Example sentences of "was [prep] [noun] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Wednesday was for women in business , computers and design , but no one seemed to care . |
| 2 | I was able to talk to the German customer and the people on the floor , who are excessively worried about the number of people coming in from the East , not only East Germany but they 're very , very worried about people coming in from Eastern Europe , and secondly there was so much East European food that was for sale in Germany at very low prices and there 's food that used to go to the Soviet Union . |
| 3 | The next most common request was for training in County Court preparation , tribunals and employment issues . |
| 4 | That means it was for use in climates and countries so benign that the natives require no shelter at all , and where a tent is more or less a decorative affectation . |
| 5 | The NRA had to put booms across the Dee at the iron bridge on the Grosvenor Estate to try to contain the fuel , to which a red dye had been added to denote that it was for use in farm vehicles only . |
| 6 | Its only value was as entertainment in movie houses . |
| 7 | For instance , a book on the influence of religious tradition on the education of women in Britain and India might include substantial chapters or whole sections on Hinduism , Buddhism and Christianity ; if the indexer therefore indexed HINDUISM , BUDDHISM , CHRISTIANITY , RELIGION , EDUCATION , WOMEN , INDIA , BRITAIN , the later combination of individual facets such as HINDUISM and BRITAIN might suggest , falsely , that the book was about Hinduism in Britain when in fact it was nothing of the kind . |
| 8 | Erm it sort of backfired a bit on poor er Ray because he 'd actually written up a bid er for us to do , which was about investors in people to actually h appoint somebody to control that process which would take on board all of the training and |
| 9 | The only conflict about housing land in Cramlington during the preparation and revision of the Northumberland Structure Plan was about releases in relation to total numbers . |
| 10 | At this time , when I was thirteen years old , I was about average in height and weight for my age and so would most likely be a C. This aspect of the annual weighing and measuring routine — the actual result — did n't really bother me much . |
| 11 | The District Council endorsed these opinions and Jacques wrote to National Secretary Harry Nutt the following week to tell him so — adding that the Council had also supported the plea for an increase in Ministry grant-aid to 90% of teaching costs , which was of course in keeping with National WEA policy . |
| 12 | This explicitly campaigning sociology was of course in conflict with the ( only apparently ) ‘ neutral ’ stance of the earlier phase . |
| 13 | This work was of course in addition to , and quite separate from , the long-established provision for trade unionists run in conjunction with the WETUC , which also enjoyed some expansion during the 1950s : in 1953–54 , for example , there were five residential weekend schools for trade unionists , in 1958–59 there were eight . |
| 14 | It was of course in Francia that over half the mints of the realm were located . |
| 15 | A BRITON was behind bars in Florida yesterday after allegedly admitting that he preyed on women estate agents in a trail of crime across the USA . |
| 16 | Scotland 's first game was against Chile in Santiago . |
| 17 | It was like melody in music . |
| 18 | He says it was like Aliens in space , no one can hear you scream . |
| 19 | Whether this Luke is the same as ‘ Luke the Doctor ’ , who was with Paul in Rome while Paul was in prison ( Colossians 4:14 ) , is less certain , but most commentators are prepared to accept that he is . |
| 20 | So it was with Noah in God 's second beginning , and so it is now with Abraham in his third . |
| 21 | " She 'd gone to see her parents in Hilderbridge and I was with mine in Jackley . " |
| 22 | In 1581 he travelled to France with Richard and Francis Edwardes of Chirkland , and he was with Richard in Rome on 6 November 1582 . |
| 23 | A series of reports in June and July indicated that an internal power struggle was under way in Phnom Penh . |
| 24 | During 1990 there were signs that a power struggle was under way in Phnom Penh , the first indications of any discord within the leadership since 1981 when Pen Sovan had been removed as party chief and Premier . |
| 25 | AS one of the many who helped defend Malta when the island was under siege in World War II , I was interested to read ( Echo March 19 ) that the Maltese Government is keen to issue medals to those involved to mark the 50th anniversary of the award of the G.C. to the island . |
| 26 | The Minister for Public Works in the outgoing government , Giovanni Prandini , a Christian Democrat , was on June 12 warned by Rome magistrates that he was under investigation in connection with the allocation of public funds for the construction of a motorway in the Puglian province of Táranto . |
| 27 | Whether there was a ‘ money consideration ’ was in issue in Esso v. Commissioners of Customs and Excise ( 1976 H.L. ) . |
| 28 | From Evay , I think his brother was in Walkerhouse in Evay . |
| 29 | Moreover , MacDonald was in principle in favour of an election , but unable to secure agreement upon a formula which could reconcile protectionists and free traders up to the very last moment . |
| 30 | The German Army was in retreat in Russia , and the Italian campaign was over . |