Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [noun] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | United 's last defeat was way-back in March last season when they lost at Oldham . |
| 3 | In ulcers with a non-bleeding visible vessel , the mean rate of rebleeding was 33% in control groups , the reduction as a result of treatment 19% ( pooled rate difference ( 95% CI ) =0.19 ( 0.09 ) ) and the odds ratio 0.37 ( 95% CI=0.21 to 0.65 ) . |
| 4 | Its theme was Mistakes in Literature and Whether They Matter . |
| 5 | The tree was 360mm in diameter and to enable me to get the correct clearance around the tree and the seat width I drew a rough development on the patio with chalk . |
| 6 | Hill 's first stud was Whitsbury in Hampshire , which he bought in 1943 . |
| 7 | How much of a comfort Modigliani 's singing was remains in doubt . |
| 8 | Rollo loved being taken to the gilt and plush ambience of Rules in Covent Garden , to which his riposte was Lock-Obers in Boston , which he protested was not so good . |
| 9 | His last recorded loan was £5,000 in July 1631 . |
| 10 | First a sermon was preached by the Provost of Eton , Dr Cole , in which he explained that , although Cranmer had recanted , his life was forfeit in retribution for those of More and Fisher . |
| 11 | The original Capital was £50,000 in £10 shares . |
| 12 | The secret of her approach was care in preparation , and woe betide the department that sent her into battle badly briefed or not briefed at all . |
| 13 | ‘ Tom 's swing was poetry in motion . |
| 14 | Everyone knew he had all the attributes a golfer needs , and his swing was poetry in motion . |
| 15 | The coexistence of colonic cancer or large polyps with an upper gastrointestinal lesion identified at endoscopy was rate in outpatients referred from family practitioners . |
| 16 | A more obvious interpretation , however , is that Katib Celebi 's apparently irrelevant statement about Abdulkerim is very much to the point , that he is aware of Mecdi 's assertion that Abdulkerim was Mufti in Istanbul and is contradicting it , saying rather that Molla Arab succeeded Molla Husrev in Istanbul and that Abdulkerim was Mufti in Edirne , not Istanbul , and has nothing to do with the matter . |
| 17 | The next stop was Bury in Lancashire , where home was a disused cotton mill . |
| 18 | The subject was Women In Love . |
| 19 | But the important quality about Dick Crossman , which made him unique among Members of Parliament and made his testament to the understanding of British Government unique , is that he was the pure , 100 per cent archetypal don , a don through and through , albeit a don whose special subject was politics in practice . |
| 20 | The proportion of 16–18 year olds in full-time education or training was 35% in Britain in 1988 , compared to 47% in Germany , 66% in France and 79% in the USA . |
| 21 | THE late James Cameron , who roamed the globe , used to claim that his least favourite city was Mukden in Manchuria … until he went to Blackpool . |
| 22 | But I think my most rewarding part at drama school was Carol in David Storey 's play Sisters . |
| 23 | A bored looking Knocker was face in hands , looking into space . |
| 24 | My destination was Welcombe in North Devon , a place introduced to me by Nigel , who had lived there during the early part of the war . |
| 25 | In the 1754 Oxfordshire election , Stone was agent in Chipping Norton on behalf of the Whig candidates . |
| 26 | At the time , PW made it very clear to the Registrar that the company was £2.1m in debt , that £1.6m was irrecoverable and that the company was not viable . |
| 27 | Our man in Companies House reports that the good doctor is the sole shareholder of the consultancy ( just two £1 shares have been issued ) and , contrary to various Companies Acts , no accounts have been returned since 1978 ( when total income was £260 in fees and £18 in donations ) . |
| 28 | The pope was father in God to the Romans , and to all men ; he was St Peter in person , the earthly representative of the apostle on whom the fame and fortune of the city most depended ; but he was also a petty tyrant — one of the ancient rulers who had failed to go away ; the symbol of all that was alien to the new found liberty so loved by the Italian city dwellers of the eleventh and twelfth centuries . |
| 29 | The positivity rate for samples collected at endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was 31% in comparison with 22% at percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography . |