Example sentences of "was in [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | All of this was in the hours ahead , for I was now to live through one of the toughest three days and nights I ever experienced . |
| 32 | It was in the minutes , you should have read them . |
| 33 | ‘ What was in the letters ? ’ |
| 34 | In case you 'd forgotten , Martin Shaw was in The Professionals . |
| 35 | I was in the hills north of Achnashellach recently on a day of low cloud and smirry rain . |
| 36 | ‘ I was in the Cubs . |
| 37 | That 's right yeah , yeah , yeah but er cos I remember the caverns from before the war when I was in the Cubs . |
| 38 | I was informed she was in the burns unit . |
| 39 | ‘ Then — then I was in the gardens … ‘ |
| 40 | Dickie was in the gardens there , Pammie drove two tractor driver , Jo , Jo was the , where 's Jo , Jo was the dairy , milk , then I used to drive the other tractor when we wanted two , and what we did we all could take over from the milker when she was off , or Pammie , we could all interchange . |
| 41 | But she had n't finished examining what was in the attics . |
| 42 | The Press enclosure was in the Members ' Stand and the scene around us was indescribable as the staid ‘ more English than the English ’ burghers of Adelaide and their wives stood up booing and shaking their fists . |
| 43 | Caroline Willbourne , a London barrister specialising in family law , said decriminalisation of sexual offences within the family where the offender admitted the abuse was in the interests of child victims . |
| 44 | Bell , the Company 's Managing Director , explained why it was in the interests of the Company 's policyholders that levels of reversionary bonuses not only had regard to the investment outlook but also preserved the Company 's ability to invest freely so that its total performance would not be adversely affected . |
| 45 | He knew it was in the interests of the City that the Tories win the next election . |
| 46 | It was in the interests of the men , of capital and the state that the institution of the family and the division of labour within it should continue . |
| 47 | It could therefore be argued that it was in the interests of the Soviet Union to see the Korean peninsula in the hands of a friendly regime and American-Japanese interests pushed out of the Asian continent . |
| 48 | That connection was now leaderless and it was in the interests of both the affinity and Gloucester to come to a rapid agreement . |
| 49 | It was in the interests of the Great Powers that they could not be held bound by a treaty to which they had not formally become a party while , as will be seen , a number of the exceptions to the classic rule enabled them to impose their will upon weaker entities . |
| 50 | This general argument was in the interests of large users of telecommunications who thought they were subsidizing small and local users . |
| 51 | By a notice of appeal dated 24 December 1991 the local authority appealed with leave of the judge on the grounds that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law or misdirected himself as to the criteria to be applied to the decision whether leave should be granted in respect of an application by a former foster parent ; ( 2 ) the judge should have applied the test whether ( a ) there were quite exceptional circumstances disclosed necessitating the ousting of the local authority and the consequent discharge of the care order , and ( b ) there was a real likelihood that the applicant could persuade the court to adopt that course and ( c ) such a course was in the interests of the children ; ( 3 ) alternatively , if the judge had adopted the correct test , his exercise of his discretion had been plainly wrong in that he had failed to give any or sufficient weight to ( a ) the disturbing effects on the children of further investigation , ( b ) the fact that if residence orders were made the care order would be discharged , ( c ) the shared responsibility between the foster mother and the mother resulting from section 12(2) of the Act of 1989 , ( d ) the fact that the foster mother 's proper remedy was her application for judicial review , and ( e ) the wishes of the children and the mother . |
| 52 | He asked her why , and she said it was in the interests of the company . |
| 53 | This was in the interests of deniability . |
| 54 | Secondly , it was in the interests of factory owners and investors that they should participate , for it was of little use to produce increasing quantities of goods if the mass of the population could not afford to buy them . |
| 55 | The power to make their own awards was in the interests not only of the polytechnics , but also of higher education as a whole . |
| 56 | They all acted in a way that was in the interests of the group overall , shall we say by not eating too much foods . |
| 57 | That connection was now leaderless and it was in the interests of both the affinity and Gloucester to come to a rapid agreement . |
| 58 | And in this case you would not agree to statement being written , say being read out , you would n't require him to be present , and it could not be introduced under section twenty four because the court would find that it was in the interests of ju justice that it does n't . |
| 59 | It was in the interests of fair mindedness . |
| 60 | If , however , our interest was in the resources produced by UK nationals , wherever they happen to be located , then our ratio should use national product . |