Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crates of fruit and vegetables were stacked at the other end . |
| 2 | Straining his eyes , he could just make out the two boxes which were stacked in the far corner of the room and a picture frame which was propped up against them . |
| 3 | In those days think-tanks were intoxicated by the new sophistication they could apply to their work by way of computers , games theory and other novelties . |
| 4 | Great dinosaurs were excavated from the American west while it was still ‘ wild ’ — early fossil-hunters had to contend with hostile Indians and sometimes came to blows over possession of the richest sites . |
| 5 | The wooden beams and ceiling were crackling in the extreme heat . |
| 6 | I shall then discuss two theories of literary language and of the literary text as a whole , which were developed under the joint influence of Saussure and the Russian Formalists . |
| 7 | The fundamental point to make is that the standards were developed for the private sector , without local government in mind . |
| 8 | The R-series and Sparc versions of Unix System V.4.2 announced last week ( CI No 2,131 ) were developed with the respective help of NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd : the R-series version was implemented on the NEC EWS 4800/210 workstation to create the reference version , while the Sparc version was developed in conjunction with Fujitsu , using the DS/90 7000 series and the ICL Plc DRS 6000 as reference systems ; shipments of the two new versions are due to begin from March 31 . |
| 9 | However , many of the features of the pub as we know it today were developed during the Georgian period ; at the same time , many Georgian pub buildings — or at least Georgian architectural fittings — still survive today . |
| 10 | These weapons were developed from the long-barrelled hunting weapons used in Hochland , and their long barrels make them very accurate . |
| 11 | Brasher Boots arrived about the same time as the K-SB3 , but were developed from the running shoe . |
| 12 | Several underground and opencast fluorspar deposits ( with associated baryte and galena ) were developed in the Northern Pennine ( Weardale mines ) and the Southern Pennine ( Sallet Hole and Long Rake mines ) orefields . |
| 13 | Training materials were developed by the Scottish Office in collaboration with colleges of education . |
| 14 | In the towns many new churches were erected with the financial provision of the 1818 ‘ Million Act ’ and in the countryside squires and parishioners restored or substantially rebuilt thousands of medieval churches . |
| 15 | Barricades were erected at the precise boundary of the two religious communities in an area of no-man's-land between a Catholic cathedral and a Protestant church , both rumoured to be threatened by attack . |
| 16 | The fifteenth century saw the final phase of Gothic architecture in France , when many richly ornamented buildings were erected in the flamboyant style . |
| 17 | We were both young enough and old enough to have vivid wartime memories of the Second World War , and were fascinated by the ominous array of masts and dark shapes in the bay . |
| 18 | Last , while not wishing to prescribe a particular pattern of operation , we were fascinated by the whole business of the micro-politics of change within project schools , In particular , the management of innovation through the institution of committees , the control of agendas , the persuasion of individuals and ( putting it bluntly ) the Machiavellian manipulation of situations were features of the project in action . |
| 19 | Death rates were calculated as the annual number of deaths in a population of 100000 in each age and sex groups . |
| 20 | Graphs showing the relative enhancement of P ( b ) and v 1 ( c ) following the tetanus as a function of the initial P. The P and v 1 ratios were calculated as the mean value for the 500 trials immediately after the tetanus divided by the mean for the 500 trials before the tetanus . |
| 21 | Confidence intervals were calculated by the exact method . |
| 22 | Over a hundred offenders , including Northern magnates like Sir John Fauconberg and Sir Robert Capon , were indicted by the sworn evidence of the Forest officers and other jurors . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , what is most notable is the remarkable stability of the complaints and accusations that were arranged around the criminal question , providing firm lines of continuity between pre-war and postwar Britain . |
| 24 | For example , in one strip the picture of the sun shining came first ( i.e. , on the left ) , and the picture of the snowman melting came second , whereas in the other strip the pictures were arranged in the opposite order . |
| 25 | The fateful evening came and the bottles were arranged in the Public Office on the counter , the beer stacked on the floor , the spirits higher , behind the Junior . |
| 26 | Within minutes , five or six men had taken off their shoes , rolled up their trousers and were wading in the icy water . |
| 27 | The days of the week were listed on the left side and a space of perhaps one inch by five was allowed for brief jottings . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , he saw no reason to delay other measures in the package : ‘ We have , after all , made extraordinary progress in the four years since these proposals were listed in the White Paper as part of the programme required for the Single Market . |
| 29 | As officers were to acknowledge in the formal consultation document on closure in 1986 , community mental health services were not all in place in the Riverside District , but the underlying objective of the strategy , to release resources to fund community service developments , had been achieved . |
| 30 | Four members and candidate members were sacked from the ruling politburo , elected only on Wednesday . |