Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] was [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parametric data are expressed in terms of the mean and 95% confidence interval ( CI ) and comparison between groups was by the Student 's t test . |
| 2 | The average income elasticity of demand for imports was of the order of 1.5 to 2.0 between the late 1950s and the early 1970s , but this obscures quite wide variations between goods and there are strong grounds for believing that in expansionary phases the ratio rose to as high as 5.0 or 6.0 ; and even the average for manufactured goods was just over 3.0 [ Eltis , 1979 ] . |
| 3 | The sticking point for purists was over the balance to be struck between state power and voluntary efforts . |
| 4 | Unfortunately this play was overshadowed by the opening production and Crawford was the only leading actor not to merit a mention from Eric Shorter in the Daily Telegraph , who believed that the key to performing this wittiest of farces was in the technique . |
| 5 | When Charles I 's Attorney-General sought to reclaim the long-lost Forest rights of his master , Crown , this group of returns was among the documents he triumphantly dug out of the records of the Exchequer . |
| 6 | Official attempts in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to reform and strengthen the police duties of headmen were carried out at a time when the overall influence of headmen was on the wane . |
| 7 | It was also the fifth consecutive month in which both the number and value of bankruptcies was above the prior year level . |
| 8 | But the commitment of governments was to the gold standard and free trade and , in 1922 , Baldwin reflected that , ‘ a free trade country , such as we are still , finds it very difficult to argue with a country that has a tariff weapon in its hand . ’ |
| 9 | When 5 Corps had first been informed by Gen Schmidt-Richberg of the approach of 600,000 Germans and Croats to the southern edge of the Corps area on the evening of 13 May , it had been assumed that this huge mass of fugitives was on the verge of entering Austria and that it would be difficult to prevent all of them from doing so . |
| 10 | The Chou Li says that the interpretation of dreams was in the department of the Grand Augur ( Ta Pu ) , and mentions a special expert of lower grade ( Chan Meng ) who specialised in it . |
| 11 | The almost inherent suspicion the police have of strangers was in the RUC 's case added to by worries about whether their personal security would be compromised and concern over the intentions of the police management . |
| 12 | ‘ The authorities in Northern Ireland were quite satisfied that a substantial amount of explosives was in the area , and it might only be a matter of time until this sort of activity was renewed . ’ |
| 13 | While the issue of means was left unresolved , clear teaching in regard to the issue of ends was in the long run probably more important . |
| 14 | Foxe 's Book of Martyrs was in the old library , a one-volume edition for nineteenth century children with coloured illustrations and the text pruned to a litany of death by flame . |
| 15 | ( a ) Whatever the role of individual mosaicists or groups of mosaicists was in the second century , there appears to be a long term trend in the popularity of certain designs over which control by these mosaicists was negligible . |
| 16 | Others commented that the subjective experience of patients was outside the range of what could be recorded and judged objectively . |
| 17 | Within England , the greatest concentration of inhabitants was in the southeast of the country ( that is , Greater London and the surrounding counties ) , with a population of nearly 17 million . |
| 18 | The basket of flowers was on the shelf behind them . |
| 19 | But the suspension of negotiations was on the cards even before the Americans ' decision . |
| 20 | The average size of herds was in the 63–70 cow range with Leicestershire having the highest cow numbers and North Wales the lowest . |
| 21 | A bag with a change of clothes was in the boot . |
| 22 | The mass of instruments was like the cockpit of a seven-four-seven , even down to a control column . |
| 23 | The question of how to deal with errors was at the heart of the debates in the central commission in the twelve months that preceded the Council . |
| 24 | Shane in Neighbours was in the Flying Doctor . |
| 25 | Hart et al administered dimethylhydrazine ( 20 mg/kg ) weekly for a total of 16 weeks ( 12 weeks after enterectomy ) and at sacrifice at 50 weeks , the increase in tumours was at the anastomosis and not in the colon . |
| 26 | The office housing the records relating to contracts was on the fourth floor and was totally destroyed . |
| 27 | I wondered how long it would take him , and whether Diggs would now have to go shouting through the town , warning that the mad boy who set fire to dogs was on the loose again ; lock up your hounds ! |
| 28 | A wish for children was about the only thing Karen and Manuela had in common , apart from their interest in me . |
| 29 | This follows a Monopolies and Mergers Commission decision that to forbid advertising by GPs was against the public interest . |
| 30 | This follows a Monopolies and Mergers Commission decision that to forbid advertising by GPs was against the public interest . |