Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile there were tragedies in the chimp colony . |
| 2 | Net earnings per share rose 25% to $0.10 in the quarter and were $0.14 in the half . |
| 3 | And furthermore , 15 other energetic male participants were accessories before the fact . |
| 4 | It was fortunate there were experts on the bridge at the time . |
| 5 | Net earnings per share after deferred preference dividends , were $0.11 in the quarter , $0.08 in the half . |
| 6 | Physical targets were mostly achieved four or five years ahead of schedule ( FAO 1982a : 67 ) , although there were shifts in the emphasis between sub-targets ( e.g. from fruit and nut trees to long rotation species ) . |
| 7 | The project scientist who sent me the disappointed and sceptical account of all this said that there were shrieks from the store room , but not of success . |
| 8 | There were tapestries on the walls and lots of dark oak furniture . |
| 9 | Only two or three a day and they came dead slow round the bend in case there were sheep on the track . |
| 10 | I 'd rather there were sheep in the field than pigs . |
| 11 | Also included were proposals for the development of a common foreign and security policy and , ultimately , common defence . |
| 12 | Particularly opposed by the dissident RPR factions were proposals for the dilution of the traditional role of the party leader by establishing a confederation with other pro-Gaullist groups outside the RPR ( including dissidents ) , for the formation of a joint shadow cabinet with centrist and right-wing parties including the Union for French Democracy ( UDF ) , and the proposal by another Renovator , Michel Noir , a potential presidential candidate , for the actual merger of the RPR with other elements of the opposition into a single party . |
| 13 | There were proposals about the time of Nationalisation , when the Regional Boundaries were being drawn up . |
| 14 | Some of them were ex-members of the committees of poor peasants ( kombedy ) that had requisitioned in military style during War Communism , a style that lingered on . |
| 15 | But , with the notable exception of the free-market Institute of Economic Affairs ( widely regarded in the 1960s , by people who now wish they had n't , as a home for impractical crackpots ) , they were guardians of the chalice of consensus . |
| 16 | There were restorations to the gallery in 1826 . |
| 17 | They were part of the story of his heart and , re-read now , one recognizes that the Helen Noble of these letters is incorporated in part into the texture of poems like ‘ After you speak ’ and ‘ And you , Helen ’ : |
| 18 | However , all the ATB instructors who were part of the survey identified safety as one of the benefits . |
| 19 | The question , then , is whether the three wrappers were part of the consideration or , as Jenkins L.J . |
| 20 | These had been voluntarily sold to the Nazis , or were not repurchased by the owners who had sold them under duress , or were part of the estates of Dutch citizens who died during the war leaving no heirs . |
| 21 | These locos were part of the yard scene from June 1896 until 1959 . |
| 22 | Gestures of this kind were part of the vocabulary of politics ; an astute politician like Philip used them to great effect . |
| 23 | We were part of the woods . |
| 24 | ‘ He was so moody , ’ Fenella Fielding said , ‘ that his moods were part of the difficulty of his genius — and his temper . |
| 25 | Nylons were part of the US strategy for world domination . |
| 26 | The fans and musical instruments which become recurrent themes in the still lifes were part of the equipment or decoration of many typical advanced studios in Montmartre ; Braque who had been responsible in 1908 for the introduction of musical iconography into Cubist painting was furthermore seriously interested in music . |
| 27 | After a hearing in 1976 , the Chief Commons Commissioner found that the road verges were part of the highway , and so did not fall within the definition of ‘ common land ’ in section 22(1) of the Act . |
| 28 | The plaintiffs claimed that certain grass verges were part of the manorial lands of the manor and wished to re-litigate the question of whether the road verges were part of the highway . |
| 29 | To provide some much-needed improvement the InterCity director decided to transfer ten HSTs to the Midland — five from the Great Western , two from the East Coast main line plus three which were part of the build for the Cross Country ( North East-South West ) routes . |
| 30 | The lectures were part of the East Anglia local section 's effort to mark the 150th anniversary of the RSC . |