Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impasse was deepened by the refusal of Quebec 's Liberal Premier , Robert Bourassa , under pressure from the growing separatist Parti Québecois opposition , to contemplate a revision or excision of the " distinct society " clause . |
| 2 | Bovine gall bladder was obtained from the local abattoir and transferred on ice to the Laboratory within 20 minutes of slaughter . |
| 3 | The Hermopolitan cosmology was linked with the city of Hermopolis and the god Thoth . |
| 4 | It was only after a considerable struggle that the diver was dragged to the deck . |
| 5 | At Main Road , Bicknacre , a wheel was stolen from the boot of a Ford Escort XR3 . |
| 6 | A drive wheel was attached above the cycle 's rear wheel and , after a day 's use , the battery is repowered overnight , using a standard home charger . |
| 7 | A Charter making Stockport a free borough was granted by the Earl of Chester in about 1220 ; and a second Charter granted in 1260 gave the right to hold a market each Friday and an annual Fair , commencing on St. Wilfred 's Day and running for the seven days following . |
| 8 | Society was now based on complicity in the common crime ; religion was based on the sense of guilt and the remorse attaching to it ; while morality was based partly on the exigencies of this society and partly on the penance demanded by the sense of guilt . |
| 9 | This biopsy was taken from the anterior surface of the right lobe of the liver . |
| 10 | No biopsy was performed in the other cases but the lung opacity on the chest x ray or computed tomogram had the same macroscopic aspect as in the cases of proved lung lymphoma and responded to chemotherapy as well as the gastric lesion . |
| 11 | As the Prime Minister reproached Mr Nigel Lawson for resigning the Chancellorship ‘ with such suddenness and haste ’ — and over personality not policy — her isolation was highlighted by the ex-minister whose enforced resignation in the Westland affair of 1986 is being likened by disaffected MPs to the recent sacrifice of Mr Lawson . |
| 12 | Plasmid DNA for ethidium bromide-CsCl equilibrium density gradient centrifugation and for rapid small scale isolation was prepared by the alkaline lysis method . |
| 13 | The government 's growing sense of isolation was heightened by the damaging outcome of the Turkish War of 1877–78 . |
| 14 | No remedy was provided by the statute for enforcement . |
| 15 | The final remedy was found in the convoy system . |
| 16 | An alarming crack also appeared in the nose Plexiglas but nothing vital fell off , no serious damage resulted and the idea 's feasibility was proven with the expenditure of more rounds . |
| 17 | Changez and Jamila sat apart , and although I tried to catch them looking at each other , I can guarantee that not a single surreptitious glance was exchanged by the future bed-mates . |
| 18 | Holland 's interpretation was that in the second phase of training an association was formed between the illness produced by the injection and a CS-evoked representation of the food that preceded it . |
| 19 | As an example , the Lewis Association was formed in the 1930's , and it took on a life of its own by promoting research and by issuing booklets . |
| 20 | The Association was represented at the ‘ At Home ’ Days at RAF Leuchars , RAF Finningley , RAF Abingdon and RAF St Athan . |
| 21 | By coincidence , the British Medical Association was represented in the House this week to report on its study of hazardous waste in the west midlands in the very same district of Walsall to which I referred . |
| 22 | The Association was founded by the deaf themselves in 1890 , on the appearance of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Deaf , Blind , etc. , which published suggestions altogether unsuited to the social , moral , intellectual , and spiritual welfare of the deaf , and it is the only association of its kind in existence in the United Kingdom . |
| 23 | THE University of Stirling Graduates ' Association was founded in the early 1970s to represent the interests of Stirling graduates on the University Conference and Court and to provide social and other activities for graduates to maintain their links with the University and their contemporaries . |
| 24 | The Annual General Meeting of the Juniper Green Village Association was held in the Village Hall on Monday 27th April at 7.30p.m . |
| 25 | The Annual General Meeting of the Juniper Green Village Association was held in the Village Hall on Monday 26th April at 7.30pm . |
| 26 | 27.4. 92 The Annual General Meeting of the Juniper Green Village Association was held in the Village Hall on Monday 27th April at 7.30p.m . |
| 27 | 26.4.93 The Annual General Meeting of the Juniper Green Village Association was held in the Village Hall on Monday 26th April at 7.30pm . |
| 28 | The Association was approached by the originators of the idea , as well as NEDO , to take on board these objectives and carry them forward . |
| 29 | The President , Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Williamson and Lady Williamson were present when the Standard of the Association was paraded at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 30 | Walsh 's thinking was based on the theory known in economic jargon as ‘ reverse income substitution effect ’ . |