Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The door leading to the gallery on which his chamber stands was locked by the guards , whilst the other end of the passage is blocked by fallen masonry . |
| 2 | One of the most striking social norms of all the hunting peoples was sharing of the spoils of the hunt among all members of the community , even if they had played no part in the hunt — a practice to which the Evenki term nimat is often applied . |
| 3 | In practice , however , the Church lost little — the suppression of the ‘ alien priories ’ by Henry V merely saw the conversion of resources to other ecclesiastical establishments , and the disappearance of a small number of decayed religious houses in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries was caused by the transfer of their endowments to other houses or to colleges at universities ( 218 , ii , 163–5 , iii , 157–8 ) . |
| 4 | A short , stocky middle-aged man with thinning brown hair , a ruddy face and a twinkle in his eyes was standing at the doorway eyeing him . |
| 5 | Again the howl , as if one of Satan 's demons was rising from the pit of Hell . |
| 6 | A proposal by Germany to create CSCE peace-keeping units was opposed by the United States , the United Kingdom and France . |
| 7 | Another thing that cut me off from the other kids was going to the grammar school — and having to wear a bright green blazer every day . |
| 8 | It is possible that the earlier opposition of Chramn to his father , Chlothar , and to his brothers was linked to the fact that he alone was the son of Chunsina . |
| 9 | Within seconds one of the porters was knocking at the door to escort us down in case of trouble . |
| 10 | The story of his athletic triumphs was retold in the film Chariots of Fire ( 1981 ) . |
| 11 | Where among the fathers there had been one representative each of gamekeeper , watchman , pilot , none of these trades was represented among the husbands : instead there were one each of policeman , teacher , minister of religion , prison warder and two farmers : occupations entirely absent from the list of fathers . |
| 12 | There the teaching of various trades was added to the curriculum and the number of pupils housed and taught in the school soon rose to some two hundred . |
| 13 | A hard-pressed villager could hope that numerous sons would increase the household 's income , especially since the allocation of land in most communes was related to the size of the household . |
| 14 | Sir , — My regiment The Queens Royal Irish Hussars was formed by the amalgamation of The 4th Queens Own Hussars and The 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars , in 1958 . |
| 15 | However , at last year 's SNP conference , a call to drop the commitment to renationalise the public utilities was made by the convener of publicity , John Swinney , and was supported by a former party leader , Gordon Wilson . |
| 16 | The conflict between male and female anxieties was compounded by the conflict between the disparate values of home and school — two closed systems at variance with each other . |
| 17 | As he had earlier indicated , a thorough reorganization of ministries was signalled with the merger of several ministries . |
| 18 | Mr Brown was livid at the way £1 billion in precious foreign reserves was poured down the drain during the sterling fiasco a fortnight ago . |
| 19 | A large-scale exploration effort for new reserves was to begin under the terms of a TT$300,000,000 agreement reached in November 1989 between the US company Exxon , the French company Total and the state-owned companies , Trintoc and Trintopec . |
| 20 | Only a 3% absolute fall in the number of papers with seven authors was seen in the NEJM during 1985–9 , when the modal author number was 5 . |
| 21 | In October 1988 the administration of the funds was transferred from the Manchester Unit Trust Administration to an in-house system . |
| 22 | In October 1988 the administration of the funds was transferred from the Manchester Unit Trust Administration to an in-house system . |
| 23 | During the early 1980s , expenditure on the grands projets in Paris was so large that from 1980 to 1983 less than one-fifth of central government funds was going to the provinces . |
| 24 | No improvement in weight gain , serum albumin , lactate or alkaline phosphatase concentrations was demonstrated in the treatment groups compared with the disease control group . |
| 25 | But there is some duplication in the figures of government revenues , because in the years covered by the table about half of the gross revenues of the republics and provinces was transferred to the federation ( where it again appears as revenue ) . |
| 26 | Furthermore , the safety of the solutions was improved over the findings of the 1984 evaluation : only 0.4% — 10.9% of solutions tested between early 1987 and early 1989 were found to have a sodium ion concentration in excess of 119mmol/l , as compared with 14.7% — 25.6% found in 1984 . |
| 27 | He was reluctant to announce his status to the whole street ; already a desultory crowd of idlers was gathering across the road . |
| 28 | As we have seen , the policy for the polytechnics was outlined by the government in the White Paper , A Plan for Polytechnics and Other Colleges , issued in May 1966 . |
| 29 | Similarly , age was associated with an increase in H pylori prevalence , but the peak of H pylori positive subjects was found in the group aged between 50 and 60 years , whereas the rate tended to be lower in older subjects . |
| 30 | In the coming months and years the question of castles was to remain in the forefront of everyone 's mind . |