Example sentences of "[Wh det] was [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men of Leicestershire gave the king £100 to have yet another perambulation : he finally conceded in 1235 that that county should be put out of the forest with the exception of the manor of Withcote , which was ancient demesne of the Crown . |
| 2 | Almost certainly Thomas Cromwell was thinking of the data assembled in 1522 when he estimated the nation 's wealth at £4 million , one-quarter of which was annual income from land , which should be multiplied by twenty — the customary rate of capitalisation — to effect a valid comparison with the three million comprised by the capital value of moveables . |
| 3 | It was , understandably , the peace which was essential information for the descendants , for it influenced their present actions to some extent ; and the solemnities were intended to impose themselves on the memory of the participants and witnesses and their children . |
| 4 | He recently gave a seminar at Fleet Show '92 at Silverstone which was compulsory attendance for fleet operators at the show considering switching to diesel . |
| 5 | ‘ Another strange comment I once heard from a doctor was that transsexuals were obsessed by sex , which was great news to us , especially to me , who lives like a monk . ’ |
| 6 | On March 30 a group of 14 Kurdish deputies resigned from the Social Democratic Popular Party ( SHP ) , which was junior partner in the governing coalition dominated by the True Path Party ( DYP ) . |
| 7 | She had to keep inventing ruses to protect herself against this resident ratpack , one of which was perpetual creativity through weaving a tapestry which she never finished . |
| 8 | And then when we elected erm two people Honorary Freemen of the town , erm I got in all of the other mayors from Sussex , asked them to come along with their robes and their mace-bearers and so on , and we had this very sort of grand ceremonial procession in the assembly hall which was packed house of about four hundred people . |
| 9 | And the work they 'd go for They were building their house , they 'd v volunteer to take the footings out , or dig trenches to , or find out which farmer would have the threshing engine to do the , you know , to help them with the threshing , which was arduous work in those days . |
| 10 | His childhood had largely been spent , however , in the more socially elevated household of his snobbish and unloved aunt , Elizabeth Tyler , from whom he may have learnt the polished superficiality of manner which was one feature of his character . |
| 11 | The public corporations — and especially the capital-intensive Electricity Boards — had , it is true , underpinned the sustained high level of both private and public investment spending in postwar years which was one option in a Keynesian strategy for the avoidance of slump and the maintenance of full employment . |
| 12 | Half a dozen men right at that moment had started out on different paths , each of which was one side of Mahoney 's life . |
| 13 | Many people believe that standards in our use of English would rise dramatically if we returned to the formal teaching of grammar which was normal practice in most classrooms before 1960 . |
| 14 | With the first Dalek one , for example , I let Richard Martin , again a new Director , do a few episodes but under the wings of Christopher who set up the serial and so , kind of , held his hand while he eased himself into the role of Director , which was good experience for him . |
| 15 | Which was good news for START ( Skin Treatment and Research Trust ) as we also asked you for a donation to help START in their research into replacement skin for series skin problems . |
| 16 | Well , those trade figures were better than expected , which was good news after yesterday 's warning from the Chancellor John Major that Britain could be heading for a recession . |
| 17 | The 3rd class return fare fare from Craven Arms was only 9d , assumed to be a day ticket , at that time a Parliamentary single was 7d , which was good value for the golfers , all of whom came from Craven Arms . |
| 18 | However , all they had to show was two beautifully struck penalties from full-back Jordan , which was scant reward for the pressure . |
| 19 | Over the years they had become friends of the family and had been granted privileges — one of which was limited entry to the Domain . |
| 20 | Next day , RTE , the state broadcasting organisation in the Irish Republic , interviewed Black , which was additional publicity for the case . |
| 21 | The most recent estimate of the OMB — which was official yardstick for purposes of the Gramm-Rudman law , but whose record of accuracy was considerably inferior to that of the CBO — as contained within the budget proposal was $124,000 million . |
| 22 | Vařené hovëví se žloutkovou sýrovou omáčkou , which was boiled beef with a cheese and egg yolk sauce , served with rice , went down very well , but left her with little room for more than an ice-cream afterwards . |
| 23 | Davout told Thiercelin he had done better than expected , which was generous praise from him , especially as the marshal 's own enquiries had been unproductive . |
| 24 | The whole of the northern part of the island of Krakatoa had disappeared , with the exception of a bank of pumice and a small isolated rock , about ten metres square , which was left standing above the ocean with deep water on either side . |
| 25 | On turning back to finish my ammunition on the Ju88 , which was pouring smoke from the starboard engine , my aircraft was hit by return fire from the e/a in both self-sealing tanks . |
| 26 | I ran two personal bests , 10.33 seconds for the 100 metres and 20.79 seconds for the 200 , which was further encouragement for me and compensation for the traumas I had suffered on the West London track throughout the long , cold , seemingly never-ending winter . |
| 27 | Which was fair play to him , but bloody Andrew should have told him ! |
| 28 | That concluded a half which was bad news for the candidacy of McClair to partner his volatile new colleague . |
| 29 | Witnesses at the time stated that it was roofless , which was bad news for any building in the foothills of the Pyrenees , where the wind always blows and snow regularly falls . |
| 30 | He would sit bolt upright , wearing a top hat which was unusual headgear for the Salisbury of the ‘ twenties . |