Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] by the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Melton , whose 78 rpm recordings were sold by the million across the USA and Canada , was a charming fellow . |
| 2 | Various councils organized lectures and magic-lantern shows ; pamphlets and tracts were distributed by the thousands and there were courses of study complete with examinations in Nonconformist history and teaching with prizes for the winners . |
| 3 | The keys were cut by the dozen at an Oxford Street heel bar , the addresses were always false . |
| 4 | The situation regarding ‘ ecclesiastical buildings ’ is complicated , and new provisions were introduced by the 1986 Housing and Planning Bill . |
| 5 | When development rights were nationalised by the 1947 Act , a new concept , ‘ existing use rights ’ , was created ; these were left with the landowner . |
| 6 | Similar differences in participation rates were revealed by the 1985 GHS and the OPCS disability surveys . |
| 7 | Patients were dying by the hundreds , but there was nobody to carry away the corpses . |
| 8 | Whether or not specific arrangements were discussed by the two unionist groupings , the election was more of a success for the conservatives than would be implied by the victory of one of the two Protestant Unionists . |
| 9 | Important innovations were introduced by the 1919 Act , which were to have far-reaching implications . |
| 10 | Management then asked the workers to leave the premises and pickets were placed by the 27 night-shift workers . |
| 11 | But two refinements to the plans were indicated by the 35 council members and the game 's executive body are to meet on Tuesday December 15 to consider the club representatives requests . |
| 12 | Many of these achievements were protected by the 1987 constitution [ see p. 35444 ] , and constitutional changes required the votes of 60 per cent of the members of the National Assembly . |
| 13 | The other two men were hit by the two gunmen as they stood on a nearby footpath at the spot where black taxis operate up and down Belfast 's Falls Road . |
| 14 | Until last year the 70-odd summiteers were matched by the 70 people who had died on its flanks . |
| 15 | Not all Scottish burghs were covered by the 1833 Act , but ‘ it was open to any community of 2,000 or more inhabitants to apply for a charter ’ ( Keating and Midwinter 1983:95 ) . |