Example sentences of "[v-ing] this [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While both ideas turned out to be partially correct , the essential step in overcoming this difficulty was the application of an extra magnetic field — the so-called toroidal field — with lines of force parallel to the current flow round the torus . |
| 2 | A major factor in securing this pledge was the supply of advanced anti-missile technology in the form of the Patriot missile battery , with US support crews ( an unprecedented deployment of US army personnel on Israeli soil ) to enable the Patriots to be brought immediately into service ( whereas Israel 's own two Patriot batteries purchased from the USA the previous year were not yet operational as crews were still being trained ) . |
| 3 | Surrounding this court was the court of the men of Israel , reserved for non-priestly Jewish males . |
| 4 | Many commentators wrote in similar fashion — saying this service was the epitome of what the BBC should be doing . |
| 5 | Er I merely want to comment on the erm apparent misunderstanding on my comments on windfalls earlier on , erm it has been suggested that we we 're tightening down on windfalls , was the quote actually used , erm , there is no intention in the local plan to er ignore the er windfalls , to actually deal with them in a different way than had happened in the past , clearly if sites come forward which are windfalls which are suitable in environmental terms then the City Council will give , as P B G one requires , the appropriate consideration to those applications , what I was merely saying this morning was the the likelihood of such windfalls coming forward , and the scale was clearly going to be substantially less than had occurred in the past , and the the figure of eighty a eighty a year , which was for a five year period , which was quoted to me , erm clearly would not be representative of my expectation of the future . |
| 6 | Capping this cone was the cowl . |
| 7 | While the aims of T.E.C.A. appear modest enough , by forging an alliance with Dr.Eric Williams they would come to realise that there was a much greater goal to aim for , and that the key to attaining this goal was the charismatic figure of Dr. Williams himself . |
| 8 | Among the six members of the sub-committee responsible for drafting this submission was the Eastern District 's former full-time tutor Harold Shearman , by then Academic Adviser to the Department of Extra-Mural Studies at London and a WEA vice-president . |