Example sentences of "[num] [was/were] [vb pp] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of documents concerning trading contacts between the two countries in 1993 were signed at the meeting . |
| 2 | The US Semiconductor Industry Association 's book-to-bill ratio for March fell to 1.17 from the revised 1.19 figure for February — a figure of 1.18 was reported at the time . |
| 3 | In its " final " cleanup plan announced on May 1 , 1989 , Exxon had envisaged employing 3,400 people in the operation ( but following public pressure this number was increased within a matter days to 5,000 , and a total of 12,000 were involved at the height of the operation ) and estimated that a total of US$1,300 million would be spent . |
| 4 | People arrested late in 1991 were beaten at the time of their arrest and tortured and beaten while in detention . |
| 5 | I remember being present when a team of 100 was commissioned at the Anaheim Vineyard in California to plant a new church in the Los Angeles area . |
| 6 | Yes sir , er ever since P P G three was revised at the beginning of last year , I believe that the department has been moving steadily in the direction that indicated but certainly my brief here is quite specific . |
| 7 | John Major told the Commons at Prime Minister 's Question Time that none of the 16 arrested at the factory , where 340 were sacked at the end of January , had been a Timex worker . |
| 8 | James II was defeated at the Battle of the River Boyne , a victory which is celebrated each July , even now , by the various Orange Orders around the world . |
| 9 | Philip VI did so at Crécy in 1346 ; John II was captured at the battle of Poitiers in 1356 ; Charles VII personally led the assault on Pontoise in 1441 ; while on the English side Edward III and Henry V provide us with excellent examples of the martial qualities demonstrated by certain kings . |
| 10 | Because of the recession the public sector borrowing requirement ( PSBR ) will be high , and a figure of £28bn for 1992/93 was forecast at the time of the Budget in March . |
| 11 | In 1793 , in a more striking case , a boy of seventeen was left at the beginning of the struggle with the French revolution as the sole British representative at the military headquarters of the king of Prussia . |
| 12 | The two were combined at the planning stage , as illustrated by the written analysis to the County Development Plan of 1962 . |
| 13 | Over 180 local industrial projects worth a total of US$6,800 million were presented at the forum . |
| 14 | On Tuesday 17 September 1745 King James VIII was proclaimed at the Market Cross and his chosen regent , prince Charles , rode in to the city wearing Highland dress , crowned by a blue velvet bonnet and the now ubiquitous Jacobite badge , a white cockade . |
| 15 | In 1958 , Reginald Bassett lamented the fact ‘ that no study of the General Election of 1931 was made at the time on the lines of the extremely useful studies of the 1945 and subsequent General Elections sponsored by Nuffield College ’ . |
| 16 | Seven were announced at the company 's well attended ( 1,800 turned up instead of the expected 1,000 ) 5th annual international user group show in San Jose , California , last week . |
| 17 | Seven were announced at the company 's well-attended ( 1,800 turned up instead of the expected 1,000 ) fifth annual international user group show in San Jose , California , last week . |