Example sentences of "[noun] was [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her religion was part of life , just as the Africans was . |
| 2 | Marks and Spencer was second with 14% of the vote , Glaxo third with 11% and Shell a distant sixth with just 4.1% . |
| 3 | According to his son , Charles , Raine Spencer was matter of fact . |
| 4 | The early problems of the PFF gave its critics much to enjoy since the Force was Pathfinder in name only , The four initial squadrons , each with a different type of aircraft , had essentially different operational capabilities . |
| 5 | Speed was man to man marked by John Wark , who won the MOM award on Sky . |
| 6 | When forced to do so , the president 's action was greeted by applause : the fact that the president was Alfrink of Utrecht added piquancy to the event . |
| 7 | A company spokesman said that the closure was part of ICI 's policy of " getting out of potentially ozone-harming chemicals " . |
| 8 | The result was lack of co-ordination between different departments . |
| 9 | The result was controversy between Vienna and St Petersburg which dragged on for two decades . |
| 10 | The result was confusion about ends and policy ( as in Russia or Germany ) and the survival of aristocratic assumptions in political life . |
| 11 | United 's last defeat was way-back in March last season when they lost at Oldham . |
| 12 | Hill was professor of surgery and pathology at University College , London , with strong links to the military hierarchy through his marriage to the daughter of Sir Thomas Howell of the War Office . |
| 13 | DURING THE last 10 years of his life , John Arlott was chairman of Craigie Robertson , a public relations and sponsorship agency . |
| 14 | Reforming the British Army to operate as a potential expeditionary force on the Continent was anathema to pacifist opinion . |
| 15 | She wanted to tell him that he never would either , but her mind was awhirl with images of herself in Nathan 's arms , on the soft padded cotton sleeping-bag , and she could n't force the words out . |
| 16 | What Delors had in mind was aid worth £10 billion a year for ten years . |
| 17 | Analysts were agreed that the demonstration was part of Cárdenas 's plan to build a popular anti-government campaign to boost his campaign for the presidency in 1994 . |
| 18 | Ironically AMS was home to Neuron Data competitor Visix Software Inc until Visix was spun out as a separate concern back in 1988 . |
| 19 | Haffey was part of Scotland 's erratic tradition , a keeper capable of inspired performances and indescribable blunders , who had edged his way into an unconvincing Celtic team in the early '60s . |
| 20 | Dositej was minister of education in Karadjordje 's administration and Vuk was involved with both Karadjordje and Miloš . |
| 21 | What hampered him in practice was lack of manpower . |
| 22 | The smallest tank found to be adequate to breed a large pair of cichlids was 36″ × 15″ × 15″ and one author had six of these tanks running with deep bed undergravel filtration with no serious problems for the five years . |
| 23 | Lord Ennals was Secretary of State for Social Services from 1976–86 , and Opposition Spokesperson on Health in the House of Lords from 1986–91 . |
| 24 | It goes as far back as to when Lord Ennals was Secretary of State . |
| 25 | Supplicius of Amboise 's refusal to assist Fulk le Réchin in the field , because Fulk 's enemy was Thibaud of Blois to whom Supplicius had also paid homage , proved that the task was not always straightforward.i On the other hand , William the Conqueror was well supported against the royal invasions after 1051 . |
| 26 | ‘ Gentleman ’ Jim Almonds was part of Lewes 's group on the raid . |
| 27 | Crucifixion was death by suffocation : the prisoner alternated between pushing himself upright in order to breathe and sagging back to rest and relieve the pain . |
| 28 | Consequently a preparation containing no glycyrrhizic acid ( deglycyrrhizinised liquorice , CavedS , Rabro ) was marketed and subsequent research showed that its antiulcer effect was die to flavonoids such as licoflavonol ( 8 ) , licoricone ( 9 ) and kumatakenin ( 10 ) . |
| 29 | To the same effect was Rex v. Bland ( 1740 ) 7 Mod.Rep. 355 , and in 1794 in Rex v. Bishop of Ely , 5 Durn. & E. 475 Lord Kenyon C.J. regarded what had been said by Holt C.J. as settled law . |
| 30 | Muckle Flugga light was abeam at noon and we turned south after many weeks of heading north , toasting our furthest point north in the traditional Scots way . |