Example sentences of "this [noun] was [prep] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This person was in fact an undischarged bankrupt who wrote to the plaintiff as being recommended by the editor and who misappropriated the funds sent to him by the plaintiff for investment . |
| 2 | His use of this notion was in effect an extension of America s own aggressive domestic policy into foreign policy . |
| 3 | This criticism was in part a reflection of the call made by the Report of the Committee on Physical Deterioration for greater physical and mental education for adolescents , but it also pointed to the three main criticisms of clubs which were reiterated years later by Freeman : that they could only really provide amusement ; that their positive educational value was small ; and that they failed to reach the mass of boys . |
| 4 | Doubtless this wish was at bottom an ideological one , inspired by the same mania for dividing the world into masculine and feminine that is still at work today . |
| 5 | She recognized that this feeling was in part a hangover from her schooldays , when her occasional invitations to friends had invariably resulted in sessions of strained discomfort , presided over by the disapprobation , however concealed , of her mother ; she had no precedent for successful hospitality . |
| 6 | Randy worked in close association with Grover Jackson to produce his custom guitars and this model was in fact a forerunner of the equally famous black version , which Jackson have previously made available as a signature model . |
| 7 | This book was in effect the first which emphasized contemporary processes and underlying physical principles and it focused upon river channels , drainage systems , slopes and had some reference to climatic-inspired systems . |
| 8 | The growth and formation of public opinion on this matter was in part the work of certain members of the Council and other prominent individuals who took every opportunity to attack the planners ' decisions and the activities of the Council 's Planning Committee . |
| 9 | For example , one local post graduate student involved in the Belfast research was firmly convinced that front-raised pronunciations by working-class speakers of items like cap and rat reflected attempts at correction in the direction of Received Pronunciation ; but the more systematically collected pilot-study data confirmed that this variant was in fact a low-status and recessive feature . |
| 10 | If she did so , however , whilst this agreement was in force the 30s. would be regarded as prima facie the correct figure . |
| 11 | This power was in part a consequence of the Church 's position as a landlord , as a charitable institution , and as a direct employer of labour in a ‘ beggar economy ’ . |