Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the collapse of their authoritarian dictatorships in the mid-1970s , Spain and Portugal were also admitted to membership . |
| 2 | What could have proved a disastrous appointment did , and Athletico were only saved from oblivion by the inspired choice of Reg Pybus as coach . |
| 3 | Phospholipids were then extracted in chloroform/methanol ( 2:1 vol/ vol ) according to Folch . |
| 4 | A crowd of eager ‘ punters ’ , and the illegal betting-shop on the waste-ground at the back of Budhill Avenue were also carted off lock , stock and blackboard . |
| 5 | Serum IgM antibodies gave weak reaction on blots ( data not shown ) suggesting that the high titres obtained by ELISA were mainly caused by IgM antibodies recognising native rather than SDS denatured antigens . |
| 6 | Central and Southern England were also hit by flooding which left many without power for several hours . |
| 7 | Chester were also drawn at home against Northwich Vics . |
| 8 | Almost one hundred houses in Tiddington were also left without gas . |
| 9 | During the Stolypin years , when the SDs were hard hit by repression and membership fell precipitately , factional strife amongst émigré SDs was fierce . |
| 10 | Although I consider that at the relevant time Lautro 's Rules , and thus its procedure , were defective in the respects I have outlined , for the reasons I have given I conclude that Lautro were not required by law to afford to Winchester the opportunity to make representations as to why an intervention notice should not be served before deciding whether or not to serve such a notice . |
| 11 | One adviser and one professional development teacher questioned whether arts HMI were genuinely committed to cooperation across the arts implicit in the concept of an aesthetic domain within the curriculum . |
| 12 | The letter concludes : ’ We feel that this situation would not have arisen if ERCs were not included in health authority budgets . |
| 13 | Last season Mardon 's hopes of joining Liverpool were also hit by injury . |
| 14 | Admittedly , conditions at Gulfstream were heavily stacked in favour of the Americans , who are more accustomed to the heat and humidity , the dirt and the tight tracks . |
| 15 | It was because of this , along with the commonplaces of fashionable racial theory , that most educated Russians at the beginning of the twentieth century were convinced that practically all the smaller peoples of Siberia were irrevocably doomed to extinction . |
| 16 | Creed and McGowan were already waiting in front of the elevator doors . |
| 17 | Lamb and Canning were both remanded in custody for one week . |
| 18 | ATC were still held in awe , and he had n't wanted to admit to Benson that he was lost . |
| 19 | The Orcs were also provided with food and reinforcements by Forest Goblins who flocked to join them from the Great Forest . |
| 20 | As the future was so uncertain , however , the family retained ownership of all fixtures , fittings and moveable contents — everything that could be stripped out if Thoresby were ever threatened with demolition . |
| 21 | Calhaem and Jones were later jailed for life . |
| 22 | By 1921 , 5 years after Kent 's death , America and Europe were well established in decimal and centesimal remedy philosophy so the discovery , in the 6th edition , of a new method of potentising remedies , the LM potencies , did not , at the time , start a revolution towards their use . |
| 23 | As we saw in World War II when SOE agents in France were deliberately sacrificed in order to plant deception schemes upon the Germans , ' ! espionage is a very brutal-game in which human lives are of no more significance than pieces on a chess board . |
| 24 | Many foresters of fee in the forests of Clarendon , Essex , Dean and New Forest were likewise removed from office or fined . |
| 25 | Agu and Hirst were later charged with obstruction of the highway , and the breach of the peace allegation , which was the basis of Agu 's arrest , was quietly forgotten . |
| 26 | The experiences of some project schools have clearly been fed into INSET provision through the expertise of particular individuals , and the inputs from Coordinating Team members and DCSLs were also enhanced by project involvement . |
| 27 | Though most of the negotiations of 1558 – 59 which culminated in the peace of Cateau-Cambrésis were still conducted in Latin it is clear that French was also extensively used . |
| 28 | Amina and Miriam were continually wandering from house to house in the compound , searching for something new to amuse themselves . |
| 29 | The actual casualties suffered by both the SAS and the LRDG were mainly caused by bombing or strafing when caught in the open desert . |
| 30 | There was a time when a few Guernseys were traditionally kept in South Devon dairy herds to boost the fat content of the milk . |