Example sentences of "event was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the light of its subsequent success , the most important event was the authorisation of a £54million scheme to link the Midland and Southern electrified systems by reinstating the half-mile-long disused tunnel between Farringdon and Blackfriars . |
| 2 | The next major event was the emergence of Nikita S. Khrushchev as the dear chairman of the Soviet People . |
| 3 | The second event was the sudden brutal crashing of something large and heavy , coming from above , upon the windscreen . |
| 4 | But , while that event was the climax to date of Richard 's career with the Palace , he has been with us since his schoolboy days , for he is one of the products of the currently highly resourceful youth development programme at Selhurst Park , and his mature performances in defence earned Richard the Palace Young Player of the Year award in 1986 . |
| 5 | The other event was the appointment of a government committee to enquire into the organisation and staffing of the Survey . |
| 6 | Such a seismic event was the removal of the Sinn Féin president , Gerry Adams , from the republican movement 's citadel , West Belfast . |
| 7 | But the most dramatic event was the fire at Windsor Castle which brought the monarchy if not to its knees , at least to its senses . |
| 8 | My partner for the event was the marvellous American player Muffin Spencer-Devlin , who turned up with a bag which had ‘ Save the Whales ’ written all over it . |
| 9 | The event was the Colchester Colne club 's contribution to a nationwide day for children supported by some 20,000 Round Tablers across Britain and Ireland . |
| 10 | But of course it did , and in the end our event was the only one to make money for their thingy , and we stayed there . |
| 11 | The key event was the dispute surrounding the Eddie Shah group of free newspapers and it was resolved with the help of two pieces of trade union legislation introduced in the early 1980s which henceforth placed the trade union movement on the defensive . |
| 12 | One outcome of that event was the announcement that an expanded and updated version of a 1983 regional study , Arts as an Industry , would be conducted by the Port Authority of New York . |
| 13 | Bullock and Gelman also included a condition in which temporal priority conflicted with spatial proximity as a basis for judging which event was the cause . |
| 14 | The third event was the unexpected death of King Stephen 's elder son Eustace in August 1153 . |
| 15 | The first event was the scandal which has come to be known as the Glanville Davies affair . |
| 16 | The second event was the ending of the conveyancing monopoly . |
| 17 | The third event was the liberalization of the restrictions on advertising , which had previously permitted only institutional advertising such as the ‘ See a Solicitor ’ series of leaflets . |
| 18 | The second event was the identification of ‘ adaptor proteins ’ , of which Grb2 is now the best known ( others include Shc , Crk and Nck ) . |
| 19 | The other significant event was the Boer War . |
| 20 | The major political event was the split in Ramsay MacDonald 's Cabinet in 1931 ; the resultant general election returned just 49 Labour MPs to Westminster . |
| 21 | Jumping at the same event was the famous ski jumper Eddie ‘ The Eagle ’ Edwards . |
| 22 | Indeed , this event was the first of several that has enabled Keith to use his knowledge of Russian as he has also been asked to write a short speech for a Coopers and Lybrand partner in Sheffield and subsequently coach him with his delivery skills . |
| 23 | The event was the first of its kind but the 30 participants had so much fun there are already plans to stage another hunt in the summer . |
| 24 | The first the Prince of Wales knew of the unhappy event was the following Monday morning . ’ |
| 25 | The final formal social event was the dinner at which Mr Sapronov invited Dr Jeffery to visit Khmelnitski . |
| 26 | A major event was the opening of the Institute of Aquaculture 's Marine Environmental Research Laboratories at Machrihanish , an advanced sea water facility that substantially enhances the Institute 's already very impressive research and teaching capabilities . |
| 27 | This event was the fourth major Living History Exhibition run by the SWSHAS and was visited by some 300 children and 150 adults . |
| 28 | The other major political event was the LPRP 's fifth congress which took place in March 1991 . |
| 29 | Our next event was the Dinner Dance held at Langstone Cliff Hotel on . |
| 30 | Another notable event was the admission of Joanna Innes as Senior Proctor , the first time a Fellow of Somerville has been Proctor . |