Example sentences of "was [art] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best result of the 1982 pay dispute was the nurses ' pay review body . |
| 2 | Today though it was the residents ' chance to view the house for themselves . |
| 3 | ‘ We won that series 2–1 and it was the Lions ' first tour triumph in Australia . ’ |
| 4 | This was the donkey-boys ' stand . |
| 5 | There had also been recent newspaper reports of Bugis prahus putting into the atolls east of Celebes , burning the villages to the ground , and making off with the whole year 's harvest of copra the oil-bearing coconut husks — which was the inhabitants ' sole source of income . |
| 6 | The destruction of the monopolistic purchasing cartels , which was the commons ' real object , ensured that the tax would no longer be passed on to the producer in the form of lower prices , and the establishment of the Company of the Staple as a selling cartel enabled the real burden of the tax to be imposed upon the purchasers , the cloth manufacturers of Flanders . |
| 7 | For many people the saddest aspect was the selectors ' policy of playing Randall at number three ; every fan in the country could have told them that he should have batted down the order and that exposing him so early was almost certain to fail . |
| 8 | The 30-year-old Warwickshire captain was the selectors ' choice after Lewis broke down with a groin strain . |
| 9 | Portia appears indeed in Act four to be just in her defence of Antonio , and no one can comment on her choice of suitor in Act three , for surely it was the suitors ' luck and character that were the key to her , or so it seemed . |
| 10 | Associated with the different applications of heavy and lightweight structures for energy conservation was the entrants ' grasp of a need for zoning and the convenience of localised control . |
| 11 | It was the judges ' commitment to freedom that was the main guarantee against despotism . |
| 12 | Occasionally , a Bill will be abandoned as was the Judges ' Remuneration Bill 1953 , which proposed tax-free salaries for judges . |
| 13 | The officials included Squadron Leader Ian Sweet , who was the Championships ' Secretary and the race commentator ; Major Martin Leach , the technical delegate Mr Richard Berry , and PR consultants Colonel Geoffrey Godbold , and Major Hutch Hutchinson . |
| 14 | Hugh Stuart , now 47 and a member of the winning Walker Cup Team at St. Andrews in 1971 , and Joe Carr , one of the great post-war amateurs and now , at 67 , using one of the new extended putters , defeated Bernard Hunt and Peter Mills by 3 & 2 but that was the players ' only success . |
| 15 | So cunning was the sculptors ' work that the story was told that it would come alive to guard the pass against any invader . |
| 16 | Another influence was The Girls ' Own Paper , which he liked much better than the Boys ' Own version . |
| 17 | And the only way place I could think to send them was the girls ' changing room ! |
| 18 | As far as he was concerned , it was the Russians ' mistake and up to them to sort it out . |
| 19 | It was not possible to know from the data available whether this was the defendants ' choice or magistrates declining to try them . |
| 20 | Now it was the women 's turn again ; while the men debated the finer points of why the device had failed , we fetched buckets of water and old blankets and quickly put out the fire . |
| 21 | It was the women 's turn to cheer while the surrounding men scowled and muttered obscenities . |
| 22 | Turnaround Distribution was not at the fair ; neither was the Women 's Press , nor GMP . |
| 23 | The first new force was the women 's movement ( always prominent in the field of family planning , but now with more international influence ) . |
| 24 | What I found was the Women 's Movement and I dedicated myself completely to it at all levels from forming advice groups , demonstrating to reclaim the streets etc . |
| 25 | Then there was the women 's clothes shop at Number 133 with its dresses in the window that I felt I would never be able to afford . |
| 26 | The basis of valuation was the rights ' economic value in their existing use within the group 's business . |
| 27 | The northern courtyard , with a fairly open aspect to the west , was the boys ' playground , while the south court provided a play area for the girls . |
| 28 | The new youth movement found its most dramatic expression in the religious brigades , the first of which was the Boys ' Brigade ( BB ) , founded by William Smith in Glasgow in 1883 , followed by the Church Lads ' Brigade ( CLB ) in 1891 , and the Boys ' Life Brigade ( BLB ) in 1899 . |
| 29 | A large pond was the boys ' delight and they would travel the considerable distance to the ‘ newty ’ pond , as it was nicknamed , to sit in expectation for the fish to bite . |
| 30 | As I say , I 'd al been in things at chapel , Silas Marner and things , but er this was another thing , and of course , that 's where I met my wife , at er Row , which is the boys ' clu was the boys ' club 's Headquarters . |