Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to remember , for example , that our main concepts of the functional organization of primary visual cortex were developed in studies on cats rather than monkeys . |
| 2 | New centres at Harpenden and Old Welwyn were established and Tutorial Classes were arranged at branches in Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City . |
| 3 | Jesus waved in the direction of one of the stalls where fish were arranged on beds of ice . |
| 4 | By the end of his first year , more that sixty village lectures had been provided , about one-third of them at Women 's Institutes , and five short courses were arranged in villages near Ipswich . |
| 5 | Daily events were arranged in cities around America and each day was given a theme . |
| 6 | In common with Descartes , Boyle developed a mechanical philosophy in which the properties of bodies and the interactions between them were explained in terms of material particles and their motions . |
| 7 | Indeed , if local authorities were listed in terms of expenditure , 89 authorities would appear amongst the top 500 British companies . |
| 8 | The youths , aged 15 and 16 , were remanded by magistrates at Sutton Coldfield , West Midlands , on charges of aggravated vehicle taking , allowing themselves to be carried in a stolen vehicle and having no insurance . |
| 9 | Rocks , trees , mountains , wells and springs were recognized as receptacles for spirit , displaying in season their various properties , fertilizing , therapeutic and oracular … |
| 10 | He said : ‘ We were inundated with calls from members of the public and newsagents desperate for copies . |
| 11 | When the court 's judgement was reviewed by the Armed Forces Ruling Council ( AFRC ) , Nigeria 's principal decision-making body , on Oct. 31 , however , the death sentences were commuted to terms of life imprisonment . |
| 12 | On the last occasion , a year ago , the talks were halted amid protests from Dagenham supporters because of what Mr Sparrow called ‘ insurmountable obstacles ’ . |
| 13 | THREE coaches heading for Amsterdam were halted by police after claims that travellers were smoking cannabis , drinking and abusing coach drivers . |
| 14 | The remainder of the meeting was spent in looking at the Grid on which visitors envisaged were placed with Regions for Primary ( ten days to a fortnight ) or Secondary ( 5-7 days ) periods . |
| 15 | But , in a sinister turn of events , firemen were stoned by gangs of youths as they tried to deal with several out-of-control bonfires on Merseyside . |
| 16 | They were all expected to have similar properties , but , prudently , in some clinics the new substances were given to patients with conditions other than those in which chlorpromazine and its allies were usually effective . |
| 17 | Portions were given in scraps of paper and eaten with the fingers , the locals expertly peeling a boiled potato like a squirrel with a nut . |
| 18 | Performances were given by children from Juniper Green Primary School , pupils of Miss Bangham and Mrs. M. Collen on the clarsach . |
| 19 | Performances were given by children from Juniper Green Primary School , pupils of Miss Bangham and Mrs. M. Collen on the clarsach . |
| 20 | Charges of government mismanagement were compounded by reports of corruption among food wholesalers , lorry owners and trawlermen . |
| 21 | Railway official Graham Mitchell says the original tunnel builders were plagued with problems including part of the nearby Wesley Chapel sliding away . |
| 22 | By the early ninth century at the latest , the kings of the first dynasty of Gwynedd were regarded as descendants of Cunedda from Manau Gododdin ( the plain of the Votadini between the Rivers Avon and Carron ) in the territory of the Votadini ( HB ch. 62 ) . |
| 23 | His visits were regarded as occasions for embarrassment rather than pleasure or consolation , and he was left wondering why , when his motives were generous , these people should find it so difficult to respond with a matching warmth . |
| 24 | New words and phrases entered the language of education : open plan buildings no longer had classrooms , they had home bases or teaching areas ; the maths bay became a resource area ; teachers worked in teams ; the timetable was replaced by a continually renegotiable programme ; staff rooms were regarded as places of retreat but parents ' rooms were essential . |
| 25 | In France , but not apparently in Vienna , the latter were regarded as flowers of death . |
| 26 | The Smiths were regarded by cynics as flower wimps . |
| 27 | I played everywhere , and because we , in the Music School , were taught by tutors in men 's colleges I got to know them well , and went in and out in defiance of the chaperone rules — which were then still in force … |
| 28 | Some of the big London agencies were circling like bees round honey and a few had actually offered to ‘ buy ’ me from John . |
| 29 | Almost everywhere the Japanese soldiers were received with shouts of Banzai : the Japanese made much of the Jayabhaya prophecy and most Indonesians believed that now they would be free . |
| 30 | Cells were treated with chemicals for 30min at 37 °C or as stated and then incubated for the indicated times before isolation of total RNA . |