Example sentences of "the [noun sg] was [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were extravagantly to his advantage , save when she lowered her voice to sigh , tapping her left side familiarly : " And all overclouded by this , you know — all at the mercy of a weakness — ( 9 ) Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart ( 10 ) . |
| 2 | This impression is backed up by the following sentence , which stands out as being the shortest and most straightforward sentence in the extract : Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart ( 10 ) . |
| 3 | These express the content of Pemberton 's inner consciousness : " Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart " ( 10 ) : " he would have liked to hear the figure of his salary " ( 3 ) . |
| 4 | The unity was in the past and resided in the present and our devotion to Jesus . |
| 5 | And this afternoon literally everything connected with the base was on the move . |
| 6 | If he was a zealot , it was in his strict adherence to his Faith ; if he was bigoted , it was in his belief that the kirk was of the people and answerable to no master other than God . |
| 7 | The cinema was at the back of the present hotel . |
| 8 | The cinema was round the corner and |
| 9 | There was one based on Proust and one based on Zola , and the winner was about the ghosts of a haunted house being disturbed by an estate agent and a gang of would-be mortgage slaves . |
| 10 | The tide was on the turn now . |
| 11 | On one occasion Crawford was left hanging above the stage for ten minutes when there was a bomb scare and everyone left the theatre quickly , forgetting that the top-of-the-bill was at the top of the stage . |
| 12 | The greatest difficulty for the USRC was within the party , for any commitment to a positive social policy would be resisted by those whose vested interests were threatened , as Robert Sanders noted over labourers " wages : |
| 13 | Mrs Metcalfe said : ‘ The money was for the electricity bill . |
| 14 | I think that I must assume the existence of some person in the defendants ' employment who accepted and appropriated the money with a full knowledge of all the facts , particularly the discussion which had preceded the institution of the action , and the pending of the action itself , who knew and realised that the right of the defendants to receive the money was at the moment sub judice , and indeed on the point of coming before this court for decision . |
| 15 | The case was about the liberty of the press to comment freely at any price . |
| 16 | The Bill gives asylum seekers in that position the right — it did not exist when the case was before the court — to appeal to an independent adjudicator . |
| 17 | Most of the rise was in the form of manufacturing and other business investment ( figure 8.7 ) . |
| 18 | If ultrasonic methods were used , for example , anomalous effects would be observed when the wavelength was of the order of the phase dimensions . |
| 19 | It is not contended that the duty arose out of contract : the contract was between the defendants and Mrs. Walker , and so far as contract is concerned it was to Mrs. Walker the defendants were liable for breach of it . |
| 20 | It does not allege that the mother made any contract in reference to the child — the contract was with the mother in respect of herself alone . |
| 21 | Thus in Cammell Laird and Co Ltd v Manganese Bronze and Brass Co Ltd [ 1934 ] AC 402 , the contract was for the provision of two propellers for a specified ship and it was held that the sellers knew the purpose for which the propellers were required , ie that they should be suitable for the ship in question . |
| 22 | In Varley v. Whipp ( 1900 Q.B. ) the contract was for the sale of a specified second-hand reaping machine which at the time of the contract the seller did not own but had still to acquire . |
| 23 | The contract was for the sale by a Dutch company of aluminium foil some of which the buyers ( an English company ) were to use in their manufacturing process . |
| 24 | This could not be done where the contract was for the sale of purely generic goods . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The chairman was on the Prince 's left , with Angelina opposite him and Lord Beddington next to him . |
| 27 | The pulpit was to the side . |
| 28 | While there was a chancel and a holy table the chancel was not long and the table was not put against the east wall ; the pulpit was to the side , an unusual feature in Baptist Gothic buildings . |
| 29 | The kitchen was to the left of the hall ; Robyn could hear the bang of a cupboard door , smell the distinctive aroma of fresh coffee . |
| 30 | The sitting room overlooked the square , where lighted windows might be noticed , whereas the kitchen was at the back of the house . |