Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The schoolmistress was ‘ quite inefficient ’ and was also to go , but the porter was to be admonished only . |
| 2 | And what the response was to it because , well I I did try it merely sort of to experience it , and I do n't think that it was an addictive experience and |
| 3 | And the conclusion of that is we go for a criteria based approach for the time being , see see what the response was to that er and nothing was said about identifying the site as such . |
| 4 | Sir Marcus Fox , the powerful chairman of the Tory backbenchers , suggested that the Premier was in need of a break and his Government in need of a tougher approach . |
| 5 | She had seen the little plastic bowls of grey water at the back of the hot-dog stall in which the woman rinsed her horrible cloth ; she knew what the lavatories in the park were like . |
| 6 | The plaza was a place for nocturnal meetings , although the majority were of a far simpler , far older kind than two men planning international espionage . |
| 7 | The majority were for law and were greeted by applause in an assembly of the staff and students . |
| 8 | The majority were like that . |
| 9 | The majority were from primary schools but the rangers can arrange educational activities for everyone from nursery school children through to college students . |
| 10 | Of the climbers who made written comment , the majority were in favour of a bolt placement . |
| 11 | Boots continued to multiply , though the majority were in the expanding field of leisure walking . |
| 12 | The majority were in Asia and the Middle East . |
| 13 | The majority were in rural areas and the traffic densities were so low that there was no prospect of making them pay . |
| 14 | The majority were in the private sector . |
| 15 | ‘ I got the clear impression the majority was in favour of Prime Suspect , ’ he said . |
| 16 | ‘ I got the clear impression the majority was in favour of Prime Suspect , ’ he said . |
| 17 | In the Liberal cabinet the majority was against allowing the PLA and Lord Devonport to be coerced by the Transport Workers Federation into a settlement ; Lloyd George and Haldane would have preferred a minimum wage for all dock workers and disliked Devonport 's intransigence , but were outvoted . |
| 18 | Frequently , the soundtrack was of higher quality than both plot and script — as Ice-T observed when piecing together ‘ Pimps , Players And Private Eyes ’ , a currently in-demand import compilation that features ten of the most potent soundtrack cuts from blaxploitation 's golden age , thus fulfilling a life-long ambition . |
| 19 | The hiss was clear on MW and LW while the calculator was within a few feet of the set , but not on FM . |
| 20 | The boiler was like an upright wooden barrel banded with copper . |
| 21 | They were extravagantly to his advantage , save when she lowered her voice to sigh , tapping her left side familiarly : " And all overclouded by this , you know — all at the mercy of a weakness — ( 9 ) Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart ( 10 ) . |
| 22 | This impression is backed up by the following sentence , which stands out as being the shortest and most straightforward sentence in the extract : Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart ( 10 ) . |
| 23 | These express the content of Pemberton 's inner consciousness : " Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart " ( 10 ) : " he would have liked to hear the figure of his salary " ( 3 ) . |
| 24 | Some 40 per cent of the population were of black African descent , 40 per cent were descended from labourers brought from the Indian subcontinent , and the remainder were of mixed race . |
| 25 | The remainder were to be preserved or put to other uses , but delays in reaching decisions often meant that the buildings had been severely vandalised by the time they were available for conversion . |
| 26 | The remainder were in chains , some of which belonged to the national press undertakings . |
| 27 | In fact , half the cases appeared in one newspaper — the Middlesex Chronicle , a local weekly — while the remainder were in the nationals . |
| 28 | The remainder were from a reputable information book written for use in school . |
| 29 | Reveille for the remainder was at 0600 , as the transit camp we had been living in for the fortnight had to be handed over to the next inhabitants spick and span . |
| 30 | Half of the amount was destined for housing , public works and other economic assistance , while the remainder was to be made up of export assistance and trade benefits . |