Example sentences of "a [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A reversion was the grant of the right of succession to an office , made during the lifetime and tenancy of an existing holder . |
| 2 | I think one thing that blindfolded us a bit was the fact that the river was in spate at the time and if she had fallen in she 'd have been washed out to sea . |
| 3 | I mean I got er the only th part erm I did mess up a bit was the the part here . |
| 4 | I remembered the larder was bare and took a snap decision ( actually , ‘ going snap ’ on a decision was the latest buzzword ) to hit the local late-night deli . |
| 5 | Since a sentence was the basis for execution , and the sentence was pronounced inter partes , execution too must have been similarly limited . |
| 6 | The old woman was lying on her back ; the only part of her that was n't flat as a board was the hillocky outline of her feet beneath the bedclothes . |
| 7 | Part of Lewis 's discovery of himself as a writer was the discovery of a means of presenting himself to the reader . |
| 8 | Protecting retailers , banks , building societies and other lenders from exploitation by a heady few set on having a spree was the function of Credit Reference Agencies . |
| 9 | And a Miss was the head mistress . |
| 10 | Before the death of Felix five leading churchmen of the civitas arranged that the archdeacon Garivald should become the next bishop , since such a succession was the norm . |
| 11 | The absence of an internal hierarchy culminating in a sovereign was the most important element in the image as people saw it ; and it was an accurate account of Zuwaya political organization until they invited the Sanusis to Kufra . |
| 12 | Such a figure was the perfect model for the everyman figure seeking the meaning of salvation for both individual and society that Langland depicted in the weary , wet-shod Will , so vibrantly aware of the gap between the final metaphysical realities of heaven and hell and the immediate beguiling preoccupations of the field full of folk , for whom hot pies seemed more sustaining than the bread of life . |
| 13 | So how big was a how big a institution or how important a institution was the Cooperative then , here ? |
| 14 | One of the most important recent examples of such a study was the result of joint work by an anthropologist and an economist , and focused on critical appraisal of many of the assumptions about goods current in economics ( Douglas and Isherwood 1980 ) . |
| 15 | ( A precursor was the London Regional Transport Board established in 1984 , when London Transport was removed from the GLC . ) |
| 16 | See in pre-nationalization days , a superintendent was the big chief . |
| 17 | IN 1905 , when the Automobile Association was founded , ownership and use of a car was the privilege only of the rich . |
| 18 | A second was the emergence of a triangular relationship with the woman as ‘ pig in the middle ’ ; a particular point of concern was that the ‘ majority of husbands gave the impression of being quite distant from the situation ’ . |
| 19 | A second was the elaborate controls over local authority activities . |
| 20 | A second was the Exchange 's wrist-slapping of London International Group . |
| 21 | A few of its members may already have persuaded themselves that a protector was the most reliable counterweight to Woodville influence . |
| 22 | A few of its members may already have persuaded themselves that a protector was the most reliable counterweight to Woodville influence . |
| 23 | A column was the rubric under which the writer could put anything at all . |
| 24 | One of the earliest men we know of to have such a dream was the Old Testament prophet , Micah . |
| 25 | Two-thirds of the drinkers surveyed said the location of a pub was the main reason for visiting it and 32 per cent prefer a pub that serves food at most times of the day . |
| 26 | One advantage of so large a hall was the inability of all but the most vocal heckler to make himself heard . |
| 27 | Such a fragment was the Egyptian eighteenth dynasty crystalline limestone head of a queen or goddess , ( possibly Queen Mutnodjmet , according to Sotheby 's Dick Keresey ) . |
| 28 | Dana would be startled to see her , and a scene was the last thing either of them needed . |
| 29 | A CAT was the victim of a cruel attack when she was shot in the neck by a pellet . |
| 30 | In the dim light and seated behind a desk was the unmistakable smiling face of Colonel Charlie Vaughan . |