Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] a [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His first words were a salute to the people of South Africa , to whom he declared : " I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you , the people . |
| 2 | Her hands were on his shoulders and she was pleading , but the words were a blur in the swirling mist of need and pain that engulfed him . |
| 3 | I have always thought boils were a symptom of the first signs of scurvy , caused by a lack of ascorbic acid , vitamin C. Surely diet , rather than lesions and subsequent infection , is a much more important factor ? |
| 4 | The government 's bill proposed that the President should mediate in disputes between the government and the Sejm ; such disputes were a feature of the outgoing parliament . |
| 5 | Worst of all , the heavy four-motor cars were a drain on the electrical distribution system , especially in South Shore , and sometimes a whole section would go ‘ dead ’ . |
| 6 | It is conceivable that the forceful suppression of women 's inordinate sexual demands was a pre-requisite to the dawn of every modern civilization , and almost every human culture . |
| 7 | Her return to mere domestic grievances was a relief after the nightmare about the army . |
| 8 | One of the early attractions was a fountain in the middle of the floor . |
| 9 | The question was whether reimbursement of these fares by the clients was a consideration for the supply of services and , if it was , whether it was liable to Value Added Tax . |
| 10 | Communication between constable peers was a threat to the discipline of command . |
| 11 | A further consequence of a rather haphazard system of acquiring information for the recommendation of schools was a suspicion on the part of some headteachers that the invitation to participate was based on personal contacts and the preferences and prejudices of , for example , the local inspector . |
| 12 | Such phrases were a fashion of the time and sufficiently vague to be meaningless as a guide on any serious policy matter . |
| 13 | In essence , the initiatives taken by larger companies were a consequence of the radical economic strategy which was promoted by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI ) from the early 1950s . |
| 14 | Also among the visitors was a representative of the National Free Church Council , the most important example of Nonconformist ‘ imperialist efficiency ’ to emerge in the nineteenth century . |
| 15 | A visit to the market on Wednesdays was a highlight of the week when we were too young for school . |
| 16 | Indeed , much of the merger movement within countries was a reaction to the strengthening of overseas competition . |
| 17 | The common factor to all the manipulations was a change in the water balance around the growing shoot . |
| 18 | Taped to the mirror behind the bottles was a poster of the Lapierre of Dijon cycling team squinting into the sun , arms crossed , immense thighs bulging from long black shorts . |
| 19 | The group declared in a statement that the attacks were a protest against the government 's asylum policy , which it claimed " writes off , excludes and dehumanizes people " . |
| 20 | But Mr Charlton declined to say whether the Skipton would receive higher commissions on the sale of investment products , or whether commissions were a factor in the severing of the L&G link . |
| 21 | Those statements were a testament to the life and spirit the plaintiff has within her . |
| 22 | If country banks were a product of the latter half of the eighteenth century , country banking functionally defined has a longer history , despite the fact that only a dozen institutions formally known as banks were in existence before 1750 . |
| 23 | It had not been a response to an immediate military threat , but rather to something fundamentalist and almost intuitive — a feeling that Britain must possess so climacteric a weapon in order to deter an atomically armed enemy , a feeling that Britain as a great power must acquire all major new weapons , a feeling that atomic weapons were a manifestation of the scientific and technological superiority on which Britain 's strength , so deficient in sheer numbers of men , must depend . |
| 24 | Finally , in the late fifth century Epaminondas was a pupil of the Pythagorean Lysis of Tarentum . |
| 25 | Section i concluded that the interest shown in trust wordings was a reflection of the demand that , although formless , a trust should be phrased in words which demonstrated an unequivocal intention on the part of the deceased to bind a trustee to do something for a beneficiary . |
| 26 | Seen in feudal terms , the Crusades were a defence of the Lord 's rights to which , in all loyalty , all Christians should contribute , either personally or in other ways . |
| 27 | Such conditions were a ruse by the North to make the South pay an unfair share of the cost of protecting the environment , said Bernard Chidzero , the Zimbabwe finance minister , at the September 1989 Commonwealth finance ministers ' meeting in Jamaica . |
| 28 | ‘ Conditions were a disgrace in the second half , ’ said McLean who has never hidden his hatred of a strong wind . |
| 29 | John Major , whose declared policy is to keep inflation between one and four per cent next year , said the figures were a boost for the economy . |
| 30 | The visiting party had concluded that the management problems were a threat to the academic standards of the institution , and most faculties were affected . |