Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [was/were] the " in BNC.
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1 | Upgrading the existing cable by means of a new 400,000-volt cable was the only way to ensure sufficient carrying capacity for supplies from the new Teesside Power station under construction at Wilton , those at Hartlepool and Blythe and exports from Scotland . |
2 | The probe for NP1450L RNA was the synthetic oligonucleotide 5'-GGTGGTTCCCATTCGCGCATCATAGATACC-3' , complementary to nucleotides 130 to 159 of ORF NP1450L . |
3 | Er expertise was the first and foremost requirement . |
4 | If The Stones ' camp appropriation of black R&B sexuality was the supremely relevant response to straitlaced , petit bourgeois English suburbia , then The Smiths ' refusal of the travesty of healthy sexuality that black pop degenerated into , was the appropriate response to eighties ‘ liberated ’ suburbia . |
5 | Although SVR4 MP was the first technical success for the UI technology committees , Price says SVR4.1 ES should be regarded as UI 's technological linchpin for the future . |
6 | Yeah er cover was the one that , after we 'd been through the document , I did find of be of particular interest |
7 | And er of course another a another er expression was the wee boch 'll come helshing down the street . |
8 | Du Cane was the first in a line of redoubtable and prominent penal administrators of the stature of Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise , Sir Alexander Paterson , and Sir Lionel Fox . |
9 | But Valerie Cass 's response was the most interesting . |
10 | Monday 's award was the second of its kind for Miss Paterson . |
11 | The practical key to Arsenal 's rise was the balance effected between defence and attack , to meet the new conditions of the changed offside law . |
12 | The second factor in Cologne 's rise was the contribution by the Aachen chocolate magnate , Peter Ludwig , of his extensive collection of Pop Art and Russian Constructivist works . |
13 | Complaints from staff about the behaviour of the group at a party at A&M 's office to celebrate the signing and protests from other A&M artists about the company 's judgement were the reasons cited for the volte face . |
14 | The Gloucester 's stand was the turning point of the Korean war . |
15 | Depending on favours for a substantial part of one 's livelihood was the vulnerability which Mary Leapor was reluctant to assume . |
16 | Er yes there the three things I got out of erm yesterday 's course was the thought patterns the Aldershot method and the delivery . |
17 | The answer in Geoffrey Cowdrill 's case was the same one that occurs to numerous middle-aged executives who find themselves with a bit of capital and a lack of inspiration : he invested in a franchise . |
18 | The boy 's existence was the horror he spoke of . |
19 | The man 's skin was the matchless white of a person who preferred study to sport and shadow to sunlight . |
20 | Liberals saw this as evidence that the dominions were more interested in going their own way , but Unionists retorted that Canada like Britain had been led astray by a radical government and that Canada 's decision was the result of Britain 's failure to offer preference . |
21 | The core of the meeting 's decision was the adoption by 18 votes to six of a resolution which would allow commercial hunting to be resumed when stocks had reached 54 per cent of their estimated population prior to large-scale exploitation . |
22 | Stabile , but on this occasion Robertson 's Hurricane was the only British casualty . |
23 | The alleged inspiration of the song from Pete Hamill 's story was the subject of a lawsuit in the 1970s and some have suggested that Mr Hamill 's story is fiction , not fact . |
24 | Laura 's story was the major factor . |
25 | Elisabeth did not think that a life sentence of Bo-Bo 's knitting was the harshest a man might serve . |
26 | DeFreitas 's miss was the turning point of the day , with Kambli on 39 of his eventual 164 not out when the Lancashire all-rounder misjudged a straightforward boundary catch off John Emburey . |
27 | Fama 's lawyer complained that the length of his client 's sentence was the direct result of the racial elements of the case . |
28 | Nobody associated with Irish rugby put one and one together and decided that Mullin 's preparation was the training of the future . |
29 | ‘ But my grandfather 's grave was the last on this hill . |
30 | KARL FAIRBANK 'S try was the difference as Bradford set up a Regal Trophy quarter-final against holders Widnes on Sunday at Odsal . |