Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A culture of gentility and manners was based on profit from rent and colonial investments . |
| 2 | The history of conflict between the peoples of this region over the centuries was interpenetrated by episodes in which it was subject to the imperial development of Rome , Macedon , Byzantium and the various peoples that streamed out of Central Asia into Persia and beyond . |
| 3 | To coincide with World Environment Day on 5 June 1989 , The Times published a survey which showed that the membership of fifteen green organizations was climbing towards parity with the membership of unions affiliated to the TUC . |
| 4 | A meeting of 120 " anti-imperialist " representatives of Arab political parties and organizations was held in Amman on Sept. 15-17 . |
| 5 | Not knowing about electricity , but knowing about hydraulic systems , Descartes suggested that the control of these reactions in animals was mediated by movements of fluids , initiated in the sensory nerves by stimuli , being carried to the ventricular system of the brain where contact was made with the motor nerves . |
| 6 | Third , the package of suggestions , recommendations and prescriptions was justified in terms of a notion of ‘ good primary practice ’ which was frequently provided as a validating label but never openly defined or explored . |
| 7 | Much of the support for syndicalism and for selfstyled revolutionary and Marxist parties was concentrated outside England in the increasingly " depressed " areas of central Scotland and South Wales . |
| 8 | A meeting between representatives of the government and 26 political parties was held in Luanda on Jan. 14-26 to discuss the transition to democracy . |
| 9 | Best-selling local author : Crafty Ideas From Nature by Myrna Daitz and Shirley Williams ( Exley , £3.99 ) CHILDREN 'S CHOICE This alphabetical list of Britain 's best-selling children 's authors was compiled from sales at school book clubs : |
| 10 | The number of authors per paper did not increase between 1985 and 1991 in Cell and a small increase only in the proportion of articles with 8–12 authors was seen in Nature during 1982–92 . |
| 11 | Sterling and the French franc remained weak , despite a raising of interest rates in France , and a major outflow of funds was observed from Finland into Germany , following Finland 's announcement of a 12.3 per cent devaluation of the markka in mid-November [ see p. 38587 ] . |
| 12 | Jacob Bernays was the first to notice , in 1866 , that a fragment of Theophrastus ' book On Piety concerning the Jews was quoted by Porphyry in his treatise On Abstinence ( 2.26 ) . |
| 13 | Only a trickle of cars was moving through Sandwich towards Royal St. George 's . |
| 14 | One of the two teenagers was put on probation for a year , the other received a supervision order . |
| 15 | One of the two teenagers was put on probation for a year , the other received a supervision order . |
| 16 | A special vote of thanks was given on behalf of Adult Education in Kingston . |
| 17 | During the difficult times in the thirties , the bread and butter money for Tillers was made at Christmas through the patronage of Laidler and Littler so an offer of a regular summer season was eagerly accepted by the office . |
| 18 | The election of the speakers was agreed in September by an overwhelming majority , and concluded many years of heated internal debate as to whether or not the Green Party should have leaders . |
| 19 | An unofficial conference of League branches was held in Islington on 8 May 1937 under the Chairmanship of Ted Willis , editor of Advance . |
| 20 | Since 1965 , for instance , less than 10 per cent of research money for contraceptives was spent on studies of safety . |
| 21 | General advice on making squares was offered with stress on making the limits and form of a square clear , making the traffic conform to decorative town planning and cutting down the space dedicated to vehicles in favour of giving additional tracks or spaces for other purposes , even if these sometimes have to be driven over . |
| 22 | A competition with a Hebridean holiday as a prize was run in conjunction with the exhibition , a more specialized competition for schools was organized with support from the Royal Bank of Scotland , and private views were arranged for specialist bodies and organizations . |
| 23 | However , the search still proved too expensive , even given the constraints of the data and the knowledge graph , and only a band or ‘ beam ’ of hypotheses was pursued in parallel through the graph . |
| 24 | Its almost miraculous effectiveness in controlling and reversing an otherwise lethal bacterial infection in mice was demonstrated in Oxford in the 1940s . |
| 25 | I remember that when he got up at the end of the meal , his head nearly touched the ceiling , and , as usual , the rising to his feet was undertaken by means of the silent swivel-mechanism . |
| 26 | The original flight planned altitude of 31,000 feet was requested by radio on several occasions and the Oceanic Control Centre indicated that a higher altitude could be expected at 50°W longitude . |
| 27 | After the war , the succession of plants and animals that colonised these newly wasted sites was studied in detail by the London Natural History society ( LNHS ) . |
| 28 | The appointment of technocrats to a number of economic posts was seen by observers as an indication that the government was falling into line with the requirements of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , which in May had approved a three-year financing agreement for the country [ see below ] . |
| 29 | Evidence of sons taking over from their parents was seen in Leicestershire with a redistribution of the work load between father and son . |
| 30 | A TEENAGER who claims he was horse whipped and treated like a slave by his foster parents was expelled from school for disruptive behaviour , Mold Crown Court heard . |