Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | More thorough stock control completed the changed Southern scene as virtually all EMU units were renumbered to allow the first two digits to match their fleet status . |
2 | Informants were asked to circle the first SF element in the passage . |
3 | Also , subjects were asked to describe the first meeting with a close friend or partner ; in this case all the persons described in the account were found to be favourable and the account are being made in retrospect . |
4 | The body was found on the day that celebrations were held to mark the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Sharpness to Gloucester canal . |
5 | Three MXY6 canard gliders were built to test the tail-first concept of the Shinden . |
6 | A prospectus was drawn up and students with suitable qualifications were invited to attend the first course in 1977 . |
7 | At a conference in The Hague , the Netherlands , on June 18-19 , 1990 , over 120 new European research projects were launched to mark the fifth anniversary of the Eureka programme . |
8 | Rules were relaxed to allow the first privately owned locomotives unlimited access to the national rail network . |