Example sentences of "of the [noun] were [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half of the sentences were of the form B because A ( as in the above example ) , and half were of the form Because A , B ( e.g. , Because the sun started to shine , the snowman started to melt ) . |
| 2 | Although clear guidelines were set down for teachers on the minimum time commitment and core content of each of the projects , the organisation and management of the projects were at the discretion of the teacher . |
| 3 | In the case of the Hundred Years War , the causes of the conflict were to be found both in the long historic links between England and France , links which were gradually becoming weaker , and in the need to express in new terms the relationship between the two countries ( arguably the two most powerful in western society in the late Middle Ages ) taking into account elements such as national consciousness and diverging methods of government ( to name but two ) which historians recognise as being characteristic of late medieval European society as a whole . |
| 4 | Copies of the resolutions were to be sent to the society in Odiham , to subscribers to that society 's farriery fund , and to members of the society resident in London . |
| 5 | I knew that several of the others were in as bad shape as myself — probably worse . |
| 6 | The other members of the court were of a similar view . |
| 7 | The Council of Nicaea was the largest assembly of bishops hitherto , and though the great majority of the members were from the Greek East , the presence of Roman legates and the prominent role played by the sees of Alexandria and Antioch made it possible for the council to be given the title ‘ ecumenical ’ . |
| 8 | In the last resort the aims of the Council were to be achieved by ‘ discussion of questions of common concern and by agreements and common action in economic , social , scientific , legal and administrative matters and in the maintenance and further realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms ’ . |
| 9 | Many of the reopenings were under the ‘ Speller ’ rule : Tony Speller 's 1981 Bill made it possible for services to reopen experimentally without the need to go through the formal closure procedures in the event of failure . |
| 10 | A typical Londoner through and through , he believed that the aims of the N.D.D.S. were in conflict with those of the R.A.D.D. Following the demise of the N.D.D.S. , he played no part in the formation of the British Deaf and Dumb Association , concentrating instead on improving the services and influence of the R.A.D.D. throughout London and nearby towns . |
| 11 | Over half of the respondents were against this suggestion , with a little over one-third in favour . |
| 12 | Most of the ducks were at Grif Skerry as we expected and , after counts and recounts , we moved on . |
| 13 | As during previous eras , pre- and post-liberation the rights of the individual were to be sacrificed for the sake of maintaining social stability and avoiding da luan . |
| 14 | Many of the calls were for information , but many of them were from people who were confused or desperate . |
| 15 | Nithard 's main focus was on Charles ; but in July 840 the eyes of most of the elite were on Lothar . |
| 16 | Only five per cent of the staves were of the correct thickness but the rest were nearly all less than nine-sixteenths of an inch thick . |
| 17 | Finally , even if the subject content of the records were to be greatly enhanced and adequate functionality provided in the search systems , a large proportion of end-users would not be able to make use of the functions . |
| 18 | of the records were for the third week of September . |
| 19 | of the records were for the last week of April and the first two of May . |
| 20 | Of these , the 30,000 who were still capable of resistance at the time of the ceasefire were to be allowed to return to Baghdad through the encircling allied forces although they were not to be permitted to take their remaining 700 or so tanks . |
| 21 | Others of the Fathers were in no doubt that Jesus paid the penalty to the devil . |
| 22 | Although the art treasures had long since been taken to Moscow , many of the palaces were in ruins after the fearful fighting between the Russians and the Germans . |
| 23 | It seems clear that Britain at least did not envisage any institutional structures beyond this , yet some form of framework would have been necessary if all the objectives of the treaty were to be properly fulfilled . |
| 24 | In France , the authority and prestige of the crown were in crisis . |
| 25 | The Earl of March had substantial grievances of his own against the court , and if the complaints of the commons and the hostility of some of the nobility were to be effectively co-ordinated , de la Mare 's influence would be crucial . |
| 26 | ‘ Some of the youngsters were in awe of Ibrox , but once they settled down we went on to dominate the second-half . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Some of the youngsters were in awe of Ibrox , but once they settled down we went on to dominate the second-half . ’ |
| 28 | Most of the Committee were at the prize-giving and the cheese and winetasting which followed . |
| 29 | These years were also marked by judicial executions and forfeiture of lands on a scale unknown , perhaps , since the Conquest , and the relations between the crown and nobility for the rest of the century were to be influenced by these upheavals and by the precedent set when the king himself was deposed . |
| 30 | The strongest youth cultures of the century were in the 1950s and 1960s , and now that the members of this generation are over the border into middle age , they are showing an egotistical , but maybe quite a healthy reluctance to let go of the limelight . |