Example sentences of "in [noun sg] was [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disillusioned with the ministry before he had even entered it , Vincent now said damningly that to trade in religion was on a par with trading in art or tulip bulbs . |
| 2 | For instance , a study of the dies used for the bronze coinage of Antoninus Pius ( AD 138–61 ) circulating in Britain has suggested that the total stock of bronze coinage in circulation was of the general magnitude of about ten million sestertii ; as the population of the province was about five million at the time , we can conclude from the low figure of two sestertii per capita that most of the population can not have used coinage on anything like the scale required in a fully monetised society ( see also p. 51 ) . |
| 3 | The Conservative party in opposition was against the opening of the University , but now they claim they are four square behind it . |
| 4 | The High court ruled that the documentary Murder in Mind was in the public interest , but within hours , an appeal was launched . |
| 5 | that the property in question was of a sort covered by the innkeeper 's duty . |
| 6 | The boundary at the point in question was on the North side of the humped-back bridge at Tooting Junction Station . |
| 7 | The damage was reported to the management and the captain was told not to worry as the item in question was in a damaged state before our visit . |
| 8 | The refusal by the Movement to let orthodox groups share In decision-making was on the assumption that their real aim was to dominate . |
| 9 | This took the approach that mother and baby health and welfare was what the women wanted , seeing the woman 's main role in society was as a breeder . |
| 10 | The most rapid decline in employment among elderly people has come about since the Second World War , with the proportion of men over 65 in employment falling from 30 per cent to 10 per cent between 1951 and 1981 , although , because of a rise in married women 's employment , the proportion of the female population over 60 in employment was about the same in 1981 ( 8 per cent ) as in 1951 . |
| 11 | The only major variation in training was during the first ten days before a new season , when players were not allowed to kick a ball . |
| 12 | It was low water , consequently all the shipping in port was in the most imminent danger and … there was the greatest reason to fear that the flames would , from it , soon be communicated to the town … |