Example sentences of "[conj] was [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was widely believed that North Korea had the capacity — or was on the verge of achieving it — to produce a nuclear weapon . |
| 2 | The first defendant learnt of this but also became aware that no copy of his report had been sent to the tribunal or was on the plaintiff 's file at the hospital . |
| 3 | Notice to produce the document must have been given in order to render oral evidence of it admissible ; it must be shown that the document existed , is or was in the possession of the other side , and that the original would have been admissible and relevant . |
| 4 | Western intelligence experts , who believed that North Korea had already built or was in the process of constructing a reprocessing facility capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium , were taken by surprise since satellite photographs had previously shown only two reactors . |
| 5 | ‘ Far from helping Third World governments to realise their development goals , excessive reliance on mass media had , in fact , generated consumerism and a new individualism which , in turn , had stimulated demand to a degree that was beyond the capacity of the economy to absorb , ’ writes Mr Jayaweera . |
| 6 | And then there was an iron bar going from this plank , through the wall , and you could Er then this sort of a a pronged thing that was over the strap , you you could s push it over with that pu pulling the the plank up here . |
| 7 | I found that interesting because it appears that the Minister does not know how many doctors made a claim that was above the amount of the reimbursement schedule or , if he did know , he was unwilling to tell me , so I must presume that he did not know . |
| 8 | Therefore , on 13 February 1991 , I tabled a written question : ’ To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners in previous years , in complying with his wishes to move to use computers , applied for a grant for the installation of a computer system that was above the figure of payment set out in the published computer cost reimbursement schedule . ’ |
| 9 | Like the FAOR Field Trial ( Chapt 10 ) it took place in an establishment that was under the control of a Social Services Department . |
| 10 | It was easy to cast a slug that was of the body size , therefore your paragraphs were separated by a slug that was the body size , you did n't put a three point which is what you 'd have probably wanted . |
| 11 | In these three miracles Jesus claimed the right to do any action on the Sabbath that was for the good of people . |
| 12 | Woodward opened the folder that was on the desk and took out a paper . |
| 13 | Christ that was on the way ! |
| 14 | No I do n't feel guilty , I mean I would I would love to see everybody that was on the platform still alive . |
| 15 | Monty was supposed to be on the wagon and I certainly did n't see him drinking , until I discovered that every time he passed the bar he 'd pick up any bottle that was on the bar and drink it . |
| 16 | Lee got up and ran back to the toilet , picking up the helmet that was on the floor . |
| 17 | And erm I rang the lady it turned out it was mother that was on the phone at Manchester . |
| 18 | ‘ Now , have a look at this interview that was on the News last night . ’ |
| 19 | erm we 're not expecting to see a huge amount of discounting in the summer months , so erm because the capacity that was on the market this year is going to very much match the demand from customers |
| 20 | Any name that was on the list was there because Nikos had put it there . |
| 21 | And Jim er Bill grabbed the camera that was on the mantlepiece and he got a shot , not of me , but he got a shot of Pat and her friend and Bryan and er , it was er , er , something I 'll never forget . |
| 22 | Jan did you lift the money that was on the side here ? |
| 23 | These had a privately run deposit-insurance scheme that was on the point of going bust , following the failure in October of the two-branch Heritage Loan and Investment of Providence . |
| 24 | The man that was on the mower , they had an eye to that they would just wait until it was off the the Where it was cut you see ? |
| 25 | " That one that was on the telly … " |
| 26 | Do you remember that programme that was on the telly , where those people went ? |
| 27 | He reached out for his tie that was on the table . |
| 28 | This Mrs Melburn , the parson 's wife … she seems a motherly figure , in a way , but that bit ’ — she pointed to the page of a letter that was on the table — ‘ that bit tells you why they came this way . ’ |
| 29 | Her tutored eye saw that it had been made by a skilled seamstress , the tight , low-cut bodice erupting in a flurry of lace at the breast , the equally tight sleeves stiff with fake pearls and silver thread which formed the same flower design that was on the over-skirt . |
| 30 | Well my fucking , my deep fat fryer 's sitting out we got an electric one we used to have the one that was on the cooker |