Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No further steps were taken until 28th October , 1857 , when Wilson wrote to Hall , on behalf of the Lords of the Treasury , saying that as they did not want to incur additional expenditure on architects ' fees for further rejected plans for the Foreign Office , they had looked at Pennethorne 's plans and would use those . |
| 2 | Doubts were expressed about last week 's rumour of moves to end steel price control . |
| 3 | THE familiar imbalance of quart and pint pot meant that the final three paragraphs were omitted from last Friday 's piece on Shotton Comrades ' under 19 team . |
| 4 | Labour held Hemsworth , where the Conservatives were beaten into third place by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 5 | The Gunners were edged into third spot overall by Liverpool , whose £5.8m haul included £1.3m for their FA Cup final triumph . |
| 6 | Similar surveys were produced for first schools ( 5–9 ) and middle schools ( 9–13 ) . |
| 7 | Particular provisions were made for first offenders and for the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts . |
| 8 | No clusters of HEV occurred when seropositive persons were grouped by last name or street address . |
| 9 | Hundreds of trees were lost in last year 's storms and ‘ the garden in the wood ’ suffered much damage . |
| 10 | He said the gross cost of the scheme would be £150million , but the liquidators expected to be able to return over £60million and the net cost would be reduced still further if sums were received from third parties . |
| 11 | These pledges were rejected by First Vice-President Maximo San Román Cáceres , who on his return from the USA was sworn in symbolically on April 21 as " Constitutional President " in front of 200 members of the deposed congress . |
| 12 | That 's why a number of clubs were represented at last night 's reserve game against Coventry . |
| 13 | The following exhibitions were listed in last month 's column and deserve recognition before they close : the large exhibition of sculpture , paintings and miniatures by Francesco Clemente at Anthony d'Offay ( to 30 April ) , Catherine Lee 's beautifully patinated wall reliefs at Annely Juda |
| 14 | The following exhibitions were discussed in last month 's issue and are recommended to readers : Sean Scully 's convincing demonstration of abstract art at Waddington ( to 23 December ) , the new graphic works of Roy Lichtenstein at Mayor ( to 23 December ) , theatre paintings by Sickert at Browse and Darby ( to 23 December ) , Bernard Jacobson 's handsome selection of paintings by Stanley Spencer ( to 5 December ) , with Spencer 's drawings at Dover Street Gallery ( to 18 December ) , and a fine installation of Grenville Davey 's sculpture at Chisenhale ( to 13 December ) . |
| 15 | The following exhibitions were discussed in last month 's column in Il Giornale dell'Arte : Victor Pasmore 's new paintings and prints at Marlborough ( to 23 October ) , works on paper by Robert Kushner at Mayor ( to 31 October ) , twelve biomorphic paintings by Ed Albers , with ten drawings from the estate of Arshile Gorky , at Salama-Caro ( to 7 November ) , new photographs by Andreas Gursky at Victoria Miro ( to 16 October ) and Andy Goldsworthy 's floor of clay at Turske-Hue-Williams ( to 31 October ) . |
| 16 | The following exhibitions were discussed in last month 's issue and should be noted : sculpture and drawings by Eduardo Chillida at Annely Juda ( to 14 November ) , works on paper by Bridget Riley at Karsten Schubert ( to 14 November ) , seven sculptures and a strong selection of graphic works by Elizabeth Frink at Lumley Cazalet ( to 13 November ) , ‘ Three Score and Ten ’ , the seventieth birthday exhibition of Albert Irvin at Gimpel ( to 21 November ) , the second part of Adrian Wiczniewski 's new paintings , drawings and neon sculpture at William Jackson ( to 21 November ) , Andy Goldsworthy 's clay floor at Turske-Hue-Williams ( to 27 November ) , the large sculptures of Jeff Lowe at Maak ( to 20 November ) , Fantastic Works on Paper at RAAB 's Millbank branch and the paintings of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Robert Combas at Crane ( to 3 December ) . |
| 17 | The following exhibitions were reported in last month 's issue and deserve note before they close : Hamish Fulton 's elegant installation of wall texts and photographs of his walks , the most handsome exhibition to have been held at Annely Juda ( to 6 March ) , two large sculptures by Mario Merz and new paintings and charcoal drawings , the best of his career , by Leon Kossoff at Anthony d'Offay ( to 6 March ) , Michael Young 's new sand paintings at Turske-Hue-Williams ( to 15 March ) , ‘ Out of Sight Out of Mind ’ , Nicholas Logsdail 's survey of international painting and sculpture 1965–1975 at Lisson ( to 20 March ) , Michael Landy 's ‘ Warning Signs ’ at Karsten Schubert ( to 6 March ) , new paintings by Arturo di Stefano , coinciding with his retrospective survey at Liverpool 's Walker Art Gallery , at Purdy Hicks ( to 6 March ) , new works by Riccardo Cinalli , featuring in a touring exhibition organised by the Accademia Italiana , at Long and Ryle ( to 19 March ) , and print exhibitions of Jim Dine at Waddington Graphics ( to 14 March ) and Robert Ryman at Victoria Miro ( to 29 March ) . |
| 18 | The following exhibitions were reviewed in last month 's column and can be recommended : Anselm Kiefer 's ‘ The Women of the Revolution ’ at Anthony d'Offay ( to 8 August ) ; James Turrell 's studies for ‘ The Irish Sky Garden ’ at Turske-Hue-Williams ( to 31 July ) ; Mayor 's installation by Rebecca Horn ( to 31 August ) ; Simon Edmondson 's new paintings at Benjamin Rhodes ( to 7 August ) ; Marlborough 's second exhibition of Stephen Conroy ( to 25 July ) ; and Nayland Blake 's ‘ Bleep ’ at Milch ( to 11 July ) . |
| 19 | The following exhibitions were mentioned in last month 's column and should be noted : interpretations of ‘ The Lake of Innisfree ’ by |
| 20 | Third party claims were considered at first instance and in the Court of Appeal . |
| 21 | 1250 students were admitted to first year undergraduate studies last year and over 500 to postgraduate studies , giving a total population of 44000 full-time students . |
| 22 | Several months later , when General Aung San and six of his colleagues were assassinated on 19th June , 1947 , the Burma Office of the British Government got in touch with me several days before the public announcement was made . |
| 23 | The Liberal Democrats were pushed into third place in most seats , and failed to win their target constituencies of Hereford and Birmingham Yardley . |