Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] was in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I estimate prices I look at how important the costume or prop was in the film , and how significant the film was . |
| 2 | ‘ But she does n't know that divorce was in the wind , ’ Dougal said . |
| 3 | The new strategic situation , Soviet space successes , the decolonisation process and ( until 1958–9 ) the apparently successful reintegration of the socialist camp after 1956 all contributed to a surge of optimism within the Soviet Union that socialism was in the ascendant . |
| 4 | In Essex , the framework for organisation and provision was in the hands of Douglas-Smith who with the assistance of two young women graduates and various part-time tutors expanded the District 's course provision from nineteen classes in 1939–40 to almost fifty by the end of the war . |
| 5 | The Independent reported on the same day that control of Kuwait 's security and administration was in the hands of Ali Hasan al Majid , Iraq 's Minister of Local Government and architect of the government 's 1987-88 military campaign against Kurdish rebels . |
| 6 | She was beginning to wonder if fitzAlan was in the habit of leaving languishing females behind him wherever he went . |
| 7 | The stars were already pricking the sky , and frost was in the air . |
| 8 | He determined that the most explosive mixture of the purified methane and air was in the ratio of 1:8 . |
| 9 | She made sure all the plumbing and wiring was in the path of progress . |
| 10 | Wilson 's chief contribution to botany and horticulture was in the exploration of China . |
| 11 | But Boy was in the Brigade . |
| 12 | But romance was in the air not only for the Royal Couple . |
| 13 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 14 | In his section of the AB , Hincmar attributed many crucial diplomatic and political activities to queens : since some were activities of which he approved , and only some queens were credited with such roles , it seems less likely that he obsessively exaggerated the nefarious influence of women ( though misogyny was in the air breathed by medieval churchmen ) than that he accurately portrayed a feature of Carolingian political life underrecorded by other contemporary writers . |
| 15 | It did this in Tuscany a few years back , when Chianti was in the doldrums . |