Example sentences of "there [was/were] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I am looking forward to erm to the new Kuwait , to the Kuwait after liberation , because there were discussion about the erm participation of erm Kuwaiti woman within the political life of Kuwait and erm this was in a conference in October , as I recall , and the Prime Minister , the political leadership of Kuwait , has stated that erm after the liberation of Kuwait erm women will have erm far more erm participation within the political erm life of Kuwait . |
| 2 | The Government should be negotiating to gain full recognition of the fact that monetary union and a single currency could work successfully only if there were convergence in the real economic performance of countries : convergence in terms of growth and employment , as well as in terms of inflation and interest rates . |
| 3 | There was sand on the ground , about four inches deep , completely surrounding the building . |
| 4 | He was simply responding to the fact that he knew there was bleach in the mixture . |
| 5 | There was litigation after the completion of the road , the railway authorities claiming substantial compensation from the Highways authority for damage and disturbance to the railway track . |
| 6 | In 79% of the biopsy specimens there was concurrence over the grading of the extent of gastric metaplasia . |
| 7 | There was anxiety about the terms and conditions of future employment . |
| 8 | Fourth , there was anxiety over the extent to which the Gulf states , whether formal belligerents or not , had been arming themselves with the most advanced weaponry available from a wide range of sources . |
| 9 | I was afraid to leave Edinburgh , even momentarily , in case there was word from the War Office , but in September 1944 my mother persuaded me to go with her to Bedford for a short holiday . |
| 10 | In practice there was resistance to the levying of the first instalment and collection proved increasingly difficult . |
| 11 | There was activity in the hall and Curtis 's quavering voice . |
| 12 | There was psychoanalysis for the status-conscious and assertiveness training for those with low self-esteem . |
| 13 | But the office , where he was an unelevated lazy Indian who had run away from his wife and children , there was disapproval from the clerks he worked with : there was mockery behind his back and in front of his face . |
| 14 | She put on her black trousers and her chocolate-brown sweater because they were at the top of the first suitcase she opened and she would have worn them at home on a cool autumn day when there was mist on the hills and woodsmoke in the lanes and … |
| 15 | That summer of 1984 was very hot , with successive weeks of clear skies and sunny days , but so early in the morning there was mist in the air and the grass was still wet . |
| 16 | In the Welsh hills , where the Severn still looks like a river and not the characterless drain it is in the middle and lower reaches , there was ice on the road , and this slowed us down considerably . |
| 17 | The afternoon was clear but cold and there was ice on the ground and frost still in the flowerbeds by the main gate . |
| 18 | The road to Haworth goes up a hill , and there was ice on the stones of the road . |
| 19 | There was ice on the seats in the park . |
| 20 | We lit fires in all the rooms , but there was ice inside the windows in the mornings . |
| 21 | ‘ Apparently someone said there was plaster off the wall . |
| 22 | ‘ Please , please Hamlet , ’ there was love in the plea , but fear also , ‘ please do n't undo my life jacket . ’ |
| 23 | I let Brownie out went up the back and there was Brownie in the Malone River then he saw me so no lead with me |
| 24 | In the confusion of scolding that followed , Charles reflected that maybe there was hope for the family after all . |
| 25 | There was firelight in the room , a soft gentle radiance that warmed the old stone walls and sent huge , fantastical shadows dancing across the ceiling . |
| 26 | There was disagreement between the two companies as to whose responsibility would be the making of this towpath , so that in the end they built between them a new bridge just beyond the bottom lock . |
| 27 | There was disagreement with the Corporation as to whether the track in Tamworth Road , Croydon , common to the Mitcham and Sutton routes , should be connected with the Corporation rails on West Croydon Bridge . |
| 28 | There is also evidence that there was disagreement in the Council on the recognition of certain religious groups . |
| 29 | There can be no doubt that there was disagreement in the Council on this matter of recognition and that the older orders , the Benedictines , Augustinians and Cistercians , put pressure on the pope . |
| 30 | There was discussion about the relationship between the central and regional dev.ed. committees . |