Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] was [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bust , bosom or cleavage was for the Fifties the apotheosis of erogenous zones . |
| 2 | Above all , Mosley had tried to reassure the country that persecution of race or religion was against the fundamental tenets of Fascism as it had evolved in England . |
| 3 | In the 1860s Gaskell , Deacon & Co. was among the largest and most successful chemical works in Widnes , owing to Gaskell 's commercial management and Deacon 's method of recovering chlorine for bleaching-powder manufacture . |
| 4 | The trimming or upholstery was of a different hue for each train set , the first trimmed in blue , the second in brown , and the third in green , all moquettes . |
| 5 | ‘ When I estimate prices I look at how important the costume or prop was in the film , and how significant the film was . |
| 6 | The theory was rounded off by the idea that the structure and content of the curriculum as practised in any school whatever , formal or free-form was to the advantage of those capable of indefinite linguistic and conceptual elaboration . |
| 7 | First , where judgment was in a sum of money , it was possible to proceed against individual items of the debtor 's property . |
| 8 | Keeton , for example , suggests that Dicey felt that Parliament was in no danger of abusing its powers ‘ because it was a combination of diverse elements , linked together by an intricate system of ‘ checks and balances ’ … and also because Englishmen possessed , to a markedly greater degree than other peoples , a mysterious political instinct' . |
| 9 | They had explained that microlighting was like a return to the early days of flying but two emergency landings within eight minutes seemed to be stretching nostalgia too far . |
| 10 | They had explained that microlighting was like a return to the early days of flying but two emergency landings within eight minutes seemed to be stretching nostalgia too far . |
| 11 | ‘ And Grandson Richard will be helping us , you see , ’ said Masklin , hoping that Gurder was in a state to take all this in . |
| 12 | The insistence that emancipation was in the national interest expressed this . |
| 13 | Its sudden arrival on the scene must have been embarrassing for those who have been trying to deny that federalism was on the agenda . |
| 14 | The nurse pulled up the metal sides and closed them with a clang so that Dot was like a caged prisoner . |
| 15 | And in their survey of 9–13 middle schools , the HMI argued that work was of a higher standard where there was a greater use of subject teachers , and where those subjects had been studied in a major way in higher education by the teachers concerned . |
| 16 | I used to do all sorts of other jobs to keep going — I used to be so confident that work was round the corner that when I became a cellarman in a wine shop , I said to my family , ‘ Of course , I 'll only be here for a week or two , you know , ’ and a year later I was still there . |
| 17 | ‘ But she does n't know that divorce was in the wind , ’ Dougal said . |
| 18 | Mr Punshon said it should be remembered that membership was of the organisation not the club . |
| 19 | In 1850 neither St Petersburg nor Constantinople nor the western powers realized that war was on the horizon , but with hindsight it is possible to see that the battle-lines were drawn . |
| 20 | Even so , Piladu knew that once milking was over the facts had to be faced , and faced in the kitchen where his wife would be listening . |
| 21 | Pre-war trends suggest that revolution was on the cards , but they bear little resemblance to the ‘ law-governed ’ process depicted by Soviet historiography . |
| 22 | What became known as the Naythuyein Mass Meeting heard Aung San speak about the Burmese contribution to the Allied cause ; he saw Labour 's victory as a sign that imperialism was on the way out and he affirmed that ‘ 99 per cent of the PBF would be unwilling to serve in the fighting forces of a country that was not free ’ . |
| 23 | Lord Salmon confined himself to saying that Anisminic was of no relevance to the High Court : it was apposite only for tribunals , commissioners and inferior courts of law . |
| 24 | You know a miracle will not happen but you find yourself behaving as if it might : we canvassed , those weeks before the election , with a heady feeling that success was round the corner . |
| 25 | Neither Bayer nor MAN was in the same desperate straits as AEG ; but even in the electricals firm 's case capital spending fell sharply as a percentage of sales only in 1982 . |
| 26 | He told trades unionists that unemployment was at the heart of the problem . |
| 27 | Sometimes she thought that food was like a gag . |
| 28 | It was moreover ‘ a proprietor that never died and never wasted ’ , so that property was on the people 's side . |
| 29 | Riding beside them , he explained that time was of the essence if their father 's instructions in respect of the protectorship were to be carried out . |
| 30 | He acknowledged there was a problem transporting the heavy , bulky equipment from Loughborough to Orkney and recognised that time was of the essence if the whales are to be saved . |