Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] was a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could see that providing specialist support for bureaux was a sure way of improving standards of generalist advice work but did not think that NACAB should develop these services further . |
| 2 | The outcome of these parallel strands of support for municipalization was a growth , especially from the early 1890s , of municipal ownership of public utilities such as gas and water supplies and public transport , and municipal provision of such services as libraries , museums , baths , wash-houses and improved street lighting and refuse disposal . |
| 3 | But US support for Adoc was a mixed blessing , given the history of US intervention in Panama and the passionate determination of Panamanians to achieve soberania total — complete sovereignty — over the Panama Canal by 2000 , as agreed with the US in 1977 . |
| 4 | I understand that ribbon-wearing to symbolise support for troops was a practice employed in England several centuries ago . |
| 5 | Responsibility for Tibbles was a free-floating affair , mainly consisting of whoever did n't want to feed her saying to whoever they thought should be feeding her , ‘ She 's your cat ! ’ |
| 6 | Just as the search for co-ordination was a central rallying call for urban projects and experiments in the 1970s — with the creation of the Comprehensive Community Programmes and Partnerships — so the 1980s saw similar developments . |
| 7 | Strach 's had it just about — so Wilko 's decision to swap Rocky for White was a complete load of bollocks — if he ca n't manage players like Rocky and Cuntona then he should n't be a f*****g manager especially of a team with rather large delusions of grandeur . |
| 8 | Contrasting the different methods of production was a valuable exercise to those unfamiliar with traditional weaving methods with many unique sales points being identified in the process . |
| 9 | I find that the refusal she then gave to the administration of blood was a refusal which took no account of the likely change in her circumstances . |
| 10 | A further consequence of a rather haphazard system of acquiring information for the recommendation of schools was a suspicion on the part of some headteachers that the invitation to participate was based on personal contacts and the preferences and prejudices of , for example , the local inspector . |
| 11 | The classical singing dog launch at the Contest of Champions was a howling success . |
| 12 | This was specifically endorsed by Lord Pearce in Esso where he explained that what Lord MacNaghten meant was that the adequacy of consideration was a key to oppression and that oppression is a key to reasonableness . |
| 13 | The collapse of EDC was a bitter blow to the European movement , made worse by the fact that in October , after a crisis which threatened to rend the Atlantic alliance apart , France accepted West German rearmament within NATO , the very thing she had rejected in 1950 . |
| 14 | One of only a handful of mixed freights which survived until closure of Woodhead was a late afternoon Tinsley-Dewsnap working , seen at the north end of Wadsley hauled by 76016/10 in May 1981 . |
| 15 | This must have been a joke , as he laughed , or perhaps any mention of marriage was a joke to Gordon , who walked past Nenna and settled himself between them in a small chair , actually a nursing chair , surviving from some earlier larger family home and much too low for him , so that he had to try crossing his legs in several positions . |
| 16 | Oddly , his loss of temper was a relief to Polly . |
| 17 | The tragic loss of Knowles was a sorry enough blow to suffer . |
| 18 | The loss of Batty was a big blow to the midfield but the injuries to both Wallace and Speed have been the big set back this season . |
| 19 | The loss of reason was a just punishment for an evil life , which was the result of the misuse of reason . |
| 20 | Everyone agreed that the loss of eyesight was a consequence of the animals taking up residence in an environment with no light , but the Lamarckians argued that the inherited effects of disuse provided a better explanation of the process than natural selection . |
| 21 | Reagan 's command of television was a vital qualification for the presidency in the 1980s . |
| 22 | In particular , disruption of the network as a result of conflict was a matter of great political sensitivity , making the railways vulnerable to the sort of external attack that both unions and management were constantly concerned to deflect . |
| 23 | The first Rottweiler to be registered by the Kennel Club of Finland was a male and his name was Hammarbys Puck ( KC Reg . |
| 24 | You could be forgiven for thinking that a book entitled The Mind of God was a work of theology , but you would be wrong . |
| 25 | His epitaph declared that for him ‘ the study of languages was a necessity , History a relaxation , Philosophy a devotion , Mathematics a delight , Music a duty , Theology a vocation ’ . |
| 26 | The final stroke of luck was a strong north-easterly which sprung up to wash them ashore on Great Barrier Island . |
| 27 | The manor of Cosmeston was a sub-manor of the manor of Sully which , in turn , was held from the lord of Glamorgan . |
| 28 | The fear of invasion was a powerful factor in many refugees ' lives . |
| 29 | But the essential conservatism of UDC thinking is revealed in the fact that , apart from a footnote on women 's suffrage , the only addition made to a platform written within weeks of the outbreak of war was a commitment to the defence of free trade . |
| 30 | Jason Irwin of Chicago was a man with entrepreneurial flair . |