Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the papers the next day it looked as if the funeral parlour heads were sanctioning the transfer of power , as if they were acknowledging Creed 's pre-eminence , as if they were paying homage . |
| 2 | Enemy aircraft were strafing the column and the road was congested with refugees . |
| 3 | Israeli bomber planes were breaking the sound barrier in south Lebanon . |
| 4 | Bob Irelan , managing director of Conoco UK , said partnership arrangements were becoming the norm in North Sea projects . |
| 5 | In mid-1991 , investment analysts were recommending the company 's shares as a good buy and predicting pre-tax profits of about £40 million , but in August it was realised that the estimated profit was unattainable as a major contract was not going to materialise . |
| 6 | Filled with the devil , Perdita swung Hermia even closer to the boards , so the ponies ' nearside hooves were scraping the paint off , and Paul , who 'd been instructed to mark Perdita at all costs , stayed with her . |
| 7 | Poor Law administrators were to encourage the co-operation of Boards of Guardians with charities operating on COS principles . |
| 8 | In the long run the centralist traditions were to win the race against all hopes for some measure of local autonomy . |
| 9 | In a small lounge , polished and dusted five times today by the Imperial 's housemaids , four committee members were awaiting the arrival of the Prince of Wales , Sir Thomas and , oddly , Gwendolen , who had inexplicably not yd arrived . |
| 10 | Nothing in the woods was wasted , after the chestnut and ash poles were cut the rest was cut for bavins or winter kiln bavins , selling at six shillings per hundred , the best poles of chestnut at £15 — £20 per 1,000 . |
| 11 | The most common reasons cited for cutting audit fees were reducing the number of external auditors and beefing up the internal audit departments . |
| 12 | It also seemed terribly contemporary in a society where pop singers were becoming the spokespeople of the age . |
| 13 | Accident investigators were interviewing the crew today . |
| 14 | He was annoyed , he said , that deer forest managers were given the kid glove treatment while hillwalkers and climbers had the big stick of stiffer sanctions waved at them — such as no-go areas . |
| 15 | By a notice of appeal dated 24 December 1991 the local authority appealed with leave of the judge on the grounds that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law or misdirected himself as to the criteria to be applied to the decision whether leave should be granted in respect of an application by a former foster parent ; ( 2 ) the judge should have applied the test whether ( a ) there were quite exceptional circumstances disclosed necessitating the ousting of the local authority and the consequent discharge of the care order , and ( b ) there was a real likelihood that the applicant could persuade the court to adopt that course and ( c ) such a course was in the interests of the children ; ( 3 ) alternatively , if the judge had adopted the correct test , his exercise of his discretion had been plainly wrong in that he had failed to give any or sufficient weight to ( a ) the disturbing effects on the children of further investigation , ( b ) the fact that if residence orders were made the care order would be discharged , ( c ) the shared responsibility between the foster mother and the mother resulting from section 12(2) of the Act of 1989 , ( d ) the fact that the foster mother 's proper remedy was her application for judicial review , and ( e ) the wishes of the children and the mother . |
| 16 | AMV identified the fact that not enough business people were reading the magazine . |
| 17 | The Salvation Army were trying the community council the local community council . |
| 18 | The radio said that shops and schools had been closed early , and that security forces were patrolling the town centre . |
| 19 | Within 24 hours , NIH security police were given the list of names and told to call each person to tell them of the theft . |
| 20 | A spokesman for President Clinton said assessment teams were studying the storm damage . |
| 21 | Even during the heyday of the comics , certain science fiction stories were raising the question about the misuse of science . |
| 22 | On 24 May the first batch of 1,000 Serbs had been moved from Viktring , and further lorry loads were leaving the camp during McCreery 's visit . |
| 23 | The catering personnel were taking the opportunity to depart via the fire exits . |
| 24 | By February 1940 Board of Education officials were realising the futility of trying to operate pre-war means tests : for example , it might be difficult to trace the parents of an evacuated child . |
| 25 | It was one of those days when police academy cadets were controlling the traffic and miles of brightly coloured taxi-cabs slithered very slowly up the avenue of graceful skyscrapers like banded snakes between jungle trees . |
| 26 | THE parents of Jennifer Capriati are splitting up and last night friends were blaming the rift on the teenage tennis sensation 's success . |
| 27 | Last night police were hunting the bomber , who was wearing a green rubber coat and carrying a red , blue and yellow shoulder bag . |
| 28 | Taxi proprietors were discussing the problem with senior Huddersfield police early on Tuesday evening when news came through of the stabbing of Mr Andrew Brown , aged 24 , of Birds Edge , near Penistone , South Yorkshire , at Three Star Taxis ' office in Beast Market . |
| 29 | PLANS by Hearts to redevelop their Tynecastle Park ground were given the go-ahead yesterday , writes Audrey Gillan . |
| 30 | In addition , district courts were given the power to imprison these men for up to four years . |