Example sentences of "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 . |