Example sentences of "was [art] [noun] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is estimated that he trebled it in real terms — and this at a time when the population was stagnant , His most important innovation was the poll-tax in place of the household tax , which the peasantry had been able partially to evade by merging households . |
| 2 | And there was the revolution in transport and communications which is still in progress , and which is a variable factor , producing pluses and minuses at different stages . |
| 3 | The second change was the rise in inflation which reduced the statutory limits on contributions by more than half . |
| 4 | It was the rise in world crude prices which brought energy conservation seriously into view . |
| 5 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the increase in manufacturing output between 1985 and 1990 . |
| 6 | Holders of this theory would suggest that syphilis was already established in Europe in pre-Columbian days and it was the increase in knowledge and the travel resulting from the Renaissance that made it appear as if a new disease had been introduced . |
| 7 | Later the hierarchy made it clear that the basis for their objections was the increase in power by the state vis-à-vis the liberty and self-reliance of its citizens which such legislation would entail . |
| 8 | One of the chief causes at the present time was the increase in interest rates , especially for the self-employed . |
| 9 | He suggested that the main cause of social differentiation was the increase in population density . |
| 10 | In the thirty years before 1910 , Europe 's pig-iron output trebled ; even more spectacular was the expansion in steel , whose production increased tenfold . |
| 11 | The room was full of policemen , as well as the Chief Superintendent and the Inspector , there was the officer in charge of the search and a sergeant . |
| 12 | The most important factor reducing fear of the sack was the reduction in unemployment , which increased the chances of getting another job quickly . |
| 13 | Particularly dramatic was the reduction in growth rate which took place between the mid 1960s , when the annual increase reached almost 400,000 , and the five years Figure 4.1 Population change and its components , UK , 1960–87 . |
| 14 | Perhaps most striking of all was the fall in unemployment in February and March , by a total of 51,000 , after 33 consecutive months of increase . |
| 15 | He was the equivalent in science of a Nobel prizewinner today . |
| 16 | Luther was the devil in disguise . |
| 17 | I asked her her name just in case it was the Devil in disguise and she told me who she was . |
| 18 | More significant , perhaps , was the leap in number of those reckoned ‘ indifferent ’ — up from 16% to 42% . |
| 19 | Such was the position in theory . |
| 20 | The defendant , as the executor of Mr. H. Glass , was the person in control of 96 , King Edward Road , Swansea , for the purposes of the Housing Act 1957 . |
| 21 | I mean there were several people but m the surprising was the person in charge of of the work girls you see . |
| 22 | While I have no reason to believe that this was the case in respect of Wilson , or indeed any senior member of the Labour Party , I can understand why such a person would be reluctant to try to abort the inquiry . |
| 23 | The questioning process was essentially undertaken in two stages ; the analysis had indicated what information was required or produced , and it was first necessary to check whether this was the case in practice . |
| 24 | ‘ But at least you had the sense to realise Charsky 's performance on the Neva embankment was a dream , and that he was the man in bed with Anna . |
| 25 | He was the man in charge of H3 , and he spoke with his émigré parents ' guttural Central European accent although he had been born in Ipswich , and he had been in H area for 26 years . |
| 26 | Lt Watts , of Mold , was the man in charge of the mission when L/Cpl Wayne Edwards was shot and killed by sniper fire . |
| 27 | Lt Watts , of Mold , was the man in charge of the mission when L/Cpl Wayne Edwards was killed by sniper fire . |
| 28 | In our depth interviews , for example ( Appendix II , section 5 ) , there was the man in trouble with the court already who could therefore not get HP — and who bought the settee he wanted with a trading check instead ( even costlier to repay ) , though he doubted his ability to pay it off and was still making payments through the court ; and the woman with so many debts to pay off , afraid of the ‘ loan man 's ’ visit because she finds it so hard to say no to his offers . |
| 29 | RMC was the user in law and as such needed a carrier 's licence . |
| 30 | News of the discovery spread to Maurice Barley at Nottingham University , where he was the tutor in archaeology in the Extra-Mural Department . |