Example sentences of "[noun] were [vb pp] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Successors were appointed at the end of October 1989 to the heads of Italy 's two largest state enterprises , Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale ( IRI ) and Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi ( ENI ) . |
| 2 | Her legs were crossed at the knee , and she was wearing her new wedge-heeled shoes . |
| 3 | Many Koreans were affronted at the liberation of August 1945 being followed by the continued presence of Japanese and of the odious methods they had employed to suppress dissent . |
| 4 | A neat stone arch and a flight of steps were built at the entrance and these have survived . |
| 5 | First steps were taken at the HSE conference in Jakarta . |
| 6 | Offices were established at the destination points to provide a service for the international traveller . |
| 7 | Over 75 organizations were represented at the meeting in Durban , including the Congress of South African Trade Unions ( COSATU ) and the Labour Party , which held the majority of seats in the House of Representatives ( the chamber for Coloured people in the tricameral parliament — see p. 36880 for 1989 election ) . |
| 8 | The chief Norman royal castles were built at the headquarters of shires , and in early days their castellans were often ( though not invariably ) the royal sheriffs . |
| 9 | Africa 's needs in the area of remote sensing were highlighted at the conference by Bernard Sikilo , director general of Kenya 's remote-sensing centre in Nairobi . |
| 10 | Other unusual works by Carel Weight were executed at the height of the London blitz , and recorded events which showed how civilians were often more at risk than the forces . |
| 11 | Other unusual works by Carel Weight were executed at the height of the London blitz , and recorded events which showed how civilians were often more at risk than the forces . |
| 12 | The leader of the three was still shouting , but now his curses were directed at the woman who was confronting him . |
| 13 | Some of the pictures were sold at the Stourhead heirlooms sale at Christie 's in 1883 . |
| 14 | Next morning , the trumpets were blown at the North Gate and the Knight Marischal 's banner hoisted , with shouted demands for King Edward to appear . |
| 15 | The court took the view that the case raised issues that were sufficiently difficult , as could be seen from the fact that the parties were represented at the hearing by counsel , to justify the decision that the procedure had been an arbitration . |
| 16 | Doubts were raised at the time about the possible increase in working hours for headteachers in order to operate this system . |
| 17 | The officers from Brussels were stationed at the end of a narrow passage leading to the English House . |
| 18 | Even more interesting was the fact that over 300 cars were parked at the Park and Ride facility at Harman 's Cross which obviously reduced the level of traffic along the road to Swanage by that amount . |
| 19 | Yesterday , busloads of lads were disgorged at the city square to make their feelings plain . |
| 20 | Over 50 forest peoples were represented at the conference , which was co-ordinated by the World Rainforest Movement . |
| 21 | SENSIBLY , speeches were made at the start of Sir Kingsley Amis 's 70th birthday party at the Savoy Hotel yesterday . |
| 22 | The two dimensional images were displayed at the time of acquisition and simultaneously stored into computer hard disc memory by an array processor . |
| 23 | Further Sikh demands were met at the end of December when the Lok Sabha approved the repeal of a constitutional amendment adopted by the previous Lok Sabha in March 1988 [ see p. 36692 ] allowing the declaration of a state of emergency in Punjab . |
| 24 | Questionnaires were despatched at the beginning of September . |
| 25 | Christian missionaries were sent at the request of Duke Géza , and his son , Prince Vajk , was christened as Stephen . |
| 26 | There are two pightles in this parish , both referring to elongated pieces of land , relics of the time when such shapes were left at the edge of a field after it had been divided up for strip-cultivation . |
| 27 | In 1836 , the Bill now having been passed , he suggested to Gladstone that there ought to be more enfranchisement to cure the effects of it ; if the pyramid were extended at the base and the lower classes given some power , this would counter the preponderance of the manufacturers . |
| 28 | The casualties were detained at the Westminster Hospital where the woman was being treated for back injuries and the men for shock . |
| 29 | Twenty-nine pairs of shoes were launched at the teacher in charge . |
| 30 | Great Britain and Ireland were represented at the Eisenhower Trophy in Vancouver , Canada , by Ireland 's Raymond Burns ( Banbridge ) , Wales ' Bradley Dredge ( Bryn Meadows ) , Scotland 's Dean Robertson ( Cochrane Castle ) and England 's Mathew Stanford ( Saltford ) . |