Example sentences of "[noun] was [prep] the [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferrières itself was south of Paris , between Sens and Orléans , both sees whose bishops were supporting Charles ; but its rich dependent house of St-Josse near Quentovic was in the area that fell under Lothar 's control in September 840 , and Lothar lost no time in handing it over to one of his own clerks . |
| 2 | The future was like the blackness that surrounded her , in which there were n't even shadows . |
| 3 | I used to do all sorts of other jobs to keep going — I used to be so confident that work was round the corner that when I became a cellarman in a wine shop , I said to my family , ‘ Of course , I 'll only be here for a week or two , you know , ’ and a year later I was still there . |
| 4 | Clearly Auld was of the opinion that the Tyndale incident could have been avoided if the authority had taken a wider view of its role . |
| 5 | The agreed plan for a postgraduate institute was on the basis that it would be partly financed by National Health Service funds — a commitment made in writing at the time by the then Scottish health minister , Michael Forsyth . |
| 6 | The alleged libel was to the effect that there was extensive bribery and corruption in three departments of the council and that the council were ‘ either parties thereto or culpably ignorant thereof . ’ |
| 7 | The refusal by the Movement to let orthodox groups share In decision-making was on the assumption that their real aim was to dominate . |
| 8 | Now the mission to Colesfield was with the crew that you have pictures , have the picture of , as you look at the picture from left to right standing in the back is or I should say , , , and his home town was Louisiana , he was a waste gunner . |
| 9 | I thought that Stacey 's conclusion was to the effect that the council had changed and was capable of internal reform . |
| 10 | Sir Frank Stenton was of the opinion that with Aethelbald 's accession ‘ the history of southern England enters upon a new phase ’ . |
| 11 | Mr Geddes added that his group was of the view that the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , had failed to consult the Scottish people about water privatisation and was pursuing the matter in spite of it not being included in the Conservative election manifesto . |
| 12 | In his report into what is known as ‘ the Profumo Affair ’ in 1963 , Lord Denning was of the view that the term' ‘ subversive ’ should relate to ‘ people who would contemplate the overthrow of government by unlawful means ’ . |
| 13 | Although the court was of the view that these remaining grounds were arguable , it refused to relist the appeal . |
| 14 | Had it not been for the section , the court was of the view that the claim would have been defeated by volenti . |
| 15 | The Court was of the opinion that section 133 did not apply to the activation of the suspended sentence , as it was clear that when a sentencer activated a suspended sentence he did not ‘ impose ’ the sentence for the purpose of section 133 . |
| 16 | My own service was under the impression that it had the huntin' and shootin' rights in this country . |
| 17 | The European Commission on Human Rights was of the view that seeking to persuade members of the armed forces to disobey military orders which rendered a particular person liable to prosecution for ‘ incitement to disaffection ’ properly justified a prosecution under Article 10 , paragraph 2 of the Convention . |
| 18 | Cave J. was of the opinion that whether the judgment was satisfied or not , the respondent was , by reason of the agreement , not entitled to issue execution for any sum on the judgment . |
| 19 | Swod was of the generation that reached for an extra layer of clothing rather than turn the heating on . |
| 20 | Bertha Johnson was on the committees that organized a series of lectures for ladies from 1874 , set up the more ambitious Association for Promoting the Higher Education of Women in Oxford ( AEW ) in 1878 , and founded the Anglican hostel , Lady Margaret Hall , which opened , together with the undenominational Somerville Hall , in 1879 . |
| 21 | Dr Johnson was of the view that there were a lot of mouths , especially in the families with thirteen children , that God had forgotten to feed . |
| 22 | And then there would be the and then and while it would be while the f the coffin was in the house that it was was it ? |
| 23 | Dr Meredith had already been sent for , but his lordship was of the view that my father should be moved out of the sun before the doctor 's arrival ; consequently , a bath-chair arrived and with not a little difficulty , my father was transported into the house . |
| 24 | But the old market square was still there , the ferry to North Shields ; Ocean Road , the Town Hall , the Library , Trow Rocks , the sands , the pier … . ft was on the pier that I made my first stumbling attempts to start writing poetry on my own again ; my very own poetry : |
| 25 | No wonder the great common lawyer Blackstone was of the opinion that " the rigour and arbitrary proceedings of excise laws seem hardly compatible with the temper of a free nation " . |
| 26 | Ostensibly , the furore was over the possibility that the offices would obscure one of the famous views of the castle . |
| 27 | By this time the government was of the opinion that difficulties which arose in relations between clergy and peasants sprang not merely from the economic arrangements on which the livelihood of priests depended , but from the priests ' character . |
| 28 | My next call was to the company that had been holding some of my things in storage , just to warn them that I was coming round . |
| 29 | Ceauşescu 's first contact with British statesmanship was through the interest that he had in obtaining British technology and the up-and-coming Antony Wedgwood-Benn had in selling it . |
| 30 | The silence of the valley was like the stillness that sometimes follows a hard rain . |