Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] a [noun sg] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The objection in another part is that in order to confirm an hypothesis that an effect was in fact the effect of a causal circumstance of a certain type , we do need an enumeration of elements , and often we do not have an enumeration . |
| 2 | There was also a smoking room where a steward was in constant attendance to light pipes and cigars ; he was the only person on board permitted to use matches . |
| 3 | He told the Commons that an investigation was under way into last week 's excessive discharge and promised to publish the results . |
| 4 | Almost a decade earlier , he had reached the conclusion that an ethic was in the final analysis " inevitable " , but that in the current historical climate it was " impossible " . |
| 5 | The ANC also rejected the call made by de Klerk that the ANC become a political party , saying that such a transformation could not take place until a constitution was in place allowing the participation of blacks at all levels . |
| 6 | No Perot speech is complete without a reference to the 1950s , that golden age when a dollar was worth a dollar ( now , on Mr Perot 's figures , it is worth 18 cents ) and IBM was the best company in the world . |
| 7 | The terrorists dumped the Ford Transit van with its deadly cargo on double yellow lines off Tottenham Court Road , just 100 yards from the Dominion Theatre where a performance was in full-swing . |
| 8 | A coded telephone warning led police to the van in Tottenham Court Road , just 100 yards from the Dominion Theatre where a performance was in full-swing . |
| 9 | The video sat on the floor and a tape was in the machine . |
| 10 | In 1840 we find in the title deeds when William Holding took over the tenancy of the farm that an oast was on the deeds ; after this date , between 1838–47 , the name was changed to Court Farm . |
| 11 | The court was told the house was unoccupied when the pair broke in but the police received information that a burglary was in progress . |
| 12 | TWO national newspapers , the Independent and the Sunday Times , yesterday asked the Court of Appeal to quash their convictions last May for contempt of court in publishing extracts from the Spycatcher book while a ban was in force against two other papers . |
| 13 | Now Steve wanted to marry Maria Luisa and a war was on the cards when Fernando found out ! |
| 14 | It was , of course , the purchasers business to employ a surveyor , whether a house or a boat was in question , and Pinkie would not be offering Dreadnought with any kind of guarantee as to soundness , only , after all , as to quaintness . |
| 15 | A third City goal just after the hour convinced Leeds that a fightback was beyond them . |
| 16 | Kingfisher was forced to show its hand after rumours that a bid was in the offing began to circulate on Tuesday . |
| 17 | The temperature in the sick rooms was to be maintained at 65° and a thermometer was to be installed . |
| 18 | POLICE in Paisley are hunting for thieves who broke into a house while a father was with his two children visiting their seriously ill mother in hospital . |
| 19 | Will the hon. Gentleman tell the House whether a watch was in the missing material and what guarantees |