Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is not it about time that the Government stopped this practice of recruiting and exploiting young people who are deemed not old enough to cast a vote but in some cases are being forced to continue in the Army and can be put into armed combat , as they were during the Gulf war ? |
| 2 | By the time we were off the Capes , there was water flying in all directions and glad cries as the Bénéteaus surfed down the glassy fronts of the swells . |
| 3 | The March examination passed OK but when the Canberra crews sat the October examination they all looked in amazement at the test papers ; they were for the Washington . |
| 4 | The best results were for the Ford Motor and the Dana corporations which predicted 45 per cent of the total variance of returns . |
| 5 | Most were for the GPO , later Crown Film Unit , and distributed by the Central Office of Information to cinemas and overseas . |
| 6 | Thirty-five ( one-third ) of the visual representations ( photographs , drawings , etc. ) identified in the total series of 114 rape cases referred to the Brixton gang ( most of the remaining two-thirds were about The Fox ) . |
| 7 | Although 60 per cent of the 363 samples taken were below the MEL , there were plenty of examples of poor control , with nearly two-thirds of all planers producing dust levels above the MEL . |
| 8 | But these ideas of his were of a Prague long gone , a Prague idealised out of my recognition . |
| 9 | Not all books borrowed from these libraries were of the Mills and Boon variety . |
| 10 | His characters were of the Mata Hari type , and he was expert at revealing secrets of which nobody else was aware . |
| 11 | equipment , particularly in regard to such matters as route board brackets and the destination boxes on the ends of the car were of the L.C.C . |
| 12 | The trolley masts were of the Brecknell , Munro B/l type , but a late version which could be turned through the full circle . |
| 13 | Of the 222 new American funds launched last year , 99 were of the Lazards variety and carry no initial or exit charges . |
| 14 | In an address to the nation on July 25 , during which he spoke of the need for a " fresh start " after the upheavals of June [ see p. 37523 ] , President Kenneth Kaunda pardoned Lt. Mwamba Luchembe and his colleagues who were behind the June 30 announcement of an Army takeover , and announced the release of all other political prisoners . |
| 15 | Then , when we were near the Canary Islands , a Turkish pirate ship came after us . |
| 16 | Luckily they were near the B-H-S store and put the fire out before it had a chance to catch hold . |
| 17 | But the foundations for this belief were like the Cheshire Cat in Alice of Wonderland ; the more one looked at them , the less substance they seemed to have . |
| 18 | At three sites the levels were above the EC " action " limit at which steps to improve air quality must be taken . |
| 19 | Only four areas were above the EC recommended limit compared with ten the year before . |
| 20 | As it happened , the links he had remade were with the Magharba in Ajdabiya . |
| 21 | The Youngs were with the Unwins from Australia and Filmer and Daffodil shared a table with a pair Nell later identified to me as the American owners of the horse called Flokati . |
| 22 | Although baptized and buried in Anglican churches , his strongest links were with the Abney Congregational church , which he had largely financed . |
| 23 | Although the award was made to me , my thoughts were with the CCG crew that were on board the Tharos that night — I really was collecting it on their behalf ’ . |
| 24 | Five other squad members were with the Merseyside B squad last season . |
| 25 | Three of the victims were in a Metro the others in a Honda . |
| 26 | He became the first pilot to aerial bomb Istanbul , and held the record for long distance bombing raids , many of which were in a Handley Page 0/400 . |
| 27 | The two men and two women -who have not been named — were in a VW Scirocco which smashed into a wall in Normanton , West Yorks . |
| 28 | The four nurses were in a Ford Fiesta which was crushed under a lorry after it jacknifed . |
| 29 | ‘ You were in a Hampden , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Fortunately , the Danish police were in a Ghandi mood . |