Example sentences of "[noun pl] was at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was done , and a connection which had existed unbroken for more than four centuries was at an end . |
| 2 | His knowledge of airships was at a premium , and his reputation had been enhanced by his patented invention of a carburettor that could burn hydrogen which was otherwise wasted on airship operations . |
| 3 | The question of how to deal with errors was at the heart of the debates in the central commission in the twelve months that preceded the Council . |
| 4 | The privatization of up to 40 state-owned companies was at the centre of the governments economic recovery plan . |
| 5 | The quality of those troops was at the heart of the Duke 's real worries . |
| 6 | Counselling in situations of emotional importance was at one end , and bargaining and advocacy over scarce resources was at the other . |
| 7 | In Britain Grundig has slashed the price of its European-made V2000 video recorders to less than £300 — thereby making a nonsense of the claim that dumping by Japanese firms was at the root of the crisis in the European industry . |
| 8 | The bomb exploded , apparently prematurely , in an empty bank building near a concert hall where the band of the Blues and Royals was at the time giving a charity performance in front of some 350 people . |
| 9 | Luce opened her eyes to find that a burly stranger in workmen 's overalls was at the wheel , and she was lying cradled against Michele 's chest , her head on his shoulder . |
| 10 | because the cry of the Soviets was at the time , in nineteen seventeen , the cry of the Soviets was not for communism or socialism but their cry , and they had it inscribed on their banners , peace land and bread , that 's what they had there , peace , land and bread , not communism . |
| 11 | Hart et al administered dimethylhydrazine ( 20 mg/kg ) weekly for a total of 16 weeks ( 12 weeks after enterectomy ) and at sacrifice at 50 weeks , the increase in tumours was at the anastomosis and not in the colon . |
| 12 | Radical urban restructuring involving major highway schemes was at an end . |
| 13 | The pumps was at the bottom of the adit . |
| 14 | The clerk was regarded as ‘ first among equals ’ by the other chief officers , but the co-ordination of services was at a minimum and sometimes non-existent . |
| 15 | Fergus Pyle of the Irish Times was at the station when the expected delegation from Liverpool arrived on the morning train . |
| 16 | Building-land in cities was at a premium . |
| 17 | During 1980–81 Nigerian spending on development projects was at the rate of about $30 million a day . |
| 18 | Prior to the war the bakers was at the top of the tree of tradesmen . |
| 19 | One of its gains was at the expense of Bill Craig . |