Example sentences of "of [noun] was in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While we 're at it , and since the Teesdale village of Woodland was in the news on Monday , why is the most prominent of its two pubs called The Edge ? |
| 2 | Unfortunately this play was overshadowed by the opening production and Crawford was the only leading actor not to merit a mention from Eric Shorter in the Daily Telegraph , who believed that the key to performing this wittiest of farces was in the technique . |
| 3 | The earldom of March was in the king 's ward ; for Roger Mortimer , earl of March , had died in action in Ireland , leaving a six-year-old son to inherit . |
| 4 | THE WHIFF of intrigue was in the air at Twerton Park . |
| 5 | Portadown itself lay in the parish of Drumcree and the little suburb of Edenderry was in the parish of Seagoe . |
| 6 | It is not easy to reach a general conclusion on how valuable the process of appraisal was in the school as a whole . |
| 7 | The main importance of the controversy in the history of the Church of England was in the opportunity which it gave Andrewes to assert to Rome that ‘ Our appeal is to antiquity — yea even the most extreme antiquity . |
| 8 | The sharpest increase of 46% was in the South East outside London . |
| 9 | The greatest continuity of ownership was in the Rothermere Associated Newspapers combine and the smaller and narrower Pearson/Westminster group . |
| 10 | A different kind of continuity was in the nature of news . |
| 11 | This type of guarantee was in the past commonly created by the manufacturer supplying with the goods a reply paid postcard which the purchaser was asked to fill in and post , thereby accepting its terms . |
| 12 | The Chou Li says that the interpretation of dreams was in the department of the Grand Augur ( Ta Pu ) , and mentions a special expert of lower grade ( Chan Meng ) who specialised in it . |
| 13 | The SIMM modules were manufactured when the price of SIMMS was in the region of £200 per module . |
| 14 | ‘ The authorities in Northern Ireland were quite satisfied that a substantial amount of explosives was in the area , and it might only be a matter of time until this sort of activity was renewed . ’ |
| 15 | Can you tell us what breed of dog was in the picture ? |
| 16 | Within England , the greatest concentration of inhabitants was in the southeast of the country ( that is , Greater London and the surrounding counties ) , with a population of nearly 17 million . |
| 17 | The most important application of copper was in the cladding of wooden ships , until it was realised that the iron bolts also used corroded rapidly ( galvanic reaction doubtless ) and in doing so affected the timbering , causing the loss of many important vessels . |
| 18 | But it was clear that the isolation of France was in the interest of Germany . |
| 19 | The other area of controversy was in the kitchen , where cupboards were to be installed by John Saunders , a friend in the business . |
| 20 | Not many of them were in evidence yesterday , when the first proper snap of autumn was in the air . |
| 21 | The subterranean manifestation of Poseidon was in the form of earthquakes and tsunamis ; the terrestrial aspect was seen in the form or a bull ; the celestial was the sun and moon . |
| 22 | A bag with a change of clothes was in the boot . |
| 23 | The girl had suffered from tuberculosis of the lungs , but it was agreed that although that would ‘ probably at no very distant period have terminated fatally ’ the immediate cause of death was in the stomach . |
| 24 | Their Lordships are satisfied with the course taken by the trial judge and are further satisfied that the adverse effect on the jury from the defendant 's point of view was in the end no greater than it would have been if counsel had not made his improper observation . |
| 25 | The Duke of Gloucester was in the Abbey . |