Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four working groups were given the job of providing negotiators with scientific and technical information . |
| 2 | Like many of the gentry all over the country , he was convinced that the wound now bleeding Christendom might yet be healed , and the Church , the Body of Christ , made whole ; so when he gave sanctuary to young men on their way to train as priests in France , or secret agents from Spain or Ireland , he did so believing that he was acting in the best interests of his country , claiming that if anyone was a traitor it was the ardent puritans like Walsingham and Drake , who by their political manoeuvrings and piratical attacks on Spanish merchantmen were pushing the Queen remorselessly into a confrontation with King Philip of Spain . |
| 3 | Ethiopia does not yet have a strong scientific community , and it would be criminal if foreign researchers were to plunder the material without assisting in the development of their host 's own research capabilities . |
| 4 | The RF Defence and Foreign Ministries were to negotiate the status of troops on Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) states ' territories not forming part of those states ' armed forces or of the CIS strategic forces . |
| 5 | The six brothers ' direct descendants were called the che gaon ki gor ( six village clan ) and similarly the artisans and their descendants were the twelve village clan , the labourers were the twenty four village clan and right near the bottom of the caste hierarchy came the shoemakers with their clan of ‘ several ’ villages . |
| 6 | There were no sounds of pursuit now , and only occasional splashing signified that the would-be assassins were searching the expanse of water somewhere behind the first line of pillars . |
| 7 | My hypothesis is that there is a space for a socialist argument in favour of investment planning ; that such an argument could be presented in such a way as to appeal to organised labour and even to broader strata of the population concerned about employment prospects and their standard of living in retirement ; that if organised workers were to support the proposal they could use their union organisation to press for social accountability of their savings funds ; and that if the proposals were not linked to a ‘ dogmatic ’ pursuit of nationalisation they would stand a chance of recruiting some support from the more progressive elements of the state and corporate salariat — those whose technical expertise would be required in any such project , even if it is overlaid with oppressive ‘ professional ’ and ‘ managerial ’ ideologies — helping to isolate , so far as possible , reactionary financier elements . |
| 8 | There was a fear that a custodial sentence would hamper the counselling that social workers were giving the family . |
| 9 | he roared his fucking back wheels were hitting the muck up , you know hitting |
| 10 | By 1912 , however , the influence of Matisse and the Fauves , which the Brücke had grafted on to a more purely native form of Expressionism , was definitely on the wane , and German painters were feeling the influence of both Cubism and Futurism . |
| 11 | Two very new and raw advisers were awaiting the arrival of Mr Rocke . |
| 12 | The extent to which cultural developments were paving the way for political developments can be gauged by the success of the Amsterdam International Congress against War and Imperialism organised by Barbusse and Rolland in August 1932 . |
| 13 | The way was far from smooth , and some colleges were to find the path of validation for their BEd proposals — and then for their diversified courses — through the universities . |
| 14 | He knew she was angry with him for allowing their daughter to join the hunt , traditionally something only a select few men were allowed the honour of , but she would see his way soon enough . |
| 15 | She found a parking space near the Queen 's Hotel and strolled across Imperial Gardens where a few tourists were admiring the spring flowers and chestnut blossom in the Promenade . |
| 16 | As women around the world celebrated International Women 's Week , Tibetan women were reliving the anniversary of the 1959 Uprising , when thousands of unarmed Tibetan women defended their right to life and freedom with sticks and stones on the streets of Lhasa . |
| 17 | When only a few records were retrieved the default display would be full . |
| 18 | In the 1890s magistrates were given the power to order corporal punishment as punishment for specific offences . |
| 19 | However , by the end of the month activity at Aqaba had declined dramatically , so that relatively few trucks were crossing the border into Iraq at Ruweishad . |
| 20 | Great pillars of stone swept up to a roof that seemed an infinity away , sunlight was pouring through the stained glass and falling through space to the floor below , and in one of the side chapels a group of French nuns were singing the Angelus by candlelight , their voices weaving round the stone pillars and the shafts of dark and light . |
| 21 | In the centre in chocolate icing was the shape of a horse about to jump , and twenty-one candles were to form the perimeter fence-posts of the dirt track . |
| 22 | It was as though several tiny cloudbursts were traversing the water . |
| 23 | From a modest start five years ago when 30,000 tonnes were handled the business has grown to 400,000 tonnes per annum . |
| 24 | At St Mary 's , in Paddington , west London , a senior manager , Ian Robertson , said he thought identifiable unpaid bills were costing the hospital about £250,000 a year . |
| 25 | Civil rights were to include the freedom to join labour unions , the right to strike and the right to expect equal opportunity in employment irrespective of gender , race or creed . |
| 26 | Around 100 15-year-olds were combining the excitement of a French experience with the reality of the hotel and catering trades in a novel combination designed to boost their success in school exams . |
| 27 | Around 100 15-year-olds were combining the excitement of a French experience with the reality of the hotel and catering trades in a novel combination designed to boost their success in school exams . |
| 28 | A group of Canadian skibums were taking the mountain at speed and skiing 100,000 vertical feet a day : 16 top-to-bottoms . |
| 29 | Such ministers were to preach the gospel ( as Brayne did four or five times a week ) , but should not administer the sacraments . |
| 30 | In 1892 magistrates were given the power not to record testimony when the sentence was not to exceed imprisonment for one month or a fine of twenty-five rupees . |