Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taylor , who runs Taylor & Taylor Executive was named the regional chairman of the Federation of Small Business six weeks ago . |
| 2 | The warbling grass parakeet or Melopsittacus undulatus was a familiar bird to the Aborigines , who called it the ‘ betcherrygah ’ . |
| 3 | In some respects a much more significant piece of legislation than either Mortmain or Circumspecte agatis was chapter 41 of the second statute of Westminster in 1285 . |
| 4 | To complete the picture of railways in this area one should add that the quite successful Leominster & Kington Railway was opened in 1862 and eventually had various extensions and branches , some of which were already under discussion when Kington was reached . |
| 5 | The only solution was to fly in the required paint from Port Moresby to the mining project site , where Tabubil Engineering was heading the fabrication effort . |
| 6 | When the Gamble & Crosfields partnership was dissolved in 1845 , Shanks became a partner in the new firm , Crosfield Bros. & Co. , a position he held for the rest of his life . |
| 7 | Neither the Sutton or Mitcham route was crossed by any overbridge and it was stated that covered top cars would be a boon when crossing Mitcham Common in winter . |
| 8 | where Downings factory was ? |
| 9 | A very fine set of eighteenth-century coffin furniture of the highest-quality Tuesby & Cooper type was discovered in 1975 in a private vault in Jamaica . |
| 10 | The Warsaw Treaty Organization or Warsaw Pact was formally dissolved by its six remaining members — Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , Hungary , Poland , Romania , and the Soviet Union — in Prague , the Czechoslovakian capital , on July 1 . |
| 11 | Even if a Bombay or China voyage was as profitable as David Scott suggested , a vessel with excellent accommodation for passengers was likely to bring a greater reward to its commander if it went to Bengal , for the centre of government was the destination of many of the wealthier travellers . |
| 12 | He left her at the gates of the modern-looking block , then drove to St Michael 's , where Nicky Stone was a pupil . |
| 13 | And where Jack Scamp was hiding out . |
| 14 | ‘ The Norwood & Chambers contract was started long before I joined the company . |
| 15 | Whether it would be Russian or Habsburg influence was in 1880 still uncertain . |
| 16 | Purified Dcm or Dcm/Cys177Ser protein was incubated with non-radioactive DNA duplexes and analysed by electrophoresis through a 10% polyacrylamide gel containing 2% SDS . |
| 17 | Survivals include the Cambrian Coast , radio signalled in 1988 , where Barmouth viaduct was after all repaired , the Central Wales where a decision was taken to rebuild the bridge which collapsed while a train was crossing it in high flood , and the Settle & Carlisle where the government perhaps surprisingly refused closure . |
| 18 | Although planned earlier , it was not built until 1844 by which time the Farmer 's Bridge to Salford Junction section of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal was hopelessly congested with 24 hour/day , 7 day/week working . |
| 19 | It said that the auditors knew that Union Discount was extending credit to Berg and it was foreseeable that it would be sent copies of the accounts and would rely on them when making decisions whether or not to continue or extend credit . |
| 20 | It amused him to think that , although Marcus Judge was no longer taking an active part in the running of the Brotherhood , leaving most of the day-to-day organisation to his son , Josh was still afraid of the old man . |
| 21 | But Pollett too did not stay long , for by April 1630 the townspeople had notified the Goldsmiths that William Plant was now " teaching the children " . |
| 22 | But in fact , when comparative levels of spending per head of population were studied by the regional treasurer , it was found that NETRHA spending was more or less right . |
| 23 | F.J. Anderson , a settler with a farm at Rasha Rasha , was the spokesman for those who felt that Masai District was wasted on the Masai . |
| 24 | Small wonder , then , that Marcus Judge was still feared and hated by so many men in the Isle of Dogs . |
| 25 | He told me that Lambeth Palace was pursuing its own contacts in an attempt to locate Terry Waite . |
| 26 | Benny did n't know that Peggy Pine was an old friend of Mother Francis , that they had been girls years ago and that when she came to the convent she called Mother Francis Bunty . |
| 27 | There were signs that Waterloo Boy was past his best for the season and those were emphasised when Katabatic easily beat him at Cheltenham in April . |
| 28 | Our client had it in telephone conversation with the bank on ninth of September only proceeded with the proposed purchase on the express understanding that Frinton property was not to be included particularly as his father 's companion a Mrs eighty years of age , was residing in the property and owned a half share of it . |
| 29 | WHEN Ian McGeechan made his oft-quoted remark in Australia last summer that David Sole was ‘ a player 10 years ahead of his time ’ , the Lions ' coach neatly summed up the collective view of the touring party . |
| 30 | Now that Anubis House was paid for , the Trustees would look to help in education . |