Example sentences of "[noun] was [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chenodeoxycholic acid and ursodeoxycholic acid , 7.5 mg/kg body weight , administered daily as a single dose at bedtime , were started 10 days before the first lithotripsy session and continued until the gall bladder was stone free for three months . |
| 2 | The median payment for men in 1986 was £1,780 , for women it was only £697 ; while the mean was £2,028 and £1,016 respectively . |
| 3 | But behind the wheel was Ray Shepherd . |
| 4 | At the wheel was tugmaster , Frank Savidge from Sharpness . |
| 5 | Having lived for 20 years in a country in which the dominant religion was Buddhism , I thank God for the Buddha 's inspiration : ‘ Now may every living being , young or old , weak or strong , living near or far , known or unknown , living or departed or yet unborn , may every living thing be full of bliss . ’ |
| 6 | To her , religion was morality and appearance , and she kept it in the same compartment of her mind as her dinner napkins . |
| 7 | Her religion was part of life , just as the Africans was . |
| 8 | The overriding influence in the Middle Ages was a religious one and , in Europe , the religion was Christianity . |
| 9 | Another figure from the arts was Aytmatov , a Kirghiz and one of the Soviet Union 's most renowned living novelists . |
| 10 | The nearest thing to a Zemsky sobor summoned by Peter 's successors was Catherine II 's Legislative Commission ( 1766–68 ) . |
| 11 | Perhaps the most shameless of St Peter 's successors was Roderigo Borgia , who styled himself Alexander VI . |
| 12 | Star of the auction was Edward Hulton 's magnificent Short Sunderland G-BJHS . |
| 13 | And watching from the stands was Durie , appropriately dressed in black . |
| 14 | Once its remedy was nationalisation . |
| 15 | Within the holdings , the biggest disappointment was Thomson Corporation , which failed to live up to the hopes expressed in the last article that ( a ) the travel side would benefit from the collapse of Intasun , a major competitor , ( b ) that the results of the North American ( and at a later stage UK ) newspaper interests would reflect a developing cyclical upturn , and ( c ) that the professional publishing companies would maintain their profits momentum . |
| 16 | The big disappointment was Yahoo . |
| 17 | All nine of the European professionals in the field had made the cut and the biggest disappointment was Severiano Ballesteros , who , for the first time in his 16 appearances in the Masters , involving 60 rounds , failed to break 80 . |
| 18 | In those years the most important component of songs was lyrics . |
| 19 | Captain of the Walrus was F/O Robinson . |
| 20 | It even had a 1940 's bakelite telephone which seemed to work , but the typewriter was state of the art and so , probably , was the young lady behind it . |
| 21 | Marks and Spencer was second with 14% of the vote , Glaxo third with 11% and Shell a distant sixth with just 4.1% . |
| 22 | According to his son , Charles , Raine Spencer was matter of fact . |
| 23 | The purse was £30 lighter by the end , but we had our own sunloungers and parasols on an uncrowded and immaculately manicured beach , a pedalo ride , numerous drinks and a light lunch for four , in situ . |
| 24 | The only person in the world who continued to show her unfailing kindness was Corporal John Carrow . |
| 25 | Everything about Cunningham was pretence , Harry began to suspect . |
| 26 | David Cunningham was ensign of the garrison company of Stirling Castle , and was son-in-law of Callander of Craigforth , an influential laird , and brother of another freeholder , but Montrose 's arranged reduction of the salary of the collector appears to have reconciled Mr. Cunningham to his military duties , and MacFarlane of Kirkton retained the post for another year . |
| 27 | Dr Cunningham was Labour 's official spokesperson , but he had a deputy , MP Allan Roberts , who was also on the Front Bench . |
| 28 | Above : The Confederate Air Force SB2C-5 Helldiver was part of a varied , but down on previous years , attendance at the charismatic Geneseo airfield . |
| 29 | The acquisition contractor was Geoteam Exploration , using the vessel Nordic Explorer to deploy four 3000 metre streamers — the first time this had been done in the North Sea . |
| 30 | The aid was part of a package agreed in principle on Oct. 1 , 1990 [ see p. 37697 ] . |