Example sentences of "[prep] these [noun] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important and all-embracing of these groups was the ‘ family state ’ , which figured prominently in the official political ideology . |
| 2 | The most influential of these groups was the Bhutan People 's Party ( BPP ) , which organized a series of large demonstrations in southern Bhutan in September 1990 to protest against Drukpa domination and to demand political reforms [ see p. 37711 ] . |
| 3 | The most dramatic and explosive of these changes was the devastating impact upon the social and political fabric of Europe of the First World War . |
| 4 | The second of these choices was the one that most feminists adopted , and as a result the next decade was marked by an increasing self-confidence on the part of feminists about their place in philosophy . |
| 5 | One surprising aspect of these responses was the way they were almost always followed or overlaid by a sense of satisfaction , even pleasure , at having documentary evidence to support particular explanations of racism , and particular ideological standpoints related to them . |
| 6 | But underlying all of these reasons was the uncertainty of being able to cope : " What about discipline ? " . |
| 7 | Lenin 's explanation of these set-backs was the dependence of the new regime on the personnel of the old . |
| 8 | An important aspect of these festivals was the offering of gifts to the gods . |
| 9 | The eventual outcome of these innovations was the emergence of the social survey as the dominant method of social research using principles derived , and extended , from experimental designs in biology and botany , and in psychology . |
| 10 | The basis of these systems was the allocation of credit points to parts of courses so that candidates could move from one course to another or from one centre to another and carry credit for past achievement , where that achievement was relevant to the new course . |
| 11 | In varying forms , at one time strong and another weak , the assertion of these principles was the history of nineteenth-century diplomacy . |
| 12 | One of the most important of these institutions was the workers ' council , which made its appearance in the early part of this century as a method of establishing direct working-class control of production , in opposition to both capitalist ownership and centralized state control . |
| 13 | Leaving aside social legislation , the most important of these factors was the opening up of the grain-bearing areas of North America , refrigeration , and acceleration of maritime transport . |
| 14 | Another aspect of these aims was the powerful attraction of establishing international companies for their own sake . |
| 15 | The source of these conflicts was the differing measures of willingness or otherwise of individuals or groups to suppress and control the inborn tendencies to satisfy the evolutionary appetites . |
| 16 | One of these problems was the need to introduce the study ( traditionally neglected in institutions like ours ) of modern foreign languages . |
| 17 | The genesis of these provisions was the widespread belief that the operations of share-pushers were damaging to the integrity of the markets , and contrary to the public interest . |
| 18 | The first of these circumstances was the arrival of an envelope , which she discovered on the hall mat on her return from school . |
| 19 | The most ferocious of these invaders was the 500,000-strong army of Attila the Hun , which stormed into the Empire in the spring of 451 . |
| 20 | The most recent and comprehensive of these relationships was the Lib-Lab Pact of 1977–79 . |
| 21 | Even more unbelievable than either of these details was the fact that Donald was a doctor . |
| 22 | The great increase in the number and size of these trees was the most striking difference in the town 's appearance . |
| 23 | Typical of these arrests was the case of Isobel Brown . |
| 24 | One of the most important of these marriages was the match contracted in October 1256 between Esquivat , count of Bigorre , and Agnes , daughter of Roger IV , count of Foix ( 1241–65 ) . |
| 25 | Much the most notable of these novelties was the policy of the privatization of industries and utilities . |
| 26 | All she could seem to think of these days was the way Fen had kissed her , made love to her . |
| 27 | At the centre of these events was the announcement that Sellafield wanted to expand its activities . |
| 28 | The first priority of these years was the provision of the basic requirements of life . |
| 29 | A principal target for these discontents was the impact of the ‘ Americanised , popular amusements of ‘ admass ’ which were widely deplored . |
| 30 | The scientific basis for these reductions was the latest research findings on the health of the 90,000 people who had been exposed to the radiation from the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs and were still alive . |