Example sentences of "[noun] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | This impasse was made worse by continued falls in copper prices until the mid-1980s . |
| 2 | This impasse was to last until a number of dramatic events changed the face of the industry and markedly reduced the power of the trade unions . |
| 3 | Asked how the impasse was overcome a spokesman for ICL Moscow says : ‘ It was by us taking a firm line . |
| 4 | This seemingly irreconcilable impasse was resolved by President Carter and his staff who encouraged both sides to take the risk of thinking more critically and creatively about solving their joint problems , along the following lines . |
| 5 | The impasse was deepened by the refusal of Quebec 's Liberal Premier , Robert Bourassa , under pressure from the growing separatist Parti Québecois opposition , to contemplate a revision or excision of the " distinct society " clause . |
| 6 | The impasse was broken when Bush conceded on one of his key demands , a reduction in the capital gains tax . |
| 7 | The impasse was eventually broken after the Prime Minister invoked an arcane constitutional device to create more PCP Senators [ see p. 37705 ] , and used a closure motion for the first time within Canada 's upper chamber . |
| 8 | Deeside was enjoying an Indian summer of mild , windless days and skies piled with white cumulus . |
| 9 | Sejdo Bajramovic was appointed to succeed Sapunziju as the representative for Kosovo ( whose functions , dismantled only on March 18 , had been summarily restored ) . |
| 10 | In the following year , Napoleon was appointed as Commander-in-Chief of the French forces after his victories in Italy and , in subsequent years , he won such remarkable victories that he was able to appoint himself as First Consul in November 1799 , and was made Emperor in 1804 . |
| 11 | Royal armies thus depended upon mercenaries — even as late as the battle of Waterloo in 1815 , over half the army of Napoleon was not French , and half that of Wellington ( excluding the forces of Blücher ) was not English . |
| 12 | In the principalities of what , under the hegemony of Prussia , was to become Germany , the impact of the French Revolution and of Napoleon was considerable . |
| 13 | If that did n't ensnare him , then the Militia might , as he grew older : there was a brief hiatus in the war with France from 1801 to 1803 , but by the following year Napoleon was massing his army of invasion on the cliffs at Boulogne . |
| 14 | The French island where Napoleon was born can satisfy even the most thrill-hungry with nerve-racking clifftop drives , a bone-shuddering single-track railroad ride and an exhilarating helicopter flight . |
| 15 | For example , we have the form of expression ‘ when I said ‘ Napoleon was crowned in 1804 ’ I meant the man who won the battle of Austerlitz' and we are inclined to interpret the use of the past tense ‘ meant ’ as meaning that the idea of Napoleon having won the battle of Austerlitz must have been present in the speaker 's mind when he said that Napoleon was crowned in 1804 . |
| 16 | For example , we have the form of expression ‘ when I said ‘ Napoleon was crowned in 1804 ’ I meant the man who won the battle of Austerlitz' and we are inclined to interpret the use of the past tense ‘ meant ’ as meaning that the idea of Napoleon having won the battle of Austerlitz must have been present in the speaker 's mind when he said that Napoleon was crowned in 1804 . |
| 17 | When the girl brought the Major his pie , she asked him if Napoleon was coming . |
| 18 | A prisoner told me he thought Napoleon was with them , but he was n't certain . ’ |
| 19 | As winter approached , Napoleon was unable to advance further , nor could he persuade the Tsar to negotiate . |
| 20 | For instance , among the beliefs in virtue of which I claim to know that Napoleon was a great soldier there may be one which is false , but which is so insignificant that my justification for believing that Napoleon was a great soldier would survive my changing my mind on that particular point . |
| 21 | For instance , among the beliefs in virtue of which I claim to know that Napoleon was a great soldier there may be one which is false , but which is so insignificant that my justification for believing that Napoleon was a great soldier would survive my changing my mind on that particular point . |
| 22 | Napoleon was to find that the best roads in Europe could not create a European market . |
| 23 | In his declared aim of regenerating Spain for his own profit Napoleon was to inherit a portion of these ambitions . |
| 24 | By dethroning Ferdinand Napoleon turned the revolution of Aranjuez against himself : the rising against Napoleon was thus , in part , a revolution of disappointed hopes . |
| 25 | He also expected support from Russia , but the tsar was too preoccupied with the affairs of Europe , where Napoleon was at the height of his powers , and Adam Czartoryski , the Russian foreign minister , advised negotiations with the Turks , rather than war . |
| 26 | Napoleon was at this time trying to push the Russians into war with Turkey , and Czartoryski , aware of this , had no wish to see Russia involved on Serbia 's side in a conflict with the sultan . |
| 27 | A court would interpret such words in their natural manner which is objective , i.e. the Secretary of State could not simply rely upon his own subjective beliefs , but would have to point to some evidence from which it could reasonably be inferred that , for example , Napoleon was a person of hostile origin . |
| 28 | T : And the battle with Napoleon was called , Smith ? |
| 29 | Although Napoleon was not much use on this occasion , the full-size skeleton has an important role to play in the future . |
| 30 | Thinking you were Napoleon was clearly not enough to get you out of the Wimbledon Islamic Boys ' Independent Day School . |