Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bust , bosom or cleavage was for the Fifties the apotheosis of erogenous zones . |
| 2 | Above all , Mosley had tried to reassure the country that persecution of race or religion was against the fundamental tenets of Fascism as it had evolved in England . |
| 3 | In the 1860s Gaskell , Deacon & Co. was among the largest and most successful chemical works in Widnes , owing to Gaskell 's commercial management and Deacon 's method of recovering chlorine for bleaching-powder manufacture . |
| 4 | ‘ When I estimate prices I look at how important the costume or prop was in the film , and how significant the film was . |
| 5 | The theory was rounded off by the idea that the structure and content of the curriculum as practised in any school whatever , formal or free-form was to the advantage of those capable of indefinite linguistic and conceptual elaboration . |
| 6 | Neither Bayer nor MAN was in the same desperate straits as AEG ; but even in the electricals firm 's case capital spending fell sharply as a percentage of sales only in 1982 . |
| 7 | The contents of her handbag and briefcase were on the table beside him , the Pan Am ticket conspicuous . |
| 8 | The opposition Byelarussian Popular Front had claimed that both government and parliament were under the control of former communists . |
| 9 | Steam ploughing was another area where the Bethell family and Rise were in the forefront of development at the turn of the century . |
| 10 | His deviousness and dishonesty were in the front window for all to see . |
| 11 | My younger brother and sister were in the same room , sleeping in bunk beds . |
| 12 | Observers noted that a large number of those involved in racketeering and smuggling were among the estimated 500,000 troops demobilized since 1987 . |
| 13 | Written by John Kaufman , performer and writer were from the Nez Perce Tribe . |
| 14 | In Essex , the framework for organisation and provision was in the hands of Douglas-Smith who with the assistance of two young women graduates and various part-time tutors expanded the District 's course provision from nineteen classes in 1939–40 to almost fifty by the end of the war . |
| 15 | Body and mind were among the contraries to be reconciled , and the true union of opposites was always preceded by bitter conflict . |
| 16 | The Independent reported on the same day that control of Kuwait 's security and administration was in the hands of Ali Hasan al Majid , Iraq 's Minister of Local Government and architect of the government 's 1987-88 military campaign against Kurdish rebels . |
| 17 | To the right of the main buildings there was an open veranda or gallery with balusters and a sloping floor and entry was from the house . |
| 18 | A seneschal , receiver ( equivalent to the constable of Bordeaux ) and controller were at the head of the hierarchy . |
| 19 | The questions provoked by the Wolfenden approach were not new ones ( John Stuart Mill and James Fitzjames Stephens had both discussed such issues ) but they were particularly topical at this point , for questions of law and morality were at the forefront of public consciousness at this time because of , for example , the Wildeblood/Pitt-Rivers case . |
| 20 | He was , however , very much an all-rounder , and football and curling were among the other sports he covered . |
| 21 | The proximity of a market , the feasibility of holding the animal for ransom , the likely amount of profit to be earned , the value of the animal to thieves if kept for personal use or consumption , and the likelihood of discovery and punishment were among the considerations which were taken into account . |
| 22 | What a contrast to the earlier Carolinum , where beauty of proportion and decoration were of the essence . |
| 23 | It is significant that , in an age when belief in miracles , extreme saintliness and revelation were of the stuff of daily life , so many of her contemporaries believed Margery to be mentally ill ; only , probably , the superstitious , the credulous and the ignorant believed her to be a genuine mystic . |
| 24 | The schools that existed were run by either the Church or private individuals and education was for the rich or those able enough to get scholarships , and women 's education was not an issue . |
| 25 | War and revolution were in the air . |
| 26 | Unrest and revolution were in the air , and strikes , sit-ins and lock-outs were leading to political instability and an increasing possibility that the old machine would be destroyed . |
| 27 | Unemployment and inflation were below the average of other OECD countries but the report warned that recent wage settlements were higher than previous ones and that inflation could revive . |
| 28 | Lawrence Stone has put forward a highly influential argument that the eighteenth century saw the rise of the companionate marriage , and that affection between husband and wife was for the first time widely judged as important as economic considerations in marriage This argument has been widely challenged in relation to all classes by historians examining various kinds of evidence from the seventeenth century and earlier The belief that affection as an ideal of marriage was basically invented by the middle and upper classes in the eighteenth century has , however , led some critics into simplistic views . |
| 29 | Mahmud and Sheikh were on the floor . |
| 30 | For days afterwards anxiety and guilt were on the table for lunch and self-contempt at my own cowardice in avoiding him provided supper . |