Example sentences of "of [noun sg] was in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Where flows are heavy , segregation would be the norm ; elsewhere integration with vehicular traffic in calmed areas would be perfectly acceptable , provided that safety was the principal criterion and that directness of route was in no way compromised .
2 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 ?
3 THE WHIFF of intrigue was in the air at Twerton Park .
4 It is not easy to reach a general conclusion on how valuable the process of appraisal was in the school as a whole .
5 The greatest continuity of ownership was in the Rothermere Associated Newspapers combine and the smaller and narrower Pearson/Westminster group .
6 A different kind of continuity was in the nature of news .
7 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 .
8 Can you tell us what breed of dog was in the picture ?
9 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 .
10 The other area of controversy was in the kitchen , where cupboards were to be installed by John Saunders , a friend in the business .
11 Not many of them were in evidence yesterday , when the first proper snap of autumn was in the air .
12 Although service of a writ out of the jurisdiction with leave placed the defendant within the power of the court , the assumption of jurisdiction was in a sense only provisional , as the defendant could apply to set it aside .
13 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 .
14 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 .
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