Example sentences of "this [was/were] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this were to happen in the case of the CAB , they would have lost their primary purpose as first tier advisory agencies ; there would be duplication of effort , waste of public money and , in all probability , deterioration in the quality of specialised advice provided . ’ |
| 2 | But if there were a sea change , and they became the majority that meat eaters are at present , and if this were fuelled by the arguments of Regan or Singer , then surely it would be reasonable to expect a knock-on effect in the other contentious areas . |
| 3 | If this were done in the City , the IRA could simply switch their targets to prestigious offices in the provinces . |
| 4 | Such posts as this were intended for the sons of the well-heeled or at least the well-connected . |
| 5 | The original enquiries about this were directed to the County Surveyor 's Department , but I now understand that the work on the boundary sign was done on behalf of the County Planning Department . |
| 6 | The reasons for this were linked to the financial relationship between central and local government . |
| 7 | In the mid-1940s , explanations for this were offered in the form of theories which presented anatomical features as the cause of the blacks ' advantages . |
| 8 | Exceptions to this were found in the older family where the wife had always been active and continued to work into her 70's , and where a specialised product like cheese was being produced for farm gate sales . |
| 9 | Some interesting reasons for this were suggested in The Observer in 1986 . |
| 10 | This was supported by the correlation between the male 's condition at the start of the season and the number of days he spent incubating eggs . |
| 11 | This was supported by the Political Declaration of the Conference of Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers in February 1981 , which called for a dialogue between the Southeast Asian states to resolve their differences and eliminate the involvement and threats of intervention by outside powers . |
| 12 | Construction of this was begun in the first half of the sixteenth century by the Donatory Captain Simão Gonçalves da Câmara . |
| 13 | This was recorded by the Hon. |
| 14 | This was acknowledged in the US Congressional Hearings on test-tube fusion held on 26 April , 1989 . |
| 15 | Most Tories favoured the establishment of a regency , with Mary exercising the regal powers on James 's behalf , but this was defeated in the House of Lords on 29 January by the narrow vote of fifty-one to forty-eight . |
| 16 | All this was to feed into the stream of sexual radicalism in the early twentieth century . |
| 17 | Despite several revolts during the eleventh century , Macedonia remained under Byzantine rule until this was challenged by the rising power of Serbia in the late thirteenth century , in the reign of Milutin ( 1282–1321 ) , and eclipsed by Dušan in the mid fourteenth century . |
| 18 | In a parliamentary debate on Aug. 28 this was challenged by the opposition Union of Democratic Forces ( which like all major parties roundly condemned the attack ) , the UDF secretary Petur Beron hinting instead that the attack might have been instigated by communist provocateurs . |
| 19 | This was exemplified by the league of the Iroquois which Morgan had studied in detail . |
| 20 | There was a narrow foreshore at the foot of the little cliff and this was littered with the rubbish of the colony-sticks , droppings , feathers , a broken egg and a dead nestling or two . |
| 21 | It laid down the general principle of comprehensive education which would have ended selection over a period ( but this was repealed in the 1979 Act ) . |
| 22 | This was repealed by the Theft Act 1978 , s.5(5) . |
| 23 | This was repeated throughout the night until 7am the next day . |
| 24 | This was repeated in the Court of Appeal decision , but was unanimously rejected by the House of Lords , in the next case . |
| 25 | An imposing entrance for this was built at the end of Kirby Road , and the inspection pits were only half the length of the depot to facilitate displays . |
| 26 | This was built at the personal expense of the Rev. G.P. Howes 1888–99 . |
| 27 | This was built into the developing environment from the start , and continued to receive attention as and when the opportunity arose to help the children expand their existing range of choices . |
| 28 | This was built in the 1550s for the Dryden family , but some of the banks and ditches still remain in the fields opposite the Hall . |
| 29 | I think some of this was lost on the non-Aryan members of our section , such as the Polynesians who could in no way pretend that their ancestry stretched back to the Vikings . |
| 30 | Hatcher , by contrast , prefers a 1377 figure in the 23/4–3 million range , and thinks it unlikely that this was exceeded until the second quarter of the sixteenth century . |