Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that a few cells or nuclei were damaged at the site of crypt bisection and damaged nuclei would not have been measured . |
| 2 | Visitors were allowed entry only in batches of 200 ; no sketches or notes were permitted on the premises ; future directors were obliged by her will to live in situ , on the fourth floor ( a rule which has been broken only by the present director ) . |
| 3 | The situation which has applied in two out of the last three years , when percentage cuts or hold-backs were applied across the board by Management , is incompatible with the special factors involved in Library financial management . |
| 4 | No consistent significant differences in smoking behaviour , health knowledge , beliefs , or values were found between the four groups . |
| 5 | No oral food or fluids were allowed during the trial . |
| 6 | No false-positives or false-negatives were obtained with the MG3 medium only control or with the remaining three mycobacterial control cultures , with either polymerase chain reaction assay . |
| 7 | A typical study of ancient Egyptian tools and weapons , particularly axes , shows that four copper-based metals or alloys were used from the early third millennium BC to the middle of the first millennium BC : ‘ pure ’ copper ; arsenical copper ( an alloy of copper with up to h per cent of arsenic ) ; tin bronze or leaded tin bronze ; and iron . |
| 8 | Patients with colorectal cancer , adenomatous polyps or controls were recruited from the general surgical outpatients ' department of Dudley Road Hospital . |
| 9 | At this point various drugs or vehicles were added to the incubation media . |
| 10 | Management then asked the workers to leave the premises and pickets were placed by the 27 night-shift workers . |
| 11 | Easier game for advertisers were feature subjects such as motoring , travel and holidays , where the latest models and resorts were hyped throughout the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 12 | More than a century ago tunnels and galleries were cut into the cliffs here by the engineers who constructed the Axenstrasse road which enabled vehicular traffic to pass along the lakeside towards the Gotthard and obviate the need for lake transhipments . |
| 13 | Students and artists were employed in the administration , invigilation and installation of the project . |
| 14 | Empty frames and canvases were stacked against the walls … |
| 15 | Amnesty had recorded 45 death-squad murders in the first eight months of 1990 , compared with 40 for the whole of 1989 , and said that killings , torture and disappearances were continuing despite the human rights agreement signed by the government and the FMLN on July 26 [ see p. 37707 ] . |
| 16 | His Central American agents and contacts were patted on the back , or sent into the field , with the words ‘ Vaya con Dios ’ , ( Go with God ) ; Calero remembered that he never left him without them . |
| 17 | Its laws were codified by Abu'l Fazl in the A'in-i-Akbari and its delights and dangers were illustrated by the Mughal miniaturists . |
| 18 | Diplomatic relations were established with all six countries , and discussions were held on the means of future co-operation . |
| 19 | UPH 's first interest in the site concerned the possibility of putting 155 residences there , and discussions were held with the Corpo 's planning department on this proposal . |
| 20 | The results of the travel survey have been published in the June issue of C and B News , and copies were sent to the local councillors , Hugh Fraser ( Region ) and Beth Brereton ( District ) . |
| 21 | On 11 June 1992 the committal order was sealed and copies were sent by the court to solicitors for M. and for the local authority . |
| 22 | Suggestions for cuts were then circulated to LAC and RMG members , to other senior staff and Associates , and copies were posted in the Library inviting staff comment . |
| 23 | It was the main fuel used for large-scale cooking and faggots were brought into the city every day . |
| 24 | To recapitulate , all development rights and values were vested in the state . |
| 25 | The earliest mention of the church is in 1115 when the church and titles were given to the Abbey of St Martin in York . |
| 26 | In May , following these forays , Hitler had his first top-level meeting to discuss the western defences with the Todt Organisation , and plans were begun for the so-called Atlantic Wall , although there already existed a series of defended ports and the original defence arrangements set up when fleets of craft were being assembled for an invasion of England . |
| 27 | The PKK was subsequently routed from its strongholds north of Zakho and Dahuk , and operations were concentrated on the Hakurk valley near the Iran-Iraq-Turkey border . |
| 28 | Crates of fruit and vegetables were stacked at the other end . |
| 29 | Following the military coup of September 1988 all state organs and institutions were abolished by the ruling junta , the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , and the country was placed under martial law . |
| 30 | The questions and keywords were provided by the teacher pupils in the early stages of this unit . |