Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some threatened evictions , it should be added , were arranged by collusion between farmers and workers in order to force the hand of local authorities who otherwise would not admit tied cottage tenants to their housing waiting lists . |
| 2 | Both were remanded on bail for reports . |
| 3 | Three people charged in connection with an alleged plot to launder more than £16m from the £26m Brink's-Mat gold bullion raid six years ago were remanded in custody by magistrates at Horseferry Road Court , London . |
| 4 | With seconds to spare the two girls were plucked to safety by firemen wearing breathing apparatus . |
| 5 | The Angevin lands were recognized without equivocation as fiefs of the crown . |
| 6 | Further investigations were carried out to determine whether or not the proportion of straightforward deliveries varied with the location of the items requested , to examine the proportion of deliveries from each location which were placed on reserve for readers , and to record the relative numbers of non-straightforward deliveries from each location which were attributable either to ‘ initial failure ’ or to the need to transfer items from another reader . |
| 7 | Soldiers were placed on guard outside newspapers and broadcasting offices . |
| 8 | ‘ At Darlington county court in 1991 , 565 homes were repossessed for non-payment of mortgages , ’ the report says . |
| 9 | He saw that these tasty species were treated with respect by predators as if they too were distasteful to eat . |
| 10 | Aunt and nephew were treated at hospital for cuts and bruises . |
| 11 | Aunt and nephew were treated at hospital for cuts and bruises . |
| 12 | Nine Turkish immigrants were treated in hospital for burns and shock after the attack . |
| 13 | Four people aboard the yacht were thrown from their bunks , and were treated in hospital for cuts and shock . |
| 14 | Five people were treated in hospital for cuts and whiplash but all were later released . |
| 15 | The observation was pursued and many compounds were examined for activity against viruses in culture , and in infected animals . |
| 16 | Antibodies to the cytosolic leucocyte L1 protein ( or calprotectin ) were examined for reactivity with macrophages , neutrophils , and eosinophils identified by paired immunofluorescence staining in sections of normal human ileal mucosa , including Peyer 's patches . |
| 17 | In addition , stools were examined by microscopy for ova and parasites , including Cryptosporidium and Isopora . |
| 18 | On this and the following day , over 300 sorties were flown as part of preparations for the US Marine invasion of Tulagi and two smaller nearby islands . |
| 19 | On June 10 four men described as " ringleaders " were hanged for involvement in events in Mashad on May 30-June 2 [ see p. 38935 ] . |
| 20 | Dave and Alice Fernie were walking like a-couple of children down the private side of Boundary Drive . |
| 21 | The hypothesis was that firms were decentralizing in search of reserves of labour , and probably cheaper labour since wages were likely to be lower in areas with high unemployment ( 1976 , pp. 71 — 4 , 102 ) . |
| 22 | Over 20 British scientific experiments due to be performed on the flight [ see also pp. 37437 ; 37932 ] were cancelled for lack of funds . |
| 23 | Standard haemagglutination inhibition techniques with diluted human anti-A , anti-B , and anti-H ( extracted from the lectin Ulex europaeus ) were applied with saliva at dilutions up to one in 16 . |
| 24 | Roads were turned to mud by days of rain and Fiorio had the additional hardship of a bubbling radiator to contend with . |
| 25 | After the revolution , the town was shortly renamed Detskoye Selo ( 'Children 's Village' ) and many of the great houses were turned into sanatoria for children . |
| 26 | These dwellings belonged to the poorer white small holders , and were built without consultation with architects or planners . |
| 27 | Fasting gastric juice and plasma samples were collected at endoscopy from patients participating in trial of H pylori eradication for duodenal ulcer disease and intestinal metaplasia before and up to 15 months after attempted eradication . |
| 28 | He says that if it were rats which were passing on TB to cattle there would be no hesitation : the rats would be killed . |
| 29 | Three Israeli factory workers were stabbed to death by members of the Islamic fundamentalist Hamas movement in the Tel Aviv suburb of Jaffa on Dec. 14 . |
| 30 | The conditions under which loans were made on security of goods remaining the property of the borrowers were strictly regulated by the Bills of Sale Acts . |