Example sentences of "' [noun sg] was [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the five dockers ' case was about the ‘ very simple issue ’ of punishment for men who had defied the order of the NIRC and had expressed their intention to continue in that defiance . |
| 2 | The court should not substitute its own decision for that of the parent but had to say whether the parents ' decision was outside the band of reasonableness . |
| 3 | The recipients ' entrance was to the left of the platform where the Queen was standing surrounded by Yeomen of the Guard and several grand-looking dignitaries . |
| 4 | Second , Jones ' experiment was at the stage where its results were moving forward the fastest . |
| 5 | The officers ' overcoat was of an Ulster pattern in dark blue cloth , with a deep collar , and two side pockets just below the hips . |
| 6 | On the basis of the information above , calculate what the brothers ' wealth was at the start and end of the six months and what profit had been made . |
| 7 | Is it possible that the Drunken Poets ' scene was in the original version of the show ? |
| 8 | After 75 years the founders ' aim was on the verge of realisation . |
| 9 | The Miners ' Welfare was at the heart of this communal bonding . |
| 10 | There was no hurry and for a first book something unified was essential : a couple of years ' delay was of no importance . |
| 11 | But it would still leave the Tories , both locally and nationally , free to argue that the voters ' choice was between a Lib-Lab pact and a Conservative government . |
| 12 | Another area of Kitsons ' pre-eminence was in the short fashion for steam trams in the last quarter of the 19th Century . |
| 13 | Going ashore ourselves , we soon realized that the girls ' magic was of a very straightforward kind . |
| 14 | The Provisionals ' victim was from the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast . |