Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the most shameless of St Peter 's successors was Roderigo Borgia , who styled himself Alexander VI . |
| 2 | Another commentator on the troubles of earlier centuries was Lord Curzon , later to become Viceroy of India and British Foreign Secretary . |
| 3 | There was apparently an agreement between Pickard and Wasbrough allowing the latter to use the crank , and the engine-builder who was most incensed at the patenting of a device which he maintained had been known for centuries was James Watt [ q.v . ] . |
| 4 | The Player of the Tournament , nominated by the Referees was Christina McGrath . |
| 5 | A very worthy player of the Tournament , nominated by the Referees was Craig McGrugan of Belfast . |
| 6 | One of his older brothers was Alfred Bray Kempe [ q.v. ] , |
| 7 | One of his brothers was George Thomson [ q.v. ] , parliamentarian . |
| 8 | Among the successful opposition candidates was Hitoshi Motoshima , who was narrowly elected to a fourth term as mayor of Nagasaki . |
| 9 | Among the defeated candidates was opposition leader Tupua Tamasese Efi . |
| 10 | One cattle trader suspected of dealing in stolen animals was Liyange Sardial Perera , a Karava from Dandugama near Negombo . |
| 11 | One of Crawford 's influences was Buster Keaton . |
| 12 | Last year , the precocious name on his lips was Waqar Younis , this year it is Inzamam-ul-Haq . |
| 13 | Another source of disputes was government resources . |
| 14 | One of his converts was George Combe , a young Scottish lawyer . |
| 15 | One of his converts was Charlotte Elliott , author of one of the best-loved of hymns : |
| 16 | It was out of the question ; she must end this bizarre interview here and now by telling Madame Gebrec , gently but firmly , that the person to whom she should confide her doubts was Officer Hassan . |
| 17 | Heading the list of dismissals was Middlesbrough manager Jeremy Mitchel . |
| 18 | The hardest task for the lads was swamp skiing , a severe test of cooperative behaviour where they had to navigate a 50 metre course barred by three electrified barriers on two 10 foot planks of wood . |
| 19 | One of the speakers was William Henry Black , a historiographer at the Public Record Office in London . |
| 20 | One of the important speakers was Tony Benn ! |
| 21 | Among the speakers was Malcolm Peebles , an industry authority , who opened the event with a talk on the basics of LNG and its position in the world markets . |
| 22 | One of the speakers was Sir Simon Gourlay , president of Conservation Food Producers . |
| 23 | In the October of 1934 the Catholic Charities Convention held a meeting in New York City at which one of the speakers was Monsignor Amleto Giovanni Cicognani . |
| 24 | Among those small boys from Westminster School who used to accompany Lancelot Andrewes on instructive walks was George Herbert . |
| 25 | One of his clients was Mike McGear , Paul McCartney 's brother and together they got up to some hair-raising pranks like trying to give a client a beer shampoo but drinking more of the vital ingredients before it so much as touched a single hair ! |
| 26 | One of the first genuine electrical recordings was Adeste Fideles sung in the Metropolitan Opera House New York by the choir of the Associated Glee Clubs of America ( 850 voices ) , before an audience of 4000 . |
| 27 | One of his best friends at both Hollin and Moorclose high schools was Dave Fielding , who later played in a band with Gedge and went on to form the Chameleons . |
| 28 | He looked outside and there at the bottom of the steps was Aubrey Clark dressed in his motor-cycle gear , his helmet glinting in the moonlight . |
| 29 | Perhaps not a million miles from Hannay 's unwilling female companion in The Thirty Nine Steps was Barbara Wright , the human element in the series . |
| 30 | The top earning European over the 12 months was Seve Ballesteros with $804,356 ( in 9th place on the list ) . |