Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] were [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty of Ehret 's illustrations were included in the sumptuous Hortus Cliffortanianus ( 1738 ) . |
| 2 | On most occasions the Committee 's views were sustained in the Council of Ministers . |
| 3 | In effect , therefore , Gloucester 's offices were concentrated in the east of Lancashire , where they formed an extension of his West Riding interests , and elsewhere he yielded place to the Stanleys . |
| 4 | In effect , therefore , Gloucester 's offices were concentrated in the east of Lancashire , where they formed an extension of his West Riding interests , and elsewhere he yielded place to the Stanleys . |
| 5 | Ernest 's words were drowned in the call which went up from the ship , and the outburst of cheering from the Flamingo 's passengers . |
| 6 | As a nationally ‘ Approved Association ’ under the 1921 Act , the WEA 's Districts were recognised in the 1924 Regulations as ‘ Responsible Bodies ’ because they organised , controlled and provided courses and classes , as did the universities . |
| 7 | For little Adam 's eyes were damaged in the battle to save his life , after he was born more than three months prematurely . |
| 8 | Since Nepal 's borders were opened in the 1950s Hillary has noticed how attitudes among the Sherpas has changed . |
| 9 | Just one quarter of Britain 's robots were made in the UK ; 37 per cent came from the rest of Europe while 24 per cent and 14 per cent owe their origins to the US and Japan . |
| 10 | In the realm of high culture , T. S. Eliot 's writings were drenched in the same anxieties . |
| 11 | Most of Illich 's ideas were developed in the Third World as a political response to the economic impossibility of universal ‘ Western education ’ . |
| 12 | Other sections give appreciable protection to LCH with regard to collateral security in its hands : eg , s 175 removes from LCH the restrictions on enforcement of security which would otherwise apply , under the Insolvency Act 1986 , in the event that a defaulting member 's affairs were placed in the hands of an administrator ; and s 177 allows collateral lodged with LCH to be realised and applied notwithstanding a prior equitable interest or right of which LCH did not have notice at the time the collateral was received . |
| 13 | It is run by Ian and Ann Hewitt who met in Trinidad , where Ann 's relatives were established in the hotel business . |
| 14 | Prior to 1982 , the park 's alligators were kept in the reptile house , where , on several occasions , the female constructed a nest of dead plant material and laid eggs . |
| 15 | Fry 's chocolates were made in the old centre of the city but as the business expanded they needed a large space for a modern factory and also easy ways of distributing the goods . |
| 16 | Some of Azar Khalifa 's partridges were fighting in the match that day , and the old man showed us his birds . |
| 17 | All three of the plaintiff 's friends were killed in the accident and the plaintiff sustained very grave injuries which kept her in hospitals and a rehabilitation centre for almost three years . |
| 18 | There were also some complicated sleeping arrangements to juggle : all Emma 's friends were to stay in the ‘ commun ’ while most of the rest of the young people brought sleeping bags and pillows to put down on the marquee floor . |
| 19 | Six of Aberdeen 's players were named in the full and under-21 squads chosen yesterday by Scotland 's national coach , Andy Roxburgh , and Miller considered that a timely boost for the Cup-tie which sees the Premier Division club 's season condensed into a single evening . |
| 20 | Whereas as recently as 1950 half the world 's ships were built in the UK ( notably in Liverpool , Sunderland , Belfast and Glasgow ) , this role was taken by Japan ( 45.9 per cent in 1985 ) , followed by western Europe ( 21. 8 per cent ) , South Korea ( 11.5 per cent ) and the Soviet Bloc ( 10.0 per cent ) . |
| 21 | Iron , too , was abundant ; only Ireland , Switzerland and Denmark had no ore , and Europe 's deposits were supplemented in the 1890s by huge discoveries in north Sweden , whose ore was twice as rich as that of Lorraine . |
| 22 | Moreover , when Lully 's operas were revived in the 18th century , after the orchestral string body had been reduced from five parts-to four , the quinte part was , once again , simply omitted . |
| 23 | A fifth of all the party 's gains were made in the West Midlands and it achieved double the national swing in the region , writes David Graves . |
| 24 | Just as England 's hopes were dying in the third and final Test against India in Bombay , Hick revived his side with a magnificent innings of 99 not out . |
| 25 | [ Most of the report 's recommendations were rejected in the government 's formal response two years later . ] |
| 26 | Tissington 's workmen were installed in the Forge Houses as reasonable boarding was not available . |
| 27 | I knew she had not been asked to the service at which her husband 's ashes were placed in the Spencer vault . |
| 28 | Tarry 's first mount , Bright as a Button , was out-galloped in the Restricted by John Sharp on five-year-old Aldington Baron , but the riders ' roles were reversed in the Maiden ( Div 2 ) when Tarry forced St Laycar up to beat Sharp on River Spirit . |
| 29 | The Hammonds ' names were entered in the proprietorship register as owners of the property in place of Mr. Steed . |