Example sentences of "was the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the former Home Secretary who first noticed the deck chair , its legs awash with the incoming tide , part-hidden by the Victorian metal-work of the pier . |
| 2 | The speeds were a touch slower at Eastnor Park near ledbury where the country 's top mountain bikers were riding for the Malvern Classic … winner of the big race was the former cyclo cross champion Steve Douce … |
| 3 | Doug Tannock , who was the former UK Champion metal detector has been promoted to Service Manager at London East . |
| 4 | Tizard , a former university lecturer who was elected mayor in 1983 , was the former wife of senior Labour Party politician and ( until January 1990 ) Defence Minister Bob Tizard . |
| 5 | Among those present at the ceremony was the former England captain 's mother Molly , now 89 . |
| 6 | This was the former Churchfields Road Power Station which had continued to supply the Selby Road — Crystal Palace section . |
| 7 | The world economic system is as blind , irrational and without subject as was the former system of national economy . |
| 8 | Among 20 others acquitted was the former Minister for Tourism , José Aspiras . |
| 9 | The building which housed most of the inquiry sessions was the former chapel of a twelfth-century priory , with a domed glass cupola , ornate floral decorations and tall niches which no doubt once held classical statues . |
| 10 | WAS the former Liverpool player Avi Cohen born in Cairo or Tel Aviv ? |
| 11 | Top of the bill , he says , was the former Mr Universe , Reg Park , now merely a muscular memory . |
| 12 | The main component of Gloucester 's landed influence in the north was the former Neville land centred on Middleham , Sheriff Hutton and Penrith . |
| 13 | The main component of Gloucester 's landed influence in the north was the former Neville land centred on Middleham , Sheriff Hutton and Penrith . |
| 14 | Er he er was the former Ground Executive Officer on the base from June nineteen forty three when the Hundredth Bomb Group started daylight operations against Nazi Germany until erm August nineteen forty five . |
| 15 | And if anything fell into the category of being impossible it was the former BR standard pacific Duke of Gloucester . |
| 16 | At King 's was the former teacher of little Ramsey at the choir school , now a member of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd , Eric Milner-White . |
| 17 | That common-sense approach to Brent came from the hon. Member for Brent , East ( Mr. Livingstone ) who , for those who may not remember , was the former leader of the Greater London council . |
| 18 | He was the former Republican leader in the House of Representatives , and had been chosen as Vice-President for his reputation for honesty rather than for any outstanding political qualities . |
| 19 | Alvaro Arzú was the former mayor of Guatemala City and co-founder with Alvaro Heredia ( the acting mayor ) of the right-wing National Advancement Party ( PAN ) , as whose candidate he came fourth in the first round of the election . |
| 20 | It was the latter fact that got him so many commissions from the Church of England , who abhorred the Catholic leanings of Pugin and his stable . |
| 21 | It was the latter suggestion , and how it was put into practice , that has enslaved the working man to this day . |
| 22 | It was the latter view which was accepted both by Nolan J. at first instance , and by Ralph Gibson L.J . |
| 23 | Over these erm past couple of weeks we 've been looking at er some of the questions in the New Testament , we thought a couple of weeks back of the question that Jesus asked his disciples , do you think I 'm able to do this and then last week we looked at a question that the disciples put to Jesus , that time when they came down from the mountain and they found the re , three of them came down with Jesus from the mountain of transfiguration and they found the other disciples with a man who and a , whose son was demon possessed and er they had been unable to help him and the man or brings his son to Jesus and Jesus delivers him and afterwards the disciples who had been so helpless put the question to Jesus , why could we not cast out this demon and this morning I 'd like us to look at another question , we 've got another one today and one God willing next week , er and the question is , is found in Luke chapter thirteen , let me just read a few verses , because of course it 's , it 's not just the questions , it 's the answers that are important as well in Luke chapter thirteen , gon na read from verse twenty two it says in Jesus was passing through from one city and village to another , teaching and proceeding on his way to Jerusalem now that gives us a clue in that , because Jesus only ever went to Jerusalem apart from when he was a boy , he only ever went to Jerusalem once and that , after since that time , and that was when he was crucified , so Jesus was now on his way to Jerusalem , it was the latter days , the latter weeks of the life of Jesus , he was making his way now to Jerusalem and someone said to him Lord are there just a few who are being saved and Jesus said to hi , to them , strive to enter by the narrow door for many I tell you will seek to enter and will not be able , once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open to us , then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you are from , then you will begin to say we ate and drank in your presence and you taught in our streets , and he will say I tell you I do not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers , there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there , when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the profits in the kingdom of God , but yourselves being cast out and they will come from East and West and from North and South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , and behold some ar some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last , so it 's just that question then , let's remind ourselves that is put to Jesus Lord are there just a few who are being saved |
| 24 | Judge then my feelings when the first face I was to see at Jo'burg airport was the self-same Second Secretary , delighted that he had again been honoured with an important secret mission . |
| 25 | Because that 's the description Thomas Johnson gave of the place when he came here in 1639 , and this was the self-same weather he experienced , and here 's the point . |
| 26 | In general this was the pattern for Polish industrialisation as a whole — a phenomenon that took place when there was the least chance of Poland ever regaining an independent existence . |
| 27 | The model developed in chapter 4 suggested that only the unpredictable component of aggregate demand would cause output to deviate from its natural level , and the more unpredictable it was the less effect it would have on the deviation of real output from its natural rate . |
| 28 | She had been very lonely before he arrived , with no one to talk to but her brother , Walter , and he was the most taciturn of men . |
| 29 | Britain was the most credit card conscious country in Europe , but less than ten per cent of all payments were made with them . |
| 30 | M. Mitterrand was well aware that the French electorate was the most communautaire in the EEC : the Community had , after all , been created by Frenchmen with French interests in mind and had succeeded admirably in furthering those interests . |