Example sentences of "[conj] this was [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this was against the law , the poll tax was illegitimate — imposed from above . |
| 2 | He makes explicit what is perhaps implicit in Taskopruzade , namely that Molla Yegan was from the province of Aydin , and adds to the sentence about his becoming muderris at certain medreses in Bursa the fact that this was through the agency of Molla Fenari . |
| 3 | He could now say that this was with the approval of his superiors . |
| 4 | Like so much else in these cantos , the last line is midleading , since it suggests it was by an edict of Henry III that the Magna Charta was sent to all cathedrals and read four times a year , whereas Coke 's Institutes make it clear that this was on the contrary an enactment of Edward I. ‘ Selinunte ’ and ‘ Akragas ’ ( the old name of Agrigento ) are ancient Greek cities in Sicily . |
| 5 | Dad did n't speak to Mum on the phone , and he did n't see her , knowing that this was for the best in the long run . |
| 6 | Health authority staff , not unreasonably , felt that this was at the cost of forgoing routine casework support for a wide range of people ( horizontal efficiency ) and from their point of view , therefore , the developmental role of the CMHTs represented an unacceptable opportunity cost . |
| 7 | Some of the earlier references to the area have confirmed that this was near the site of the 17th century Kings Forge , where iron produced in the Kings Furnace , a mile away , was refined . |
| 8 | He thus unjustly extorted a great sum of money from the men of the bailiwick , not being content with any mode of lawing , saying , if the right leg was lawed , the left leg ought to be lawed , and vice versa , and if all the feet were lawed , saying falsely that this was against the assize and the tenor of the king 's Charter . |
| 9 | If it turns out badly , he might argue ( contrary to the facts ) that this was against the odds . |
| 10 | Two decrees were issued by the Labour Ministry on Jan. 10 , 1990 , ( i ) announcing a nationwide 16 per cent wage increase for workers in state enterprises , stating that this was within the framework of the economic recovery programme ; and ( ii ) stating that strikes might legally be called by trade union committees or mass meetings of workers but that notice should be given to both the employer and the ministry and that strike action should only be used as a last resort . |
| 11 | Once this was in the open there was less reason to maintain such extreme secrecy about the fusion research programmes and some relaxation occurred . |
| 12 | And this was at the back of the head , only the central seam contaminated , and that only meagrely . |
| 13 | It won , it won the best kit car and this was at the national show so you imagine how good this thing was . |
| 14 | Campbell made the point — and this was before the Auckland game — that Ireland needed better coaching and , on the face of it , more awareness of the growing physical demands of top-line rugby . |
| 15 | As to what we were going to do in our school holidays , and if I do n't , let's see , the teacher was named , it 's be the fourth class , and er two of us decided we were going to , and this was before the days of hiking as such , we decided we were going to go hiking . |
| 16 | Since Plato ( dreamed that he ) saw Socrates most days , and this was among the most vivid and consistent of all his experiences ( dreams ? ) , and since Socrates said things which he , Plato , had not thought of before and which sometimes surprised him , Plato found it most consistent and convenient to ’ believe ’ that Socrates really did exist . |
| 17 | Some children needed to be fitted with spectacles and this was in the doctor 's opinion ‘ probably best done in London ’ . |
| 18 | And this was in the 60s when high rise was so fashionable , but we managed not to have them in Washington . ’ |
| 19 | He was able to come back , and this was in the late nineteen fifties , half a century later , and tell us all about it . |
| 20 | But I ca n't Oh ooh ! through Can you imagine if this was on the superstore sites . |
| 21 | Another idea is that there should be an official — perhaps called a Director of Civil Proceedings — who would have the power to initiate court proceedings if this was in the public interest and to intervene in proceedings initiated by others to represent the public interest . |
| 22 | Oxford students succeeded , in Fox v Stirk [ 1970 ] 3 All ER 7 , in establishing that they could be resident in their university constituency and thus entitled to qualify to vote notwithstanding that they were also resident in their home constituencies and could qualify to vote there alternatively but this was on the basis that they had a ‘ residence ’ in Oxford where they spent a substantial part of the year . |
| 23 | This was be this was er er there was a ceremonial parade when we stood down but this was er erm something that like that the town in recognition of the Home Guard Cos when the Home Guard was stood down it was a national er a national standing down so everybody all over the country er everybody in the country there 'd be a er a parade of some sort but this was for the Walsall detachment of the South Staffs Home Guard that was invited to , to the town hall for er a reception , it was quite it stood in re er I still can remember about it quite quite something to look back on that was really . |
| 24 | It did launch a general economic survey in 1953 , but this was at the request of the Special Council of Ministers , itself responding to national government worries about a slump in demand . |
| 25 | But this was outside the police remit , and meanwhile , they had to be careful not to jeopardise public tranquillity . |
| 26 | Lifers were entitled after two years to apply for furlough to maintain contact with their families , but this was in the hands of the police department , not the prison authorities , and was rarely granted — a matter of some concern to the gaol Superintendent . |
| 27 | There is some support for Burke and Chinkin 's view in the remarks of Denning LJ ( as he then was ) in Lee v Showmen 's Guild of Great Britain [ 1952 ] 2 QB 329 at 342 , where he stated that a domestic tribunal must observe the principles of natural justice ; but this was in the context of being given a reasonable opportunity to meet a " charge " , in this case the attempt to expel a member from a trade union . |
| 28 | Towards the end of my Baghdad tour I had regular tussles with the group captain in friendly games of tennis , but I was never able to take a set off him , which never surprised me since he was more or less the permanent Inter-Services Tennis Champion in the UK , ( Oddly enough , Jackie Hunter was my station commander early in the war and saved me from the wrath of my Air Officer Commanding — " Maori " Coningham — when I brought my bombs back when everyone else had " found the target " , but this was before the days of the night camera . ) |
| 29 | Since this was under the cannon of the town , at least on the Scots side of the river , it was unlikely to be guarded . |
| 30 | ‘ We knew it came from Gotha , but it was legally very difficult to stop a picture that belonged to an East German public collection … as this was before the unification of Germany ’ . |