Example sentences of "the [noun sg] was [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | In Varley v. Whipp ( 1900 Q.B. ) the contract was for the sale of a specified second-hand reaping machine which at the time of the contract the seller did not own but had still to acquire . |
| 32 | The contract was for the sale by a Dutch company of aluminium foil some of which the buyers ( an English company ) were to use in their manufacturing process . |
| 33 | This could not be done where the contract was for the sale of purely generic goods . |
| 34 | The plaintiffs claimed repayment of the purchase price on the basis that the contract was for the sale of goods by description within s13(1) of SGA 1979 and could , therefore , be avoided on the grounds of misdescription . |
| 35 | Thus in Cammell Laird and Co Ltd v Manganese Bronze and Brass Co Ltd [ 1934 ] AC 402 , the contract was for the provision of two propellers for a specified ship and it was held that the sellers knew the purpose for which the propellers were required , ie that they should be suitable for the ship in question . |
| 36 | The chairman was on the Prince 's left , with Angelina opposite him and Lord Beddington next to him . |
| 37 | The pulpit was to the side . |
| 38 | While there was a chancel and a holy table the chancel was not long and the table was not put against the east wall ; the pulpit was to the side , an unusual feature in Baptist Gothic buildings . |
| 39 | Unfortunately the apartment was at the very top and it was quite a struggle to drag Maidstone up the eight or ten flights of stairs . |
| 40 | Lee felt a little puffed ; the apartment was at the very top of a tall riverside block without a lift . |
| 41 | The kitchen was to the left of the hall ; Robyn could hear the bang of a cupboard door , smell the distinctive aroma of fresh coffee . |
| 42 | The sitting room overlooked the square , where lighted windows might be noticed , whereas the kitchen was at the back of the house . |
| 43 | It seems a bit funny for me cos I 'd have thought the kitchen was at the back so then you 'd have your dining room then . |
| 44 | The tetanus to S1 produced a rapidly decaying phase of PTP , lasting 2–3 min , with a small tail of STP , but no stable increase in synaptic transmission ; the intensity of the tetanus was below the cooperativity threshold for LTP . |
| 45 | The Gulamalis received their rent for the first three months , then nothing for four months , and were told the computer was broken , the accounts were being moved , the cheque was in the post , and so on . |
| 46 | At first the difficulty was with the mahouts rather than the koonkies . |
| 47 | The gag was across the trooper 's mouth , and the pressure of Colt 's knee was into the small of his back , and the sheer strength of Colt 's arm took the trooper 's wrists up into the blades of his shoulders . |
| 48 | The camp was near the river which gave you all great joy-it had to be our bathroom — but that was fun to you too . |
| 49 | Earlier in the year fittingly , during Passover , the festival which celebrates the Israelites ' escape from Egypt and the beginning of the journey which eventually took them to the Promised Land — Rabbi Moishe announced with quiet satisfaction that their contributions had mounted up to a sum sufficient to buy three hundred dunams of land in Palestine , that the purchase was in the process of being arranged on their behalf by the Jewish National Fund , and that he himself would lead an advance party of settlers from Cork before the end of 1920 . |
| 50 | By this time , the starter was on the table , and the next course was in the oven . |
| 51 | Maybe the 'phone was in the living room and she 'd be unable to talk anyway . |
| 52 | Therefore the university was in the habit of leaving the choice of professor to the bishop . |
| 53 | Founded in 1269 , most of the building was of the fourteenth century , though it has been extensively restored after damage in the late Middle Ages . |
| 54 | The route was via the Jerusalem to Jericho road , of Good Samaritan fame . |
| 55 | The convent was in the protection of St Sophia and the church was dedicated to her , but changed its dedication when the building was taken over by the nuns of the Salesiane della Visitazione order . |
| 56 | The story was in the public interest . |
| 57 | The glorification of the west was at the expense of China 's own cultural heritage which could not be viewed in a totally negative light . |
| 58 | My mother 's business success had continued and the bungalow was in the throes of an ongoing transformation that would only end some five years later , when the Cliff Top Country House Hotel opened its register for bookings . |
| 59 | During the Thirties when the streamlined fleet was introduced , the driver was for the first time provided with his own driving cab , complete with folding seat . |
| 60 | The driver was from the Colonel 's staff , and he had travelled ahead a full month before so that he knew the city , the back-doubles they might need and the side streets . |