Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ideas of Marx and Engels were introduced by the first International ( 1864–76 ) , which had sections in several Latin American countries . |
| 2 | Puddephat and Melanie Gandell were mentioned in the first paragraph , but did not appear in the rest of the piece . |
| 3 | Before long England were benefitting from the first of a string of catches dropped by both sides , and their total of 263 was over a hundred more than it would have been had Boycott , Woolmer and Botham not had a second chance . |
| 4 | The VAS were averaged over the first 3 days of admission ( any patient with data missing was omitted from the analysis ) and these means compared by Mann-Whitney U tests . |
| 5 | The great abbeys established as a thank-offering by the victorious Normans were complemented over the next four hundred years by a number of smaller foundations , dictated by the tenets of fashion and individual piety . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Dundela and Donegal Celtic were paired in the second round of the Steel and Sons Cup when the draw was made on Monday evening . |
| 7 | Encounters with Donald were documented for the next 6 years , during which time he travelled on a southward odyssey along some 480 km ( 300 miles ) of British coastline , from the Isle of Man to Wales and then to Cornwall , stopping off in small harbours , boat havens and coves along the way to socialise . |
| 8 | A Christmas tree was put up in Moscow 's Red Square for the first time , and on Christmas Eve the bells of St Basil 's Cathedral in Red Square were rung for the first time since 1917 . |
| 9 | For example , Uruguay were put in the third pool to avoid a possible conflict of South American interests with Colombia . |
| 10 | For example , Uruguay were put in the third pool to avoid a possible conflict of South American interests with Colombia . |
| 11 | Thoughts of acquiring a complete rake of steam-compatible Mk 1s from BR were aired for the first time in 1977 . |
| 12 | We know an older nave existed by the wall Paintings over the chancel arch , these paintings uncovered by Mrs Baker A.R.C.A. were dated from the 12th century . |
| 13 | German and Swiss lead managers were dominant between 1975 – 79 , but US houses became increasingly important during the 1980s , and by 1984 – 85 three US houses and the US/Swiss CSFB were included in the first five . |
| 14 | On the dining-room walls today hang generations of Macleods ; Boswell and Johnson were entertained by the 23rd chief , Norman , who did not marry for a decade after the travellers stayed here . |
| 15 | A Wembley spectator , Busby thought Sunderland were outclassed in the second half but not disgraced . |
| 16 | Sometimes called the ‘ Jazz Modern ’ style , International Modern was a term coined in the United States to refer to the new architectural style of the twentieth century , which architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius were creating before the First World War . |
| 17 | These Attachment Courts were also responsible for preventing illegal enclosures , and for giving landowners leave to cut timber in their own woods : thousands of acres of woodland in Essex were cleared during the eighteenth century by their leave , and with the licence of the Chief Justice of the Forest . |
| 18 | Yesterday Essex were taken to the last over by first-class newcomers Durham before securing a four-wicket win in a 50-over friendly at Chelmsford . |
| 19 | Merrill 's forebodings about working for Luke were fulfilled during the first morning . |
| 20 | The original doors of 1180 by Bonanno were replaced in the seventeenth century . |
| 21 | Almost four million people in England and Wales were summonsed in the first half of this year for failing to pay . |
| 22 | Michelle , Valerie and June were jumping for the first time , but Kay had two charity parachute jumps under her belt already . |
| 23 | To make matters worse , most of the contents of the Musée Jacquemart-André were evacuated during the last war . |
| 24 | Occasional springtime dust storms in the Fens are even invoked as an ominous example , although these are caused by the drying out of the peat soils and have occurred since the Fens were drained in the seventeenth century . |