Example sentences of "area was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr F B Brisley was the Association 's parade marshal , Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom , President of the Wales Area , was the Right Marker and Group Captain the Earl Ilchester , President of the South Eastern Area was the Left Marker . |
| 2 | One of the leading problems in this area was the horizontal moon illusion : the moon appears larger near the horizon than in its zenith . |
| 3 | During his childhood , the area was the site of several tanning factories which emptied their waste products into the River Bievre . |
| 4 | The first in the docks area was the Gloucester Steam Mills , arriving around 1840 . |
| 5 | The adoption of Tempo 30 speed limits across the entire area was the third element of environmental traffic management in the Buxtehude experimental area . |
| 6 | The name Leconfield derives from Llecen-Fylliad , meaning ‘ the flat stone in the gloomy shade ’ , and its enclosed area was the sacred theatre in which rites of initiation into druidical mysteries were solemnized and in which aspirants performed their probationary noviciates . |
| 7 | It appears the Romans had no defensive position on the Welland and the earliest settlement in the area was the Roman camp on the River Gwash at what is now Great Casterton . |
| 8 | The only change affecting the Croydon area was the Greyhound — Thornton Heath route , which had lately carried the number 2 . |
| 9 | At the rear of the area was the Romanian national football stadium , now only one of several large arenas for the sport in the capital . |
| 10 | In this area was the altar of sacrifice on which the birds and animals were killed . |
| 11 | Virtually unexplored and uncharted until the mid-nineteenth century , this area was the inspiration of artists , musicians and writers — composer Edvard Grieg spent his summers here and playwright Henrik Ibsen was inspired to write Peer Gynt by the legends and folklore of this part of Norway . |
| 12 | One such area was the treatment of slaves and administration of justice in the West Indies . |
| 13 | The most important such area was the Balkans . |
| 14 | Further off in that direction , on the site of the modern village of Makroteichos , there were Minoan houses and traces of Minoan houses have been found as far north as Palaiomilo , some 600 metres north of the temple precinct : beyond this area was the northern cemetery of Zafer Papoura . |
| 15 | This area was the world 's main source of copper in the first half of the 19th century . |
| 16 | This area was the basis for coordinated planning by Northumberland County Council , Newcastle and Tyne mouth in the 1950s and 1960s and includes all the types of residential districts found in the city and its over spill suburbs . |
| 17 | By the late twentieth century , this area was the focus of mining activity in the county . |
| 18 | Oakenshott ( 1979 ) found a preference for small towns among employers because of their more pleasant physical environments and easier access to the countryside , compared with the larger cities , while Spooner ( 1972 ) found that the attractiveness of the area was the most important factor influencing firms moving into the South West . |
| 19 | The dining area was the same canopy beneath which they had been interviewed earlier in the day , only now the matting was covered with carpets , some of them very fine , and an inverted ‘ U ’ of low square tables of some dark wood had been set out . |
| 20 | The only problematic area was the forge which , with all its traditional associations of masculine strength and virility was an immediate focus for the ambitious men . |
| 21 | This area was the once flourishing Jewish quarter with its famous domed synagogue and close to the Nazi headquarters , both in Oranienburgerstrasse . |
| 22 | Living in such a desirable residential area was the one material achievement of my life . |
| 23 | The key symbolic issue upon which agreement was reached in this area was the decision to exempt third-generation Koreans from the mandatory fingerprinting to which all aliens resident in Japan were subjected . |
| 24 | The the outer boundary of the Greater York area was the parish boundaries . |
| 25 | P.H. Sawyer has drawn attention to rune stones in Denmark and Västergötland raised in honour of men accorded the English epithet thegn , and concluded that the latter area was the part of Sweden controlled by Cnut , through agents who received a title borne in England by royal subordinates . |
| 26 | make the point you know I 'm sure you found this useful , what particular area was the one that excited you the most , yeah ? |
| 27 | An earth-shattering event in this area was the retirement of Betty Hartley after 19 years teaching . |