Example sentences of "'s success [was/were] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Murdoch 's success was the cue for the rest of Fleet Street to forge ahead with new investment ( sometimes long planned ) in buildings and plant . |
| 2 | The potential key to IBM 's success was the Crash of 1987 . |
| 3 | The outward sign of Wright 's success was the building of a great country house , Osmaston Manor , outside Ashbourne , in 1846–9 . |
| 4 | Crucial to Shah 's and Murdoch 's success was the Thatcher government 's industrial relations legislation that limited the unions ' power to respond . |
| 5 | Crucial to Mr Reagan 's success was the role in the White House of Jim Baker , his chief of staff ; not only to get good things done , but to make sure that bad things were left undone . |
| 6 | Erhard concentrated on a policy of low taxes , a stable currency and liberal trade , but an important element in West Germany 's success was the co-operation of workers and the trades unions . |