Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [prep] a particular [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a few works which I would have loved to have borrowed but which were simply too fragile to travel , and there were works which were prohibited by reasons of the terms under which they were given to a particular collection , the Barnes Foundation , for example . |
| 2 | Probably the first time that tsunami were blamed for a particular deposit was in Sir Edward Bailey 's brilliant exposition of the origin of the Upper Jurassic boulder beds in eastern Scotland , discussed in the last chapter . |
| 3 | While legal accountability is primarily directed towards providing protection for the individual against administrative discretion , political and managerial accountability are concerned more with the provision of an account of why funds were disbursed in a particular manner and what results or benefits thereby resulted . |
| 4 | These were done for a particular customer that wanted them buffed . |
| 5 | In order to establish that its terms were incorporated into a particular contract , a business must show that they were accepted by , or on behalf of , the other contracting party . |
| 6 | If cases were selected for a particular disposal at random , Galloway suggested , how could proper consideration be being given to the welfare of the child in every case ? |
| 7 | Coins , especially those of precious metal , were made at a particular standard of so many coins to a unit of weight ( be this a Roman scripulum or an English grain ) . |
| 8 | It happens erm I 've handled a case myself where shares were valued at a particular amount on the death and er in due course they needed to be sold as part of the administration unfortunately they 'd gone down er a fair amount in the mean time . |
| 9 | But if a recognised and accepted scale of ranks were needed within a particular society it was just as essential within the international one made up of different states which Europe was increasingly becoming . |
| 10 | You felt you were locked into a particular stratum of society , that that was your place and that was where you stayed . |
| 11 | Once the parties had been heard , the master or registrar would have the power either to make an ‘ unless ’ order , that is that the case would be struck out unless particular steps were taken within a particular time , or the case would be set down for trial . |
| 12 | In the early 19th Century many yards were associated with a particular guild or craft with weavers , fullers , dyers , etc. gathering together for their convenience . |
| 13 | Time and time again families were identified with a particular farm or tenement , a link that was all the stronger because the home was also the place of work , the spot where an individual spent most of his time . |
| 14 | Of these , 340 were pinpointed to a particular chromosome , with at least one on each of the 23 pairs of chromosomes ( McKusick , 1980 ) . |