Example sentences of "the [noun sg] was [verb] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They reached Stephen 's jeep , where the porter was piling the bags into the back . |
| 2 | As the prayer was answered the result was an outward focus : the place was shaken , they began to speak the word of God boldly , and the great missionary activity of the church began . |
| 3 | The JD 's baseplate is actually better finished , although when it arrived the guitar was lacking the low E grubscrew , rendering the guitar virtually unplayable . |
| 4 | An even easier victory followed , at Moy , nine miles [ 14 km ] short of Inverness , where the prince was staying the night of 16–17 February at the local big house , Moy Hall . |
| 5 | The prince was given the bird during a visit in Dorset . |
| 6 | In making the distinction the writer was upholding the Enlightenment philosophy that conclusions should be based upon rationality and not upon psychological dispositions . |
| 7 | The trial was suspended the same day after the 19 defence lawyers walked out , and then postponed until July 12 . |
| 8 | The award was to finance the fees and accomodation of 8 students on the ESRC Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis |
| 9 | When the Society heard in July 1861 that the Board was to remove the Bondgate bubbler the cattle fountain that was turning the highway to mire it asked for permission to replace it . |
| 10 | The intention of the Board was to gear the escalating fines to the increasing prizemonies round by round . |
| 11 | The trick was wearing the knife in the scabbard upside-down on the belt . |
| 12 | The trick was to adjust the temperature in their cages from 27 degrees celsius to 20 degrees over three weeks . |
| 13 | The tide was lapping the harbour wall within a yard of his feet . |
| 14 | By the time the shipmaster had practically blasted the sail off them with his cursing , the tide was carrying the lymphad sideways up into the mouth of the Sound . |
| 15 | The aim of the measure was to stem the outflow of foreign currency and to stop profiteering . |
| 16 | The measure was termed the I-measure ( where I stands for intensity ) . |
| 17 | Her claim to the throne was shattered the moment Premier John Major read out Buckingham Palace 's statement that she and Charles are to separate . |
| 18 | The money was to pay the sheep to keep the wolves from our doors . |
| 19 | In 1978 , furthermore , the Parliament was given the right to reject the whole EC budget . |
| 20 | It was adjourned until yesterday , but when the case was called the court clerk said he had no knowledge of the case being listed . |
| 21 | How terrible it must be for her to attend this service for Mrs Wright whose baby had survived and while the Padre was speaking the Collector accompanied his words with a silent , sympathetic prayer for Mrs Bennett : " O God , whose ways are hidden and thy works most wonderful , who makest nothing in vain , and lovest all that thou hast made , Comfort this thy servant whose heart is sore smitten and oppressed … " but the rest of the prayer was no longer in his mind , stolen no doubt by the foxes of despair that continued to raid his beliefs … in any case , it faded into a mournful reverie in which he sought an explanation for the death of Mrs Bennett 's child . |
| 22 | When the Chairman was introducing the report , I intervened on the question of nuclear power . |
| 23 | A NEW Finance Bill will be put before the House of Commons shortly after the Queen 's Speech on May 6 to include the parts of the Budget which were dropped when the election was called the day after Budget Day , including increases in inheritance tax allowances , backdated to the start of the current financial year . |
| 24 | Party leaders have already begun the damage limitation process by reasserting that their primary aim in the election was to begin the process of building for the future , and aides believe the party 's campaign will equip Mr Ashdown with greater status in the House of Commons . |
| 25 | Party leaders have already begun the damage limitation process by reasserting that their primary aim in the election was to begin the process of building for the future , and aides believe the party 's campaign will equip Mr Ashdown with greater status in the House of Commons . |
| 26 | The decision was attacked the following day by Drazen Budisa , chairman of the opposition Croatian Social Liberal Party ( HSLS ) , who complained that " several thousands of inhabitants of Vukovar imprisoned in Serbian camps " and " tens of thousands of Croats from Central Bosnia about whom we have no information " would be unable to obtain their Croatian nationality and thus the right to vote . |
| 27 | The decision was taken the change to bus operation , and the last car — railcoach 268 — left Squires Gate for Manchester Square on 29 October 1961 . |
| 28 | The decision was to pursue the first option with some changes to current legislation : stronger investigative powers for the Director General of Fair Trading ; permitting the Director General to accept enforceable undertakings from companies before an investigation under the Competition Act , or in lieu of a monopoly reference under the Fair Trading Act ; and scope for interim orders under the Competition Act to prohibit specific activities by a firm where there is a risk of serious damage to a competitor , supplier , or customer during the period of the MMC's investigation . |
| 29 | In seconds , or so it seemed , the Glory was mounting the rutted track up to Monument Hill . |
| 30 | Before either her mother or Lydia had the opportunity for a quiet chat with Martha , the even tenor of life in the kitchen was disrupted the following day , by the arrival of Tamar . |