Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that burglary was the clincher . |
| 2 | This trend was partially reversed in the years after 1885 because many officials felt that the prison regime was too lenient and that flogging was the only effective deterrent to crime . |
| 3 | That decision was the second major controversy of Hunt 's extraordinary year : this time not just Ferrari but many others felt that the race had been stopped to give Hunt time to repair his car , an argument given plausibility by the fact that Lauda had made his way out of the trouble and was clearly leading the race when it stopped . |
| 4 | While believing that few teachers were intentionally racist , and while not accepting that racism was the sole cause of West Indian underachievement , the committee concluded that unintentional racism ( in the sense of stereotyped , negative or patronising views of West Indian children ) was widespread and did influence children 's performance . |
| 5 | The fact that a storm may show up the poor condition of a flat roof does not signify that storm was the proximate cause of damage . |
| 6 | The score for each trial was the number of correct letters of the trigram given in the right position . |
| 7 | In neither case was the customer owner of the goods at the time he disposed of them . |
| 8 | Only two patients with low grade or mixed grade disease died , but in neither case was the cause related to lymphoma . |
| 9 | What happened that afternoon was the product of countless details , all of which had to be just right . |
| 10 | The only possible basis for jurisdiction in that case was the service of the writ out of the territorial jurisdiction under Order 11 of the Rules of the Supreme Court . |
| 11 | What was at issue in that case was the right to acquire , use or dispose of immovable property on the territory of another member state ; the court held that that right was the ‘ corollary ’ of freedom of establishment . |
| 12 | But that case was the subject of research by Mr. Glick and his team , and was revealed ( from the reports in Lofft 655 and in the State Trials 20 St.Tr. 239 ) to be a cause celebre in which the great issue ( of immense public interest ) related to the power to levy taxes in the island of Grenada following its capture from the French King , it being accepted by the Crown without argument that the relevant taxes , if not duly levied , must be repaid . |
| 13 | ‘ My mother has mentioned you a lot in her letters , ’ she said at last , deciding that honesty was the only policy , if she was going to smooth over accusations made in the heat of the moment . |
| 14 | One response to that plea was the convening in London , in March 1989 , of the Saving the Ozone Conference , attended by 124 nations ; among other topics , the delegates discussed possible international cooperation which would strengthen the Montreal Protocol ( Cramb , 1989 ) — a matter obviously requiring political will . |
| 15 | Thinking this to be the case one might infer that pleasure was the only good thing . |
| 16 | Reserved , enigmatic , a soldier rather than a statesman — it appeared withal that ambition was the protector 's guiding star . |
| 17 | As an unhappy season has progressed , the committee agreed that coaching was the essential ingredient for lasting success . |
| 18 | Piecemeal highlights are all very well , but viewers tend to be creatures of habit and , at present , a short burst of goals every Saturday night is just a tease ; an uninitiated visitor would never guess that football was the national game . |
| 19 | Well that 's , that , that football was the best thing of course . |
| 20 | That college was the stronghold of the " child-centred " approach to teaching young children , but the schools in the London area which successfully demonstrated the Froebelian philosophy were few and far between . |
| 21 | Featured in that episode was the infamous sequence where a concussed Susan menaces Ian , and then Barbara , with a pair of sharply-pointed scissors . |
| 22 | In 1844 , a London surgeon , G.F. Girdwood , wrote an article in The Lancet which , based on his extensive zoological studies of dogs and horses , showed that menstruation was the human version of being ‘ on heat ’ — it showed the readiness of the female for impregnation . |
| 23 | Discussion took place over Korea and it was agreed that trusteeship was the appropriate policy to adopt . |
| 24 | Beside each entry was the money lent and paid , with the interest and the date . |
| 25 | In equal isolation at the Intercontinental Hotel , 16 miles away , Lebanese journalists found themselves restricted to the parliament 's two opening statements and a diet of gentle assurances from Prince Saud al-Feisel , the Saudi Foreign Minister , that optimism was the order of the day , but while he had heard of some disputes in the parliamentary chamber , he had every reason to believe the Lebanese would accept the Arab League peace plan . |
| 26 | That card was the ace of clubs and Mr Roebuck won a fortune . |
| 27 | That card was the ace of spades — the death card ! |
| 28 | That ring was the most important thing in her life . |
| 29 | Not that Kimon was the only Athenian statesman who sought to recall Marathon specifically : the 192 horsemen of the Parthenon frieze , begun after Kimon 's death and completed as late as the 430s , may depict the Marathon dead , who numbered just 192 , and who were given heroic honours . |
| 30 | The impetus for the development of this framework was the realization that a common point in discussions with managers of innovative activities was the issue of uncertainty . |