Example sentences of "[noun sg] was in the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If a rating or precepting authority over-rated or over-precepted , the remedy was in the hands of the electorate …
2 If , for example , a horseman was in the field and the ploughing was going on extremely well , his stetches coming out neatly , with dead-straight furrows and a level ‘ top ’ , his mate sometimes called out in recognition of his prowess :
3 Phillip Thorpe , the AFBD 's chief executive , felt obliged to circulate to his staff a denial of reports that a merger with The Securities Association was in the offing .
4 The card was in the door , and you rang him up anyway
5 He says the card was in the name of the Rt Hon Norman Lamont , and the Chancellor simply signed as Norman Lamont .
6 Last night Bowe 's manager , Rock Newman , revealed a new deal was in the pipeline .
7 From mid-July the force was in the process of formation , although details of deployments were not publicized .
8 Her bedroom was in the basement .
9 Their bedroom was in the front of the house and looked out over the sea , a vast expanse of blue , sparkling in early morning sunshine .
10 The salon was in the Ismailia quarter where all the best hotels were .
11 An RAF Warrant Officer in the Medical Administration branch , this Veteran was in the war from the start , helping to set up a field hospital .
12 Armed or otherwise , the Hooligan was in the headlines .
13 By 9.45 pm , 10.00 pm at the very latest , a full episode was in the can , complete with its opening and closing title graphics , all the incidental music , all optical and mechanical effect sequences , even the strange and weird electronic voices of such monsters as the Daleks and the Mechonoids .
14 ‘ The trophy was in the shape of a wooded scroll with a quartz clock and a brass plate inscribed with the words , ‘ Presented to Joan Rawson by the Stockport & District Concert Secretaries at the 29th Command Show 1992 . ’
15 In such a case it was argued , following St Augustine , that since the soldier was in the service of his lord , it was the lord who must accept responsibility .
16 When we were moving or when he thought a search was in the offing he 'd hide it in his underpants .
17 Jane Leeson went into the photographic studio and told her husband that Lowell 's girlfriend was in the reception area .
18 The only occasion when rail closures were raised in my time at the Transport Department was in the spring of 1981 .
19 Ferrières itself was south of Paris , between Sens and Orléans , both sees whose bishops were supporting Charles ; but its rich dependent house of St-Josse near Quentovic was in the area that fell under Lothar 's control in September 840 , and Lothar lost no time in handing it over to one of his own clerks .
20 And Her Majesty was in the parade ring to assess the runners and riders for the big race , the Queen Mother Champion Steeplechase .
21 It tasted good , but the only resemblance to tea was in the tealeaves floating on the top of the liquid .
22 Their future was in the hands of pre-teen and teenage crews as the RYA 's Stuart Jardine and Jim Saltonstall , senior racing coach , stalked them round the lake to see how they performed .
23 After the price of Dixons shares staged a strong rise on Tuesday , Kingfisher felt obliged to broadcast a statement to the Stock Exchange first thing yesterday morning saying a bid was in the offing .
24 Kingfisher was forced to show its hand after rumours that a bid was in the offing began to circulate on Tuesday .
25 The season had been a hard slog and he felt a break was in the player 's interests .
26 Why , then , the attack of cold feet when the programme was in the can and the billing in the Radio Times ?
27 My introduction to the Advanced Courses Development Programme was in the form of SCOTVEC 's Consultative Paper which arrived at the College early in 1987 .
28 At least , he could if the fault was in the machine rather than in the meat .
29 The dying Pitt , rejoicing in the House of Lords that the grave had not closed over him before he could protest against ‘ the dismemberment of this noble empire ’ , was a tragic figure ; but the tragedy was in the absurdity of the protest .
30 The very real tragedy was in the fate of one man and what was needed was an Everyman figure who could carry the story by being charming , innocent , ordinary , and haunted and that is what the skills of Muni could give them .
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