Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those characteristics were known to that keeper or were at any time known to a person who at that time had charge of the animal as that keeper 's servant or , where that keeper is the head of a household , were known to another keeper of the animal who is a member of that household and under the age of sixteen . ’ |
| 2 | Provided they have at least one year 's service with the University by the expected date of birth , or have at any time been eligible to receive full-rate Statutory Maternity Pay or were at any stage entitled to the benefits of a previous employer 's paid maternity leave scheme , women are eligible for 18 weeks maternity leave on full pay , followed by up to 22 weeks unpaid maternity leave . |
| 3 | he has knowingly obtained ( whether directly or indirectly ) that information from another individual who is connected with that company , or was at any time in the six months preceding the obtaining of that information , so connected , and who the tippee knows or has reasonable cause to believe , held the information by virtue of being so connected ; and he |
| 4 | In his judgment , Lord Justice Dillon rejected Mothercare 's claim for passing off because in particular the book taken as a whole , not merely its title , did not begin to suggest that it had been issued by or sponsored by or was in any way associated with Mothercare . |
| 5 | To his right wing the hills sloped gently down and were of little interest but on his left they formed a steep escarpment up whose side came a soaring wind . |
| 6 | Charles and Arthur Wilson were made full partners in 1867 and were by this time effectively running the company , which they transformed from a major European enterprise into an international one with routes to North America and India . |
| 7 | But Mr. Holman is right to point out that they are strictly obiter and were in neither case supported by any corresponding observation on behalf of the other members of the court . |
| 8 | More than forty thousand people were moved from the old city centre to make way for the new buildings , but even though stereotyped blocks of flats were put up around the site of the palace and were in many cases completed by the spring of 1988 , they remained empty until after the revolution . |
| 9 | THE Einstein Observatory survey of cosmic X-ray sources a decade ago showed that coronae were common among diverse types of star , and were in many cases more energetic than the Sun 's corona . |
| 10 | They had an extraordinary tension and were in some ways quite different from the earlier recording . |
| 11 | Lloyd Bullock was once a student in Liebig 's Geissen laboratory and was at that time involved in establishing a similar laboratory in London . |
| 12 | It would also appear that the traditional British fleet had not previously fished for those stocks and was at that time still unable to exploit them fully . |
| 13 | Basil 's concern was always with a sensory response to the world , and was at this level , essentially expressive . |
| 14 | She was unable to manage her food preparation or heat regulation and was at some risk from gas and on roads . |
| 15 | They had three daughters and one son , Matthew , who followed his father 's profession and was for many years superintendent of the LNER locomotive depot at Neasden , London . |
| 16 | In a letter for publication , Williamson had drawn attention to the fact that he drove a Jaguar and was for some time after known to the Gadfly column as ‘ Jaguar Man . ’ |
| 17 | Yes I mean er when I s er you know when I was on the Q E Two and was chatting with a fella and er he , they 'd been , he 'd obviously been cruising before and was on this cruise and er they were going on the er another Cunard ship a few months later , and it turned out that he was a hotelier who 'd bought a hotel in Swanage some years ago , I think he 'd had about seven bedrooms when he bought it and he gradually extended it , I forget how many he did tell me , and then he had a bit of a heart er attack and er his doctor told him to , you know , well if I were you I 'd just pack in your job which he did and that was about fifteen years ago he was I du n no if he was eighty or he was approaching eighty if he was n't and was in pretty good form , he was dancing , and er , you know , I mean there money 's no object . |
| 18 | Tuathal had crossed the Earn and was on this side , strung out with what remained of his hundred horsemen . |
| 19 | First , spending on residential care in private sector homes for elderly people through the social security budget was rising at an exponential rate and was to all intents and purposes out of control , being demand led . |
| 20 | Whoever became his successor was also given the possibility of sexual satisfaction , and was by that means offered a way out of the conditions of group psychology . |
| 21 | Harry Pascoe heard the laughter following this remark and was in little doubt that it was at his own expense . |
| 22 | Dealing with people came naturally and was in many ways the most important part of the job , but there was more that could come only with experience , and Charles was there to pass on some of the things he had learned over thirty-three years , some of them the hard way . |
| 23 | More or less equal to Spurgeon in fame , and surpassing him in notoriety ( for Spurgeon avoided party politics and was in many ways sui generis ) was the Congregationalist , Joseph Parker . |
| 24 | Analysing the relationship may — and will - be a painful process but it is also one of healing , for if you can admit to yourself that the relationship was not perfect and was in many ways extremely frustrating , then the sense of loss and abandonment will no longer be as painful . |
| 25 | Unlucky Edward ripped a spinnaker while sailing on Saturday and was in another race in which a yachtsman died . |
| 26 | The king ensured that vital funds continued to flow , and was in any case disposed to make concessions on the question of cartels because many of the monopolistic companies had gone bankrupt and were useless to him . |
| 27 | In July 1318 , pope John XXII wrote to philip V of France informing him that although the king 's court had conferred tutelage of Gaston I 's children on Jeanne , Margaret of Béarn already had Gaston II in her keeping and was in any case to be preferred as guardian of the young count . |
| 28 | The rural sector had been dependent on external aid to support these people , and was in any case unable to employ all of them . |
| 29 | The Doctor , the guy with the blue box , could normally be relied on to deal with problems of this magnitude , but on this occasion he had apparently failed to understand that Pool was made of human brains and was in any case crazy . |
| 30 | This was , in fact , not too big a problem : Cracow had a 10pm curfew , and was in any case ‘ dead ’ after 9pm , she said She did try the odd night club and cinema , and was surprised to find English films with Polish sub-titles . |