Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A matter which has taken a great deal of time was the proposal before ITAC in relation to future arrangements for the Electronic Distribution of the Crown Court List . |
| 2 | Another direct result of conquest by force of arms was the development of slavery , which was widespread up to the beginning of the nineteenth century . |
| 3 | For Darwin and his closest followers it was evident that the driving force of evolution was the process that adapted populations to their ever-changing environments . |
| 4 | Lankester suggested that the driving force of progress was the struggle of organisms to cope with environmental challenge , and warned that degeneration threatened any species that took up a less stimulating environment . |
| 5 | The geography of energy was the subject for a paper by Linton ( 1965 ) which appeared well before the advent of the systems approach . |
| 6 | Another key factor related to the possibility of the closure of Hormuz was the mood prevailing in ruling circles in Tehran . |
| 7 | Loss of A73–40 was the result of the aircraft hitting trees on high ground after cleaning up on take-off . |
| 8 | So often the loss of self-control was the welcome prelude to a confession — a confession that was usually , in turn , a vast relief to the pent-up pressures of a tortured mind . |
| 9 | My prize for the most colourful quote goes to the scientist who said that the likelihood of humans having come about as the result of evolution was the same as a tornado in a scrapyard having accidentally assembled a Jumbo jet . |
| 10 | ‘ Personal self-denial for the good of others was the first important lesson Annie learned , ’ says Taylor , ‘ and it was a principle by which she stood for the rest of her life . ’ |
| 11 | More important for the long-term programme of submission was the fact that they agreed to allow Christian missionaries into their lands . |
| 12 | Bob 's bid of $1,630 was the highest paid for any of the 44 aircraft auctioned . |
| 13 | Bateson now argued that the direct study of variation was the only way of trying to understand how evolution actually works . |
| 14 | Bentley 's group theory postulated that the study of politics was the study of the conflict between groups , although his work did not refer to organised interest groups only but to groups with shared views . |
| 15 | Professor Dyos ' study of Camberwell was the first in a series of examinations which have enabled us to see how the ubiquitous terraced streets of our great cities were laid out and slowly built up in a highly complex way , for a whole series of social and economic reasons . |
| 16 | To judge from the very wide circulation of the decisions on these details , in contrast to the almost total lack of circulation of the earlier decrees , this concentration of effort was the right policy ; but it took at least another two generations before the aim , which Anselm in 1102 had been confident could quickly be reached , was achieved . |
| 17 | The immediate reason for the outbreak of war was the French king 's confiscation of the Duchy of Aquitaine on the ground that Edward was harbouring Robert of Artois , a rebellious vassal of the French king who had fled to England in 1336 after being condemned as a traitor . |
| 18 | The outbreak of war was the emergency and a centrally-funded national service came into being . |
| 19 | John Maynard Smith , who was Haldane 's pupil , says his most remarkable piece of foresight was the suggestion in 1941 , 12 years before the structure of DNA was elucidated , that genes would replicate semi-conservatively , that is , by a molecule splitting in two and each half making a mirror image of itself . |
| 20 | The most important piece of legislation was the Prevention of Fraud ( Investments ) Act 1958 ( PF(I) Act ) . |
| 21 | This latter piece of logic was the clincher and he dropped the idea as soon as he sobered up , the following week . |
| 22 | He explained this extraordinary assertion to his family by saying that the aristocratic rule of primogeniture was the same as that by which Jesus Christ had inherited the kingdom of heaven ( at which his daughter , Nancy , remarked , ‘ Oh , I thought you meant it would be a blow at the faith because the Lord 's son would lose the right to choose the clergyman . ’ ) . |
| 23 | Lancaster College of Technology was the first of the future polytechnics to have established an Academic Board , in 1962 . |
| 24 | The effect of overcrowding was the disastrous one of turning you against all humanity . |
| 25 | The inhibitory effect of TPA was the same whether it was added 30 or 10 minutes before challenge with histamine at 20°C , but TPA was ineffective if added at the same time as histamine ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 26 | First attempt to link the opposite shores of a considerable stretch of water was the link between Dover and Cap Griz Nez in 1850 . |
| 27 | The Department of Chemistry was the first building of the initial development — mid 1920s to 1930s ; subsequent further expansion took place in the 1950s and 1960s . |
| 28 | The most vigorous exponent of the new approach has been Margaret Thatcher 's favourite Scottish Office minister , Michael Forsyth , who until his promotion last month to the Department of Employment was the most loathed man in Scottish politics . |
| 29 | The establishment and maintenance of peace was the primary aim of idealists , and this was to be achieved through the spread of liberal democracy and through international law , administered by a newly created international organization , the League of Nations . |
| 30 | Apart from the conclusion of alliances with other nobles , and the exploitation of casual sources of income , a major instrument of expansion was the diplomatic marriage . |