Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 The sample of schools was made up in such a way that the 50 schools , as a whole group , where representative of Scottish secondary schools .
2 London 's later partner in the Brompton Park nursery , Henry Wise [ q.v. ] , was another of Rose 's apprentices , whose influence on the design of formal gardens was handed on in this way to the next generation .
3 Analysis of covariance for possible factors affecting mean hearing thresholds was carried out for each of the four different types of ear .
4 Just a year ago one of the still-functioning reactors was closed down after another emergency released a small cloud of radioactive vapour into the air .
5 A screen of black-clad riders was spreading out on both sides .
6 It 's just conceivable that one or other of those houses was passed on to another organisation …
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