Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the key obstacles to achieving a significant deficit reduction was the President 's 1988 pledge not to raise taxes , one of the few firm commitments made by Bush during his entire presidential election campaign . |
| 2 | In November 1991 the CME 's eurodollar futures contract was the first one to exceed the one million contracts open interest , i.e. number of contracts outstanding . |
| 3 | Reviving the classical grandeur of the railway carriage of Edwardian days , with all its silver-plated , lacetableclothed dining-car finery and mahogany-panelled parlour-car ambience , on the long-established route from London to Paris and Venice , the Orient Express was the brainchild of James Sherwood , head of the Sea Containers Group . |
| 4 | Our competition and ‘ opposition ’ in Moose Jaw was the resident staff writer of the Regina Leader-Post who managed his paper 's local bureau . |
| 5 | Almost difficult to believe , but Beighton station level crossing was the first on the GCR out of London . |
| 6 | Another convincing Middlesbrough winner was the NorthEast intermediate javelin champion , Emily Harrison , who threw 34.78 metres . |
| 7 | The primary reason for the failure of the CAFFE trial was the enormous skilled effort needed to prepare the flow charts . |
| 8 | During our Pre-Campaign Wave in March defence was the main issue on television , the main issue stressed by the Conservative Party , and second only to unemployment as Labour 's main issue . |
| 9 | In the second case money was the prime factor , both its getting and spending ; it created an artificial environment . |
| 10 | Monetarists argued that excessive growth in the money stock was the root cause of the inflationary problem , and that any tradeoff between inflation and unemployment was at best temporary . |
| 11 | The electronic billboard with its tacky Stardust effect was the ultimate nothing , an entity written entirely in light . |
| 12 | The specific focus of the Loughborough University research was the effect of the national curriculum on secondary school libraries . |
| 13 | Well the election agent was the man responsible for getting that data through to the , the candidate to say that you 're speaking at a meeting , such and such a night , and another meeting at such and such so keeping the , keeps that candidate on his toes , all the time , during an election campaign until election 's over and then of course er you know what transpires after that I su it 's either |
| 14 | Despite the predominance of the medical faculty in attracting research grants , the unit with the largest contract turnover was the archaeology department . |
| 15 | Better than expected , the February current-account deficit was £1.4 billion ; the trade deficit figure was the same — net invisibles vanished . |
| 16 | David Park was the last man out of Knockshinnoch . |
| 17 | One of the foremost exponents of Hawaiian slack key guitar was the superb musician and singer Gabby Pahinui , and Gabby is the reason we 've been given this rare and welcome opportunity to speak to Ry Cooder . |
| 18 | Coldunell Ltd. v. Gallon was the first of the modern cases to analyse the previous authorities in terms of ‘ agency . ’ |
| 19 | In Britain , the key change was the removal of the ‘ corset ’ on banks in 1980 . |
| 20 | The key change was the announcement that the income tax charge on company dividends is from 6 April to be cut from 25 to 20 per cent and that the accompanying tax credit will also be cut to 20 per cent . |
| 21 | For centuries agriculture was the main industry together with self-employed small businesses giving support , blacksmiths , cobblers , tailors , and village stores . |
| 22 | For centuries agriculture was the main economy of the Glarus . |
| 23 | There was a time when the humble pedicab driver was the symbol of the hard-working migrant who left the village for the bright lights of Jakarta . |
| 24 | Minton therefore had good reason to worry that the police might one day arrive to search the house , for one of the notorious aspects of the Montagu case was the disclosure that the police had done this without warrants . |
| 25 | Another important Culham experiment was the 8-metre theta pinch Ion which New Scientist 's present editor worked ) . |
| 26 | Right now the well-being of his car seat was the last thing on her mind . |
| 27 | Police suspected a man in a silver car was the murderer . |
| 28 | Lansdowne Road has seen some famous victories this year and the Dublin Sports & social Committee was not to be outdone as Lansdowne Football Club was the venue for its latest undertaking . |
| 29 | An essential part of BRAC 's oral therapy programme was the reinforcement and monitoring of the message conveyed by the Oral Replacement Workers about the lobon-gur solution . |
| 30 | The agency chiefly concerned with neighbourhood liaison was the City Planning Office , which employed a number of community planners responsible for consulting with their allocation of neighbourhood groups . |