Example sentences of "of [noun sg] was at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His first tour of inspection was at the Ashmolean museum .
2 The revival of industry was at the heart of Mr Lamont 's Autumn Statement .
3 He agreed that a regrettable lack of foresight was at the root of it , but he felt that there were extenuating circumstances , and he seemed resolved to do something about it , in so far as he could .
4 The concept of flexibility was at the centre of debates surrounding economic restructuring throughout the 1980s .
5 The Conservative government 's 1988 housing reforms contained several proposals aimed at rejuvenating the private rented sector , after the years in which the promotion of home-ownership was at the forefront of housing policy .
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