3 | This Wednesday was for women in business , computers and design , but no one seemed to care . |
| 4 | The preliminary draft of Article 1 did in fact contain , in the English text only , an explanatory gloss to the word ‘ evidence ’ as ‘ including the taking of statements of witnesses , parties or experts and the production or examination of documents or other objects or property ’ ; its eventual omission was for reasons of style rather than of substance . |
| 5 | The new version claimed that this was for reasons of efficiency rather than a political move , although Vagnorius had expressed concern about former communist links and obstruction of policy . |
| 6 | Dr Carrington 's insurance coverage was for $50,0000 per course of treatment . |
| 7 | St Osyth 's College of Education at Clacton-on-Sea proposed a BEd in 1969 and by December of the following year it had been turned down on the grounds that the College did not have an ‘ appropriate academic structure ’ , more thought about the objectives of the course ( it was for teachers of Home Economics ) was needed , the staff needed strengthening , the library expanding and laboratory facilities improving . |
| 8 | The next most common request was for training in County Court preparation , tribunals and employment issues . |
| 9 | But Bradford coach Peter Fox said the bid was for £60,000 plus prop Steve Molloy and centre Carl Gibson . |
| 10 | The NRA had to put booms across the Dee at the iron bridge on the Grosvenor Estate to try to contain the fuel , to which a red dye had been added to denote that it was for use in farm vehicles only . |
| 11 | I know it 's , I knew it was Needham Station and it was between station to station , you see , not er anything to do with the public but that 's where I learnt so we used to er take er messages from station to station and I used to speak to the girl at Merrith down the line . |
| 12 | Its only value was as entertainment in movie houses . |
| 13 | I still do n't really know what it was about birds of prey that fascinated me . |
| 14 | The only conflict about housing land in Cramlington during the preparation and revision of the Northumberland Structure Plan was about releases in relation to total numbers . |
| 15 | Another criticism was about levels of expenditure . |
| 16 | At this time , when I was thirteen years old , I was about average in height and weight for my age and so would most likely be a C. This aspect of the annual weighing and measuring routine — the actual result — did n't really bother me much . |
| 17 | Thus it is the one complete record of how well the line was constructed — forget the stories of how run-down it was after years of poverty . |
| 18 | Marian 's first sensation was of relief from noise . |
| 19 | she said oh yes you will , then she said to me I 'm sorry to tell you you did n't make , she said you made exc , but she said I do n't want you to feel erm disgruntled she said because er , you done a fabulous interview , the only thing that let you down was of lack of experience , so I said well you 're never gon na get any cos you , nobody let's you in , they do n't open the door |
| 20 | As a piece of treasure of considerable historical importance , the Wolvercote Tongue was of course beyond price . |
| 21 | The District Council endorsed these opinions and Jacques wrote to National Secretary Harry Nutt the following week to tell him so — adding that the Council had also supported the plea for an increase in Ministry grant-aid to 90% of teaching costs , which was of course in keeping with National WEA policy . |
| 22 | This explicitly campaigning sociology was of course in conflict with the ( only apparently ) ‘ neutral ’ stance of the earlier phase . |
| 23 | This work was of course in addition to , and quite separate from , the long-established provision for trade unionists run in conjunction with the WETUC , which also enjoyed some expansion during the 1950s : in 1953–54 , for example , there were five residential weekend schools for trade unionists , in 1958–59 there were eight . |
| 24 | One way of distributing offices was of course by sale , which became extremely common in late medieval and early modern Europe . |
| 25 | But he was able to anticipate that objection by suggesting that the prohibition applied only to knowledge sought in self-aggrandizement , not to that which was of service to humanity . |
| 26 | Up to a certain point I was succeeding in both roles , driven as I was towards success by anxiety and the fear of failure . |
| 27 | When I climbed down , unhurriedly making for the Temple and the Sacred Hitching Post of the Sun , I was amongst houses with gable ends , in narrow streets and lanes ; in a place that had a human dimension . |
| 28 | ‘ It was against Preston at Burden Park , ’ he said . |
| 29 | She could not trust God , and in the bitterness of doubt her spirit was like darkness at noon . |
| 30 | His hair was like streaks of dirt on his head . |