Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE NME was housed in a rambling , ramshackle , rabbit-warren of a building in Covent Garden 's Long Acre . |
| 2 | The WSWRRL was funded by the ESRC under the pilot phase of the regional Research Laboratory Initiative in 1987/88 and is one of a network of centres supported in the main phase of the Initiative . |
| 3 | He commented that the Pentagon was split between the advocates and opponents of a treaty . |
| 4 | The crowd at the Manor were treated to the good , the bad and the ugly side of Oxford United . |
| 5 | In 1914 the Manor was purchased by a body of British subscribers and presented to the peoples of Britain and the United States of America in celebration of 100 years peace and friendship between the two nations . |
| 6 | After the defeat of the battle of Hastings the parish was given along with others to Odo , Bishop of Bayeux , half brother to William I , but at an assembly at Penenden Heath in 1076 , led by Lanfranc , Archbishop of Canterbury , the Manor was returned to the Church of St. Andrew , Rochester . |
| 7 | In this capacity , he also established ties with the Government of Mozambique , and helped in the gradual process by which relations between Mozambique and the EEC were put on a more constructive basis . |
| 8 | Malcolm 's lasting interest in the Orient was illustrated by the fact that he became president of the China Society and helped to found the Oriental Ceramic Society . |
| 9 | In Scotland work in the Highlands was confined to the summer months allowing a full scale revision of the coalfields to be started . |
| 10 | In its annual report on anti-constitutional groups and activities ( Verfassungsschutzbericht ) , published in late November 1989 , the Interior Ministry had estimated that the RAF was led by a core group of 15 , with some 250 militant followers and a further 700-750 sympathisers . |
| 11 | Long before the Harrier , the RAF were presented with a proposal to minimise dependence on vulnerable airfields . |
| 12 | At one stage the Guernsey was used as a draught animal and later for beef , but its prime role was always as a milk producer . |
| 13 | The whole of Sadducee thought was oriented towards the Temple , and when the Temple was destroyed during the revolt of A.D. 66 , the official Sadducees ceased to exist . |
| 14 | Like the Tabernacle , the Temple was built round the preacher , in this case Joseph Parker . |
| 15 | In 1974 the value of the SDR was linked to a basket of sixteen national currencies , so the link with gold was severed . |
| 16 | The tall black man who had emerged from the Lincoln was dressed in a dark blue three-piece suit that looked incongruously heavy for such a hot day . |
| 17 | Flying bombing missions in Malaya was totally unconventional considering the Lincoln was designed as a main-stream heavy bomber for service with RAF Bomber Command on expected missions over Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union , a similar role to its predecessor , the immortal Lancaster . |
| 18 | The CU was achieved by the original six members in 1968 . |
| 19 | Relations between the federal government and the PBS were strained after the 1985 state elections when the PBS ousted the Berjaya party ( Bersatu Rakyat Jelata Sabah , then a federal coalition member — see p. 33778 ) . |
| 20 | Changes in the VHAI were used as an end point in this study . |
| 21 | Millar said : ‘ The WEA was subsidised by the state and we were not . |
| 22 | Millar said : ‘ The WEA was subsidised by the state and we were not . |
| 23 | In January 1953 the universities and the WEA were told of the Minister 's intention to cut grant-aid towards their adult education work by 10% for the educational year beginning the following August . |
| 24 | The decision to return to the States was taken after a visit to a specialist this week , and Palace physio David West will accompany him on the trip . |
| 25 | Like , where were all the anti-war songs when the Falklands were turned into a mass graveyard for the young men of England and Argentina ? |
| 26 | Like , where were all the anti-war songs when the Falklands were turned into a mass graveyard for the young men of England and Argentina ? |
| 27 | For example , the morning play on the Saturday was condensed into a half hour package and there was some great stuff in the morning . |
| 28 | When Bonnie Prince Charlie left after a brief visit during his march on England in 1745 , the Earl of Traquair vowed that the resplendent Bear Gates ( the ‘ Steekit Yetts ’ ) should not be opened again until the Stuarts were restored to the throne . |
| 29 | Dzerzinsky 's absence the Cheka was replaced by the GPU ( Gosudarstvennoe politicheskoe upravlenie ) , which was now to be integrated within the Commissariat for Internal Affairs . |
| 30 | The Mercedes was equipped with an electric sunroof , automatic transmission , anti-lock brakes and a few more extras that swelled the price by over £4,000 . |