Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's believed the protests were against the breeding of rats and mice for experiments . |
| 2 | It 's believed the protests were against the breeding of rats and mice for experiments . |
| 3 | The initial concerns of the Board were with the transfer of responsibilities from the Law Society and their subsequent management . |
| 4 | The lines of tethered animals were guarded by patrolling sentries , and even those long stretches were under the shelter of strips of fabric . |
| 5 | Both were under the power of men , then at the end they are wholly independent of men , free women , this enabled them to talk to their oppressors as some sort of equals . |
| 6 | Said Phil : ‘ At the time the key uses of mercury , apart from chlorine production , were in the manufacture of batteries , paints , seed dressings and electrical equipment . ’ |
| 7 | Most of these were at important royal or administrative centres , and many of the churches were in the form of minsters or missionary centres . |
| 8 | Between the wars , nationally , only about 5 per cent of all subsidized dwellings were in the form of flats ; it was 40 per cent in London and 20 per cent in Liverpool . |
| 9 | Her fortunes were in the control of men who could candidly say , like one Essex trustee , that her ‘ present views are of entire indifference to me ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ When is Derek coming ? ’ asked Lili , perhaps because we were on the subject of husbands . |
| 11 | He said later he had been unaware they were on the list of defaulters . |
| 12 | He was a thin , brown man with a brass stud at the neck of his striped shirt and a sad expression as if he were on the point of tears . |
| 13 | Socially they were on the fringe of things . |
| 14 | This is fighting talk , and suggests his fond memories of Maurras and the Action Française , but it was only talk — perhaps it was Eliot 's way of enlivening what he thought to be the muted tone of discussion in England ; perhaps it was also a method of inspiring his colleagues at the Moot whom he called " companions in affliction " , intellectuals or refugees who were on the periphery of events to which there was no foreseeable end . |
| 15 | As newspaper costs escalated and as the nature of the commodity changed politicians and political parties saw their financial grip over newspapers being prised open ; by the late 19th century , newspapers had become such costly ventures that they were beyond the reach of politicians . |
| 16 | They were at the centre of things . |
| 17 | She thought she would also hint to Miss Potts that Alicia and Daryl were at the bottom of things , but she did n't get very far with this , she had to go and see Miss Potts about some returned homework . |
| 18 | They were at the forefront of sports photographers excelling at their work . |
| 19 | By 1627 Buckingham 's pro-Catholic foreign policy had collapsed , and he was bent on a French war ; the need now was for the service of men with enough local influence to raise money for this purpose . |
| 20 | The track that crosses the BCR at Longville Bridge runs below the railway at this point , and perhaps the screen was for the benefit of users of the track , but as it is also below the railway on the opposite side of the ford , and no screen was suggested there , it seems doubtful that this was the reason . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It was through the use of tactics such as these that the leaders of the LNA sought to shift the representations of sexuality which had been crystallized by the medical profession and their sanitary supporters . |
| 23 | But I think the other incredibly important thing that you said was about the number of boys here from public schools as well and I think that |
| 24 | It was like the change of seasons . |
| 25 | It was like the course of trials which underline so many of the great myths and fairy stories and narratives . |
| 26 | The low murmur of conversation in the hotel 's sun lounge was like the crashing of waves to Kelly as she entered to see Annie at a corner table . |
| 27 | Her speech was like the twittering of bats . |
| 28 | It was like the sound of fingernails being dragged down a blackboard . |
| 29 | His only concern was with the integrity of souls in obedience to the laws of God . |
| 30 | Prisoners being trained in woodwork explained that their major frustration was with the shortage of tools and materials . |