Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's response was a plan to replace the baccalauréat system , which guaranteed places to those obtaining certain qualifications , with one of competitive selection . |
| 2 | Portugal , which does not recognise Indonesia 's annexation of its former colony , said Mr Gusmao 's trial was a travesty . |
| 3 | Sharpe 's measure was a ratio which compared the risk premium with the total variability of the portfolio 's return . |
| 4 | Most schools accepted a need to enhance basic provision of fiction and general reference material and in at least one school the development of a sound base in children 's fiction was a priority . |
| 5 | Although in 1974 the Supreme Court had ordered President Nixon to surrender tapes in connection with the Watergate affair ( when Democratic Party premises had been broken into by Nixon 's supporters with his knowledge ) , no court had ever ordered a former President to surrender personal notes , and Greene 's decision was a departure from a ruling in the case of Oliver North , where requests for such material had been denied . |
| 6 | According to Dr D.W.F. James , the then Director of the Polytechnic of Wales , the government 's decision was a reflection of its desire not to rock the boat and was connected with arguments about the Welsh language , arguments which had already saved Bangor Normal College from merging with the University College of North Wales so that it could develop as a Welsh medium teacher-training college . |
| 7 | Habash stated that the PFLP 's decision was a result of what he described as the " erroneous political line " being pursued by the PLO leadership in accepting conditions set by the United States for the formation of a Palestinian delegation to the Madrid conference . |
| 8 | The court held that the first defendant 's negligence was a cause of the death and he was held 25% responsible . |
| 9 | Colonel Ford , worried that he was losing his veteran Captain of skirmishers , had begged d'Alembord to stay for the impending campaign and implicit in the Colonel 's plea was a promise that d'Alembord would receive the next vacant majority in the battalion . |
| 10 | Though ridden by Graham McCourt , then third in the jump jockeys ' table , Norton 's Coin was a rank outsider . |
| 11 | After little more than two years of marriage , Gabrielle 's experience was a hint of what was to come . |
| 12 | As they obeyed , Mungo could see that the sorcerer 's apprentice was a toad , puffed up with fear or pride . |
| 13 | Doreen 's hair was a wig and the bosoms were foam rubber . |
| 14 | The kindness of Cinzia Miletti 's heart was a quality Zen had considerable difficulty in imagining where Ivy Cook was concerned , but he found it easy enough to believe that in her husband 's absence Cinzia had been feeling bored and had welcomed any excuse for going into Perugia . |
| 15 | In this , Alan Penaud 's debut was a success because he responded well to the task and swiftly set his line moving . |
| 16 | The bulk of September 's settlement was a cut in the money owed to credit card firms . |
| 17 | The bulk of September 's settlement was a cut in the money owed to credit card firms . |
| 18 | Canon Wheeler 's ambition was a bishopric before he was fifty . |
| 19 | The Mirror 's headline was a classic : |
| 20 | ‘ Precatory ’ had become central ; but not in the useful way in which it became defined in English law , to denote words where the testator 's intention was a matter for dispute . |
| 21 | Nobody could ever bring themselves to putting an animal out of its misery because the farm was no longer talked about , although at the back of everybody 's mind was a dream of a new farm , even better than the first , with water being pumped from underground to irrigate the crops . |
| 22 | The black and white section resulted in a win for another well known local photographer , Harry Cringle L.P.R.S. Harry 's entry was a portrait study of steam railway fireman Selwyn Morgan . |
| 23 | The final suggestion is that Kirov 's murder was a ploy by a foreign government . |
| 24 | Not that Penry Vaughan 's lovemaking was a hardship . |
| 25 | Swindon 's football was a delight . |
| 26 | By now Karen 's neck was a tree trunk of muscles that branched out across her face , slitting her eyes , tauting her lips , draw-stringing her throat . |
| 27 | Dr Briarty 's experiment was a study of the ways in which gravity affects the growth , division and development of plant cells . |
| 28 | Malpass 's car was a five-year-old Vauxhall which had seen better days , but then have n't we all . |
| 29 | Mr. Wilson : I shall not prolong the debate , but the Minister 's reply was a litany of excuses for doing nothing . |
| 30 | In the minister 's opinion Nestor 's chronicle was a treasure whose worth should not be questioned . |