Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] was at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only solid bit was at the front . |
| 2 | This issue was at the heart of the Report of the Layfield Committee on Local Government Finance ( Cmnd 6453 ) published in 1976 . |
| 3 | The notion that clerical wealth was at the disposal of the realm when need arose was echoed and supported by some other developments of the reign : the practice whereby donations of land to the church first required royal licence ( and at a price ) ; the growing , though still limited , legal procedure and principle whereby endowments whose purposes were neglected by the receiving clergy could be recovered by the donor ; the practice of founders and patrons ‘ resuming ’ possession of the lands of religious houses embarrassed by debts ( not least debts resulting from taxation ) until they could again operate effectively ; the seizure of alien priories ; and lastly , the widening definition of temporalities at the expense of spiritualities . |
| 4 | A false impression of this sort was at the heart of the London Fox property futures scandal . |
| 5 | He brought one arm around expansively , and the wooden bunk was at the end of it . |
| 6 | Yes , and , and this path was at the side of the fields like , you know , that , went just on the edge like , you know . |
| 7 | The pose had thrust his hips sideways as he leant at a slight angle and his free hand was at the level of his pelvis , thumb hooked into the waistband of his jeans , fingers doubled into a loose fist at the top of his hard , powerful thigh . |
| 8 | This idea was at the heart of the movement , and in accordance with this scheme the right-angled Swastika was employed ; the symbol of Siva and metamorphosis ; the purpose — evolution . |
| 9 | Yes well it was er we lived at the top of the second hill and this school was at the bottom . |
| 10 | Richard Baxter by this time was at the peak of his ability as a preacher . |
| 11 | Its public premiere was at the Theatre Royal , Brighton , on 19 May 1947 , first night of a tour which also brought the company a change of name , to Sadler 's Wells Theatre Ballet . |
| 12 | Popular power was at the heart of their vision of a new political and social order . |
| 13 | His official car was at the kerb . |
| 14 | As was the custom , such applicants were expected to do some work in exchange for shelter in the sleeping cell and for their food , and such work was at the discretion of the labour master . |
| 15 | So far as the original Gramophone Company was concerned , dark green was at the bottom of the pecking-order , although in Britain such records carried a different trade-name , Zonophone . |
| 16 | Such generosity was at the expense of the Greek cities of the coast , and helps to explain why they revolted from Persia again in 479 ( Hdt. ix.105 , treating their adhesion to the new Delian League as a second ‘ Ionian Revolt ’ ) , as before in the Ionian Revolt of 499 . |
| 17 | The second night was at the McKenzie hut , beautifully sited by a lake in a steep valley . |
| 18 | Forget the Cup Final … the real fun was at the play-offs . |
| 19 | My first real exhibition was at the Hanover Gallery in 1955 and it was n't a great success commercially very little was sold so there was an interval of eight years before I had another . |
| 20 | It was felt that central government was at the core of many of the problems , but also to be considered was the mis-management of the NIHE Board and their failure to properly consult and allow the full participation of the tenants themselves , who more often than not are the best experts needed . |
| 21 | But the swirling breeze was at the hunters ' backs , and the big bull suddenly lifted his muzzle to scent in their direction , and a moment later the whole herd was running towards the shelter of the trees . |
| 22 | From the first bars of Mozart 's ‘ Hunt ’ Quartet it was obvious that their effortlessly fluent and natural playing was at the service of artistic integrity . |
| 23 | His worst mistake was at the Ministry of Labour , which , foreseeably , turned out to be the crucial sector of his Government 's battlefront . |
| 24 | The following are also void : marriages between parties who are not respectively male and female ; marriages between persons , either of whom is under the age of 16 ( see p. 43 ) ; and a polygamous marriage entered into outside England and Wales , if either party was at the time domiciled in England and Wales ( for domicile , see pp. 61–3 ) . |
| 25 | A soft fuzzy girl was at the till . |
| 26 | The world famous naturalist was at the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust 's headquarters to launch an education programme — enabling thousands of local schoolchildren to use the centre to learn more about nature . |
| 27 | Rumour had it that an unhappy love-affair was at the root of her unpleasant nature . |
| 28 | This tense relationship between bourgeois careerism and communist party political commitment was at the root of the accusation that during this period Nizan had not entirely succeeded in severing his links with his bourgeois past . |
| 29 | We have already had reference this morning to the outcry against the handling of , of the mine closures and it was immense , the case was made by the Parliamentary Success er Select Committee for some serious thinking about energy policy for the future , yet the government did not think again , the political debate was at the level of whether Mr Heseltine would remain in power and nothing was changed . |
| 30 | On Boxing Day , she returned to the Hamiltons ' , to learn from Mrs Porter that Bill was at the hospital , and that Dr Greene planned to discharge Faye that afternoon . |