Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patients included in the present study had diarrhoea that in some cases was of long duration . |
| 2 | I was conscious soon after , and for the next few hours was in a state of half-sleeping , half-waking , yet aware of the presence of a pretty young nurse , perhaps Thai or Korean , who alternated between giving me sips of water and jabbing a needle in my bum . |
| 3 | It is difficult to assess the performance of the DUP and Vanguard because there was considerable overlap between the two groups and the affiliation of some candidates was in doubt . |
| 4 | The association dates back half a century and in some eyes was at its peak during the Reagan-Thatcher years . |
| 5 | ‘ Virtually anyone who had some flannels was in contention for a first-team place as Eric Hollies , Tom Dollery , Ken Taylor , Bill Fantham and myself were the only prewar survivors . |
| 6 | Without thinking I tagged on to the end of the marching men and within a few seconds was past the SPs unnoticed . |
| 7 | The only resort in such cases was to the severity of High Court proceedings . |
| 8 | The keep of Rochester Castle , though ruined and with its floors missing , still gives a clear impression of what living in such keeps was like . |
| 9 | He thought that the answer to such questions was of little consequence for what he wanted to say . |
| 10 | Facial gesture and general demeanour could easily signal the force with which the utterance of such nouns was to be taken . |
| 11 | Cynics might hastily conclude that the canons of " good committee practice " are neither sufficient nor necessary conditions for meaningful INSET to take place , but a better interpretation in our view is that the potential for such developments was to some extent wasted precisely because the structure , purpose and status of the panel were so confused . |
| 12 | The last time the Community was in such straits was in 1975 , when output fell 1% . |
| 13 | The main need of these artists was for good opportunities to exhibit their work ; unlike the equally celebrated group Die Brücke ( The Bridge ) they did not work closely together . |
| 14 | One may presume that the standard of living of both these groups was above the national average , and that this could have given them better resistance to disease than their poorer neighbours . |
| 15 | And the growth of these herbs was in turn encouraged by the Aboriginal people — paradoxically , by setting fire to them , and getting rid of whatever was rank . |
| 16 | The result of these plans was in a sense absurd . |
| 17 | One of these clients was in fact still at home in March 1989 . |
| 18 | The emphasis in these speeches was on the need for unity and the avoidance of dissent in radio programmes . |
| 19 | One of the earliest of these settlements was on the island of Torcello on the Venetian Lagoon , and nearby Venice was established later . |
| 20 | The production of axes from these sites was on a prodigious scale , although we know nothing of how they were traded and distributed all over England and Wales . |
| 21 | In November of 1954 , Williams began a series of lectures at the Public Library , and while the theme of these lectures was by now a familiar one to his audiences ( education in the West Indies ) , the public debate that ensued between Williams and the Reverend Dom . |
| 22 | The distinction of these functions was in part a result of their internal development , as each function required more skill and time . |
| 23 | The first of these criticisms was by fur the strongest made by solicitors interviewed for the research study by Baldwin and Hill . |
| 24 | One of the ways in which CMEAD hoped to address these criticisms was by encouraging the reform of management development , both in terms of its content and of its delivery , with a view to widening access to effective management education and development . |
| 25 | On the other hand the material which Eliot had put into Pound 's hands turned out to be so inchoate that many readers were led to wonder how far the poem as they had it all these years was in any authentic sense Eliot 's at all . |
| 26 | The opening chapter and most pace-setting of these contributions was by the only Englishman featured in the book , Arnold Toynbee . |
| 27 | The trend these days was towards plain English . |
| 28 | Before 1979 , 90 per cent of RX business had been in copier rental : capital realized by the sale of these machines was to be reinvested in training . |
| 29 | If I did not believe that the answer to these questions was in each case a resounding yes I would have found it very difficult to give these lectures . |
| 30 | Now Dr Winfield — and I have ratified this — made 127 sorties ; he could not have enjoyed his period at the Institute very much because he never seemed to he there , But he would come on a station with some project he wanted to fully research and he believed the only way to fully research these things was to " try them out on the dog " . |