Example sentences of "[noun sg] it was [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This all reflects the important part that political organizations played in the Edwardian era , for when politicians needed means of communication and organization in a time of crisis it was to the parties rather than to the state that they turned for the machinery and the expertise ; it was not to be the same in 1939 , with consequent effects on the state of the local parties by 1945 . |
| 2 | He would n't be allowed to race if his eye was bad , but she knew only too well what a punishing endurance it was for the drivers . |
| 3 | Later in its life it was in the hands of the Pidcocks , local iron masters , who were also responsible for building a canal from Lydney Docks . |
| 4 | In particular it caused the bankruptcy of the BCR , which meant that for the rest of its life it was in the hands of the Receiver . |
| 5 | The press-book heralded Black Legion as the ‘ Truest To Life Film Ever Made ’ and if this claim was meant to refer to the actual Detroit trial it was to the settings of the film that the most audiences would have applied it . |
| 6 | By the end of the 18th century it was in the hands of John Sutton . |
| 7 | This time it was at the hands of Grimsby Town . |