Example sentences of "[was/were] in [noun] with [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the war of 1914–18 the English working class were in contact with foreigners to an extent that is rarely possible . |
| 2 | Within minutes of being trapped behind a 20-feet thick wall of coal , steel and rubble completely filling the 12-feet high and 16-feet wide tunnel , they were in contact with colleagues on the opposite side using the undamaged Tannoy system which runs along the wall of the roadway . |
| 3 | The recent increases were in line with movements in the Rotterdam spot market . |
| 4 | Losses in mortgage indemnity business were in line with expectations at $10m . |
| 5 | Losses in mortgage indemnity business , where General Accident has only a 4% share , were in line with expectations at $4.4m . |
| 6 | Thus , it can be calculated from the figures that in 1951–52 over 72% of all WEA ‘ centres ’ in the Eastern District were in places with populations of less than 5,000 ; only 10% were in places with over 20,000 people . |
| 7 | Det Sgt Hardy Jones of Darlington CID confirmed he was in contact with officers from other forces to discuss the raids . |
| 8 | Such a confident assertion of local feeling against nuclear power was in tune with shifts in the national political scene . |
| 9 | The Acting Chairman of the Russian Central Bank , Viktor Gerashchenko , was in dispute with supporters of acting Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar , chief architect of the drive to a market economy , over measures to deal with the massive outstanding debts of state enterprises . |
| 10 | A spokeswoman for Database said the company was in negotiations with EDS until IBM Italia , which holds 22.5% of the company , found out and put a stop to them . |
| 11 | But this in itself did not lead to Worcester being an obvious target for government to focus attention on , since such a reduction was in line with predictions for other hospitals . |