Example sentences of "the [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Argument before the House of Lords in B's appeal and the judgments were confined to the certified question . |
| 2 | It would need to be evident that the activities were integrated into the curriculum of the school/college , and that , for the company , the partnership was seen as essential to the planning process , like the development of a new service or product . |
| 3 | The forms were sent to the Data Preparation Bureau and punched cards produced . |
| 4 | The contracts were signed in the presence of Spanish President Felipe Gonzalez , and the Chinese Prime Minister , Li Peng . |
| 5 | On the 18th tee we hit the same 3-wood , and as we walked down the fairway the crowds were massed around the last green ; the noise was unbelievable . |
| 6 | Then the dome was echoing with the last anthem : she was walking out into the September sunshine on João 's arm ; the crowds were cheering in the streets , gasping at the splendour of her dress and showering her with flowers and petals . |
| 7 | The crowds were drawn from the popular classes . |
| 8 | The foundations of the popularity of the seamen were laid at the end of the fifteenth century with the voyages of discovery of Bartholomew Diaz , Vasco da Gama , John Cabot and Christopher Columbus — the space explorers of their times . |
| 9 | In that case , the plaintiff had invested money in a company after relying on accounts that had been prepared negligently by the defendant accountants who had known that the accounts were wanted for the purpose of inducing the plaintiff to invest money in the company . |
| 10 | The accounts were audited by the NAO and the C & AG gave his opinion on — or certified — each one . |
| 11 | The accounts were approved by the Board of Directors on 8th June 1993 and signed on its behalf by : R K A Wakeling Directors J N Sheldrick |
| 12 | The accounts were submitted to the Revenue in March 1994 and late submission penalties incurred . |
| 13 | The programmes were banned by the government in 1963 . |
| 14 | The institutions were categorised under the Act as ‘ recognised banks ’ ( which offer a wide range of banking services and have net assets of not less than £5 million ) , and ‘ licensed deposit takers ’ ( those institutions that do not meet the requirements for recognised bank status ) . |
| 15 | Some of the galleries were gone before the days of my earliest memory , and all of them were hastening to decay . ’ |
| 16 | The flames were licking at the window . |
| 17 | The flames were licking at the window . |
| 18 | It will die out over there and the flames were coming through the bricks were n't it mam ? |
| 19 | All petitions for leniency failed and the transportees were loaded onto the prison hulk York on 4 February 1831 . |
| 20 | Only such lesser functionaries as the pursuivants were appointed by the Lord President . |
| 21 | Over 1,400 of the occupiers were arrested by the National Guard , and kept in prison for two weeks , treatment which in itself won them considerable sympathy . |
| 22 | The time-pips were sounding on the line , and he added quickly , ‘ Do you want to give me your number ? |
| 23 | This strategy was to devote 20% of the fund to buying futures when they were underpriced by a specified amount , and closing out these futures positions when the futures were overpriced by the same amount . |
| 24 | In 1946 the mines were nationalised with the vigorous support of the miners after sixty years resistance by the coal-owners , and shortly afterwards the petty bourgeoisie of the medical profession were organised into a National Health Service . |
| 25 | Although such overtures to work the mines were directed at the Lord of the Manor , really at this time the landowner was not it , a proper legal position to let out the veins on his land where these Carried the Royal Minerals , gold and silver . |
| 26 | But we also , I think , all took the view , because that was what all the signs were showing at the time , that the crunch would come later than it did , and I think that was the perceived view of anybody working in Whitehall at that stage . |
| 27 | The artists were left in the courtyard , where they stood clutching their equipment with the anxious , uncertain air of a group of refugees . |
| 28 | Following the National Health Service Act of 1946 , all the clinics were brought under the control of the Regional Hospital Boards and the Boards of Governors of the Teaching Hospitals . |
| 29 | The Guildsmen were wading through the audience , overturning benches and chasing children away with the backs of their hands . |
| 30 | I think it was probably the other day because erm the wa the ducks were swimming on the road at er six o'clock just on the road near the baths |