Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [was/were] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impetus for the development of this framework was the realization that a common point in discussions with managers of innovative activities was the issue of uncertainty . |
| 2 | Underlying much of this change was the rapid industrial development of the period . |
| 3 | This market-place was the site of the annual fair , when swings , a roundabout with proper horses and a steam organ , shooting galleries , side-shows of all kinds and numerous stalls came to the town for three days . |
| 4 | The British army created a regiment of light infantry in 1757 for scouting duties in North America ; and in the war of the American Revolution troops of this kind were the most effective part of Britain 's forces in the colonies . |
| 5 | The only political figures of importance to be even slightly influenced by ideas of this kind were the Marquis d'Argenson , who controlled French foreign policy , with small practical success , in the years 1744–47 , and perhaps the Comte de Vergennes , who occupied a similar position in 1774 – 87 . |
| 6 | He regretted that bawdry of this kind was the ‘ only living folk-art left to us . |
| 7 | One of the largest surveys of this kind was the University of Pittsburgh study . |
| 8 | However , the most valuable long-term effect of the plans for this index was the classification scheme which was devised in order to arrange it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A sad and ironic pendant to this story was the fact that when Dowding was dismissed he could not betray Ultra by calling it to the defence of his strategy . |
| 11 | An aspect of this story was the total absence of the Doctor from Episodes Three and Four . |
| 12 | But by far his main task on this story was the designing of the Mechonoids , or Mechons as the first scripts called them . |
| 13 | The first development in this field was the invention of Coberine by Unilever , working with a leading English chocolate company , which was patented in 1961 . |
| 14 | The true pinnacle of success in this field was the Chamberlains in Birmingham , who combined an attention to organizational detail with a liking for the lim light . |
| 15 | Supreme in this field were the members of another branch of the Titford family , at that time recent arrivals in London from their home in Wylye , Wiltshire . |
| 16 | Sometimes this obstinacy was the refuge of the poor man who can not afford change and to whom stagnation has become a habit of mind necessary for survival ; at other times it represented a sound rejection of improper techniques culled by ‘ philosophical ’ amateurs from the journals of French and English agricultural societies . |
| 17 | History in this case was the product of a specialized group ; and the arguments about the quality of the product were about its beauty , metre , wit , rather than about its truth , typicality and meaning . |
| 18 | The preacher in this case was the Rev. William Cuff , a Spurgeon man . |
| 19 | The target the researchers were working towards in this case was the ability for its systems to recover from transient errors and other faults in the software . |
| 20 | Well , the spark in this case was the Spring issue 's piece ‘ Moving with the Times . ’ |
| 21 | The basis in this case was the CNAA 's own confident development of the field from the outset — unlike the other cases of amalgamation , or responses to different kind of initiative or pressure . |
| 22 | The answer in this case was the arrival of warm air and its combination with an area of low pressure over Britain . |
| 23 | But they had to protect services and this budget was the only way to do so . |
| 24 | This afternoon was the capper . |
| 25 | This cloak was the principal relic of the west Frankish kings of Neustria , and wherever the Neustrian kings were , it went with them to adorn whatever building became for the time being the royal chapel . |
| 26 | Except from a brief outburst from Sonny ( when Pat urges him to face reality , he protests , ‘ Reality is not life ! ’ ) , you would never know this play was the work of a poet rather than a TV comedy writer . |
| 27 | Watching over this assemblage was the Science and Art Department . |
| 28 | The culprits in this instance were the amalgam of sevens gypsies that gathered under the Warblers banner — including New Zealand sevens internationals Eric Rush and Glen Osborne ( North Harbour ) and the star of the Melrose Sevens , Peter Woods ( Bay of Plenty ) — and the Froggies , a polyglot of French first division players from the Toulouse area . |
| 29 | Perhaps the most general comment in this direction was the fact that many felt far less bloated and felt their mobility had consequently benefited . |
| 30 | When I was in year 10 at school we took part in a T.V.E.I course , one part to this course was the community service work . |