Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] were [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A team of over 100 scientists was working to produce a weapon of almost inconceivable power , ‘ their moral scruples overcome by the fascination of the research and the haunting fear that the Germans were following the same path ’ . |
| 2 | Almost as many men died behind the lines as did from going over the top , an old sergeant told Charlie , and it did n't help to know that the Germans were suffering the same problems a few hundred yards away . |
| 3 | The others were doing the same jobs they had during peacetime : baker , steward , purser , electrician , storekeeper . |
| 4 | When the Muslim– Druze revolt against Chamoun began with fierce street fighting in Beirut , the Christians noted that the Muslims were using the same pan-Arab rhetoric as Nasser . |
| 5 | On a pure labour law test , on the other hand , it might be said that the fact that the employees were doing the same kind of work on the same machines should be enough to amount to a transfer of a business . |
| 6 | LONG before we started telling naive people to take what they were told with a pinch of salt , the Romans were issuing the same advice in the form of ‘ cum grano salis ’ , which was actually a mild pun . |