Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] at the [det] " in BNC.
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1 | For this reason the constables of many royal castles were appointed at the same time to be wardens of neighbouring forests : the constable of Rockingham castle was usually warden of the forests between Oxford and Stamford bridges ; the constable of Porchester kept Bere Porchester Forest ; the constable of Devizes kept Chippenham and Melksham Forests ; the constable of St Briavels the Forest of Dean ; the constable of Castleton the Forest of the Peak ; and the constable of Windsor castle was also warden of Windsor Forest . |
2 | Subjects were studied at the same time of day on four occasions at least seven days apart . |
3 | If voices were to end at the same time as their canonic function ended they would fall out one by one , as in a round . |
4 | I mean , surely the English hens were laying at the same rate as they did in peacetime ? |
5 | Traditionally it has been thought that meteorites were formed at the same time as the solar planets , and the composition of them was used as a ‘ fossil guide ’ to the make-up of the planets . |
6 | About halfway between Venice and the modern city of Trieste there is another island lagoon formation at Grado , where settlements were established at the same time as those in the Venetian lagoon . |
7 | According to Murimuth the bestowal of titles on the six earls was followed by the dubbing of twenty-four new knights , and other nobles were rewarded at the same time . |
8 | Two further appointments were made at the same time . |
9 | Where necessary , new bridges , such as the Pont Saint-Michel , were built to cross the Seine , whose quays were developed at the same time as arteries for traffic . |
10 | Eleven other senior police officials were removed at the same time . |
11 | Exchange regulations were relaxed at the same time to allow people to acquire foreign currency . |
12 | By the time of Jesus the two festivals were celebrated at the same time . |
13 | A number of ships were leaving at the same time — presumably with what they 'd come for , after Recovery — but we were slotted into the readiness pattern at fourth place . |
14 | Of course , it would be much too simple if die links always proved that two objects were made at the same place and time . |
15 | For instance , in 1936 the style of certain Athenian coins was compared with that of other arts , and the conclusion was drawn that the coins were produced at the same time as the other objects , i.e. , 565BC ; but we now believe that the true date of these coins is some sixty years later . |
16 | When the houses were built at the same time and |
17 | Both ribs were knitted at the same stitch size over the same number of needles . |
18 | Ancistrus hoplogenys were added at the same time as the Corys . |
19 | A further 47 new local government councils were created at the same time , bringing the total to 500 . |
20 | The inter-site coefficient of variation in this study ( 32% ) was substantially higher than was observed when measurements were repeated at the same site ( 18% ) , suggesting that much of the apparent heterogeneity was genuine . |