Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Thus a car which is so seriously damaged that its chassis is distorted could no longer be accurately described as new , even after being repaired , whereas if only the engine were damaged the car could be restored to newness by a new engine being installed . |
| 32 | Perhaps he would be speaking the truth and this small scene was repeated the length of the Nile . |
| 33 | At 2200 the casualty refloated herself under her own power , but as the rudder was jammed the lifeboat came in again to secure a towline from the casualty 's bow to keep her off the sand . |
| 34 | At first the winter months were used for training but when the policy of laying up cutters for the winter was discontinued the courses were held throughout the year . |
| 35 | Since this law was introduced the number of deaths and serious injuries to children as a result of car accidents has been significantly reduced . |
| 36 | There was a high wind and clouds scudded across the blue sky and when the sun was obscured the wind seemed cold . |
| 37 | Many materials — iron work , gunpowder , candles , timber , coal , and so on , were obtained from further afield and even the benefit of smelting the ore was denied the area . |
| 38 | His coffee bar was called The Lollipop in tribute to the good ship rather than in acknowledgement of any goodies for sale within . |
| 39 | When the break for lunch was called the press girl came and fetched her , ‘ About ten minutes , okay ? ’ |
| 40 | If just out-of-hours work was considered the figures are 2.5 hours per team member per month , of which hardly any active work occurred after 11 p.m . |
| 41 | In Byzantine architecture was evolved the principle of the dome set over a square , first upon squinches which , built across the corners , provided an octagonal base for the dome , and later on pendentives . |
| 42 | When this proposal was rejected the committee detailed three of its members to work out how emancipation might be achieved . |
| 43 | There had been no Darkness in the stranger , and Hawk recalled that one of the spirit warriors who would stand with the One-Eyed White Girl in the last battle was called the Man Who Rides Alone . |
| 44 | Demand for prospectuses has been such that an Independent scribe seeking a Warburgs telephone number for publication was told the firm really would prefer that it did not appear in print . |
| 45 | The contractors did not block them up , and when the reservoir was filled the water from it burst through the old shafts and flooded A's mines . |
| 46 | And the club committee was given the go-ahead to seek legal advice in their bid to remain at the ground for at least six months under a protected tenancy . |
| 47 | The Nobel committee was spared the embarrassment of having made a mistake by the discovery in 1983 at CERN ( European Centre for Nuclear Research ) of the three massive partners of the photon , with the correct predicted masses and other properties . |
| 48 | In 1962 at the time the Master Plan was submitted the Architect 's Journal reported briefly on the proposals and questioned whether Cramlington New Town would ever materialize in the form recoin mended by the planning consultants . |
| 49 | ( A fine baby boy was born the day Eric arrived , and asked what he thought the child should be called he suggested ‘ Armistizio ’ . ) |
| 50 | The newborn boy was given the name of Philip . |
| 51 | After the banning of The Well of Loneliness Radclyffe Hall was denied the recognition she deserved for her mastery of the narrative technique of interior monologue and as a writer who dealt with a great variety of themes , such as World War I , materialism , Catholicism , and the suppression of women by patriarchal society . |
| 52 | and that if only the balancing act was involved the registrar 's order should stand . |
| 53 | The moment the Queen was warned the photos would appear in the Daily Mirror , she ordered copies to be made available to her as soon as possible . |
| 54 | The event will go ahead on August 30 , along with the nationally recognised dog show on the Saturday , but the parish council was told the show 's future looked gloomy because of increased charges , particularly those for hiring equipment from Langbaurgh council . |
| 55 | Middlesbrough Council was offered the opportunity to buy the building , but had to turn it down . |
| 56 | A slightly older child was given the task of colouring in a picture for part of her correspondence lessons . |
| 57 | Dr Daniel told The Art Newspaper that ‘ someone , either working for the family or an independent speculative dealer , has already approached the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York offering the collection ’ , and that ‘ a private Spanish gallery was offered the Kramar collection from someone in Japan ’ . |
| 58 | For years , the gallery was promised the Villahermosa Palace . |
| 59 | The ice was broken the day after Natasha arrived in England . |
| 60 | Tork was shown the transcript of a brief conversation . |