Example sentences of "of [noun sg] was [prep] 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 | I could hear boulders grinding on the river bed and the grumble of thunder was like the sound of distant gunfire . |
| 3 | The most recent of course was within the memory of many of today 's crews and supporters , the loss of The Dutchess of Kent in January 1970 with just one survivor from her crew of six . |
| 4 | THE WHIFF of intrigue was in the air at Twerton Park . |
| 5 | The Court of Appeal ruled that outside s.2(1) the question of dishonesty was for the jury applying " the current standards of ordinary decent people " . |
| 6 | Already she could see their faces , the faces of the fucking bloody middle class , when the subject of money was on the agenda . |
| 7 | The Victorian worship of money was on the wax , and houses were an outward expression of what you were worth and how fashionable was your taste . |
| 8 | The revival of industry was at the heart of Mr Lamont 's Autumn Statement . |
| 9 | It is not easy to reach a general conclusion on how valuable the process of appraisal was in the school as a whole . |
| 10 | In the ninth and tenth centuries the financial aspect of feudalism was on the whole less important than the military . |
| 11 | He agreed that a regrettable lack of foresight was at the root of it , but he felt that there were extenuating circumstances , and he seemed resolved to do something about it , in so far as he could . |
| 12 | However , there seems no doubt that slavery as a mode of exploitation was on the decline in Latin America , even before it was abolished , and that the economic case against this form of labour appeared increasingly strong after 1850 . |
| 13 | Another initial area of disagreement was over the casting of Susan George as his wife Amy . |
| 14 | The concept of flexibility was at the centre of debates surrounding economic restructuring throughout the 1980s . |
| 15 | The greatest continuity of ownership was in the Rothermere Associated Newspapers combine and the smaller and narrower Pearson/Westminster group . |
| 16 | But the weight of opinion was on the side of the man closest to the throne , murderous and oppressive or not . |
| 17 | Although there were some reservations of this kind in both industry and the institutions the balance of opinion was with the sandwich course , and within the Committee for Science and Technology and its boards the commitment to sandwich courses remained strong . |
| 18 | David Curry , Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries & Food , concluded that the balance of opinion was against the regulation and significant amendments would have to be made to the proposal to make it acceptable . |
| 19 | There is a rough division between east and west which became apparent in Peter Webster 's study of Severn Valley wares found on the Wall ( 1972 ) , for , although there is not a great quantity it has a definite western bias , which suggests that the means of transport was by the sea . |
| 20 | A different kind of continuity was in the nature of news . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The Association 's choice of name was from the outset controversial . |
| 23 | Can you tell us what breed of dog was in the picture ? |
| 24 | Thus , in the actual case their Lordships held that although the Minister had to adduce evidence that the decision to ban national unions at G.C.H.Q. was based on considerations of national security , the question of whether such considerations outweighed the prima facie duty of fairness was for the Minister himself to decide . |
| 25 | But in the meantime another form of recording was on the way — ‘ digital recording ’ . |
| 26 | The other cause of the present crisis was Ben , a man of few principles , whose only view of life was through the bottom of a tankard , riddled as he was with guilt and arrogance . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | At first , the major focus of concern was over the possibility of technological unemployment . |
| 29 | The Conservative government 's 1988 housing reforms contained several proposals aimed at rejuvenating the private rented sector , after the years in which the promotion of home-ownership was at the forefront of housing policy . |
| 30 | The Court of Appeal unanimously held that the time of delivery was of the essence of this contract , but that this stipulation was waived by the defendant 's requests for delivery after the due date which would have estopped him had there been delivery within the extended time . |