Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The theoretical aspects were formulated in the mid-1940s and the first dates were published in December 1949 . |
| 2 | It may well have been a more sensible policy , therefore , to make the Phase 1/3 disparity less extreme , and to use the resources to ensure that all schools were staffed on the 1986 Select Committee recommended basis of n registration groups plus one , with further pro rata adjustments for school size and specific challenges like those of the inner city . |
| 3 | For samples of her verse readers were referred to the three that appeared in the earlier number . |
| 4 | In addition to changes in existing trades , such as engineering and boot and shoe manufacture , new trades were developing from the 1880s : sewing-machines , cycles , and motor and electrical manufacture . |
| 5 | And so , as predicted , two buckets of pigs blood were poured over the two of them and they were received by hysterical laughter . |
| 6 | Letters under the privy seal were prepared by the thousand , and instructions were sent to the chief commissioners in each shire . |
| 7 | The pictures were assembled during the 1900s by Sir John Leicester , a close friend of George IV who went on the Grand Tour but who , unlike many of his contemporaries , remained faithful to living British artists . |
| 8 | The individual and collective rights of the labour force were codified in the 1980 Workers ' Statute . |
| 9 | More significant concessions were made in the 1920s , when a majority of the Legislative Council was elected by a franchise limited by ethnicity , education and wealth . |
| 10 | All political parties were banned under the 1978 Constitution . |
| 11 | But certain doubts were dispelled during the 32–9 victory over Midlands at Leicester on Wednesday as captain Naas Botha warned : ‘ We are improving with every game and I believe we will peak when it matters , against Will Carling 's team . ’ |
| 12 | In due course , several of the ex-L.U.T. cars were renumbered in the 2000s , as though still working as part of that fleet . |
| 13 | More than 12 vans and cars were stopped during the 35 minutes the road block was in position . |
| 14 | All cars were judged over the two days at given times for sound quality including staging , stereo image , clarity , frequency separation and absence of noise . |
| 15 | Explored initially for sand-dominated assemblages , the methods were refined during the 1950s and applied to thin section analysis of lithified sediments during the early 1960s . |
| 16 | According to Judge Ovidiu Zarnescu , president of the Central Electoral Bureau , at the start of the campaign 5,716 candidates were nominated either as independents or by one of the 73 political parties for the 387 elective National Assembly seats and 1,584 candidates were nominated for the 119 Senate seats . |
| 17 | His eyes were glued to the two men now sitting on his couch . |
| 18 | Since Nepal 's borders were opened in the 1950s Hillary has noticed how attitudes among the Sherpas has changed . |
| 19 | By comparing the fineness of the Sutton Hoo coins themselves with this trend , it was possible to say that the basest and therefore latest coins in the purse were made in the 620s AD , thus defining the earliest probable date for the ship burial . |
| 20 | Some of her designs were included in the 1857 Pre-Raphaelite exhibition in Russell Square . |
| 21 | The data were pooled from the 12 minirhizotrons in each forest . |
| 22 | Reportedly a total of only 14 aircraft were sold over the two day event , and those that actually sold realised low prices , making it somewhat of a buyer 's market . |
| 23 | The following goals were established for the ten month secondment period : |
| 24 | Proteins sequences were compared with the Oct-11 protein from Figure 1 . |
| 25 | Melton , whose 78 rpm recordings were sold by the million across the USA and Canada , was a charming fellow . |
| 26 | The , we did er our baths were dating from the nineteen fourteen period and they were getting rather old the , the , the boiler was n't too good and we were afraid that it might burst at some time . |
| 27 | Large real depreciations were needed during the 1980s to bring exchange rates back to equilibrium . |
| 28 | The main findings to date are : 923 destinations questionnaires were sent to the 55 courses so far included in analysis : 624 were returned completed by students , giving a preliminary response rate of 68 per cent ; |
| 29 | As a nationally ‘ Approved Association ’ under the 1921 Act , the WEA 's Districts were recognised in the 1924 Regulations as ‘ Responsible Bodies ’ because they organised , controlled and provided courses and classes , as did the universities . |
| 30 | As an example , the Lewis Association was formed in the 1930's , and it took on a life of its own by promoting research and by issuing booklets . |