Example sentences of "and [was/were] replace [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the then existing councils , with the exception of parish councils in England , ceased to exist , and were replaced by the following : — |
| 2 | The championships ended in 1984 and were replaced by the new Formula 3000 Championship . |
| 3 | On 11 January 1990 all three of the directors resigned and were replaced by the applicant as sole director . |
| 4 | The great compressional movements of colliding plates subsided and were replaced by the vertical movements of tension and isostatic readjustment . |
| 5 | Philip Matthews had a brief incumbency and was replaced for the North American tour by David Irwin , who in turn gave way because of injury to Willie Anderson . |
| 6 | Eden was so angry at having been made a fool of that the Director General of MI6 , Sir John ‘ Sinbad ’ Sinclair , was obliged to retire prematurely and was replaced by the head of MI5 , Sir Dick White . |
| 7 | After a while their nervousness vanished and was replaced by the glory and wonder of each other . |
| 8 | In the course of the depressed 1930s Gramola disappeared and was replaced by the distinguished HMV label in distinctive dark blue . |
| 9 | The plum-pudding model passed instantly away and was replaced by the solar system model of planetary electrons encircling a central positively charged nuclear " sun " . |
| 10 | At a plenum of the Georgian central committee the following day the party first secretary , Dzumber Patiashvili , resigned and was replaced by the former head of the Georgian KGB , Givi Gumbaridze ; the Georgian prime minister and head of state also tendered their resignations . |
| 11 | At a ceremony in Windhoek , the capital , the South African flag was lowered at midnight on the evening of March 20 , and was replaced by the newly designed flag of the Republic of Namibia ( composed of diagonal stripes of blue , red and green separated by white lines , with a golden sun at the top near the hoist ) . |
| 12 | The Minister of State for Trade and Tourism Jonathan Peters was moved to the Prime Minister 's Office in order to assist with foreign affairs , and was replaced by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister 's Office Stuart Nanton . |
| 13 | After a while she came out and was replaced by the other . |
| 14 | With the decline of the mining industry and the isolation of the MFGB after the General Strike , it could no longer retain its dominant position and was replaced by the Transport and General Workers Union . |