Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Canon law was the statement of how society was to be governed and here Innocent 's monarchic views are clearly shown . |
| 32 | That January issue was the ‘ Revolutionary Oz ’ , complete with Quattrocchi on the Russian Revolution ; Widgery on the Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara , who had been killed the previous October in the Bolivian jungle , and whose name Widgery and Oz spelt throughout as ‘ Geuvara ’ ; and even John Wilcock , whose ‘ Other scenes ’ reappeared in that issue , put in a piece on Regis Debray . |
| 33 | Under Mr Ford 's byline on the editorial page of The Washington Post was the headline ‘ Poland : I Told You So ’ . |
| 34 | His studio in Camden Town was the centre of both the Camden Town Group and the London Group , and he was an active member of the New English Art Club . |
| 35 | The southern region embracing Saigon and the Mekong delta was the colony of Cochin-China ; the central area with its imperial capital at Hue was the protectorate of Annam ; and the northern region , Tongking , was also a separate protectorate with its capital at Hanoi . |
| 36 | The February meeting was the first of its kind to be hosted by Saudi Arabia , which opposed a major role for the Shi'ite opposition in a future Iraqi government , but now considered that the ousting of Saddam Hussein had become a priority . |
| 37 | A Concorde tug was the brainchild of PC Bob Gilbert based at Maidstone , Kent who also happens to be a member of the Vulcan Association . |
| 38 | One of the reasons for Bell Lawrie feeling that Brewin Dolphin was the right answer to its future was that their approaches are similar and therefore such integration as there needs to be is largely confined to systems . |
| 39 | Tilly Mead was the common field at the north end of Eightholds where is now Commercial Road . |
| 40 | The entire coastal fringe from Chilaw south to a few kilometres into Hambantota district was the most densely populated part of the island . |
| 41 | Looking back , we can see that the Maastricht summit was the culmination of a long process — a significant stage in the development of the European Community . |
| 42 | BRITAIN 'S opt-out from the social chapter of the Maastricht treaty was the most glittering of the prizes Prime Minister John Major brought home from his ‘ game , set and match ’ negotiations . |
| 43 | The novelty of the Bootle tempest was the ominous depth of its motifs , its intensity , and its timing — six months on from Black Wednesday , after a true winter of discontent and many-sided collapse . |
| 44 | The first Tyneside agency was the Tyne Improvement Commission which transformed the river by deepening it , rechannelling it ( to such an extent that a piece of Durham ended up North of the Tyne ) and building the largest harbour on the east coast and the only harbour of refuge accessible in all weather and tide conditions . |
| 45 | The Beatles track was the first to feature new drummer Simon Smith . |
| 46 | The highlight of the week on Lough Owel was the magnificent wild trout of 9lb 9ozs taken on a Mepps near Srudarra Island by Richard Malone , Portarlington . |
| 47 | Before Chernobyl , the Three Mile Island accident was the worst ever recorded at a nuclear power station anywhere in the world . |
| 48 | The Lithuanian president , Vytautas Landsbergis , told the crowd that the dead man , Stanislovas Jamaitis was the first victim in the Republic 's struggle for independence . |
| 49 | Professor Fei Xiaotong of Beijing University was the chairman of the biggest Democratic party called the Democratic Alliance and he claimed that this party represented the interests of intellectuals and especially intellectuals involved in teaching ( Chan 1989 : 83 ) . |
| 50 | A notable judicial absentee in the Samuel case was the Lord Chief Justice , Lord Lane . |
| 51 | The Sea Rover episode was the only occasion I have known a smuggling vessel to be fired upon directly during my time with the customs , as a result of failing to heave-to for customs examination . |
| 52 | Some cereals were grown in the south but around Tregarron rape was the only non-grass crop grown . |
| 53 | What specifically seems to have worried the Russians most about the Marshall Plan was the temptation it represented for eastern European states . |
| 54 | It is now the Ministry of Culture but during the Munich crisis was the seat of Beneš and the government of Prague . |
| 55 | Their race at the Maze Meeting was the subject of a sporting print called ‘ The Dean and the Quaker ’ and the name was later adopted by a local tavern . |
| 56 | The Blackpool meeting was the first between Mr Savimbi and a British minister , underlining the importance Britain attaches to persuading Mr Savimbi to return to the conference table . |
| 57 | Whereas , however , the Krakatoa eruption was the first for two centuries , Mt Pelee had previously erupted within the living memory of some of the older residents of St Pierre ; a mild affair in 1851 which did little apart from sprinkling a bit of ash about . |
| 58 | In the USA a much later counterpart of the SCONUL Tape-Slide Group was the Co-operative Library Media Group , an informal organization of instruction librarians attempting ‘ to serve as a stimulant to the production of audio-visual materials we all could share in teaching library use ’ . |
| 59 | A little man called Maurice Tarn was the auctioneer , and the sale was held in the fields alongside the Strathmore Arms . |
| 60 | Manchester was in the vanguard of passenger railway development , and Liverpool Road Station was the original terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway , and the earliest main line passenger station . |