Example sentences of "there [was/were] [det] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Given that there were many at the first party , fewer at the second and fewest at the last , how many people were there at each of the three parties , not including me ? ’ |
| 2 | There were many in the ruling party who treated the proposals with great suspicion , however , and who worked to delay and discredit them on the grounds that they would undermine the current factional structure of the LDP . |
| 3 | Several months later , Batty was asked to make a film about any successful British company to redress criticism that television programme makers were obsessed by those in difficulties , of which there were many in the Seventies . |
| 4 | We had also observed that there were those on the other side of the divide who were watching us . |
| 5 | There were those among the remaining husbands of the five daughters of Ealdred who would like nothing better than to see Siward perish in an effort to plant a few Anglian soldiers and a bishop in some crumbling old forts in the Lothians . |
| 6 | And yet , there were those in the late seventeenth century , Robert Boyle ( 1627–91 ) and John Ray ( 1627–1705 ) among them , who envisaged scientific inquiry itself as a form of worship . |
| 7 | Meanwhile there were those in the British government ( notably Duncan Sandys , the minister of defence ) who were convinced that a time might come when the United States , from fear of Soviet nuclear attack against itself , might hesitate in its support of Europe . |
| 8 | There were those in the dim corridors of Headquarters who said that his rise had been too fast . |
| 9 | In truth , there were those in the American camp who admitted that they had to bow to the Europeans where the Solheim Cup uniforms were concerned . |
| 10 | However , very little is known of any deaf aristocrats prior to 1750 , but there were some in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries , a number of whom achieved political renown . |
| 11 | Perhaps there were some among the good number , nominated by the local science advisers , who administered the practical tests and marked the papers . |
| 12 | Perhaps there were some among the good number , nominated by the local science advisers , who administered the practical tests and marked the papers . |
| 13 | Had they checked with a knowledgeable nuclear physicist — and there were several in the nearby physics department who could have helped — or held a technical seminar before the press conference , they would have learned this before events overtook them . |
| 14 | Francis forced himself to look at the screens again , and he could see that there were less of the winged creatures flitting among the struts and cables . |
| 15 | In addition to Linford there were most of the British track stars from Stuttgart the year before — Steve Cram , Tom McKean , Roger Black , Tim Hutchings , Colin Jackson , Kirsty Wade , Yvonne Murray . |
| 16 | Roeder tentatively puts it at 1000 finished pictures and complains that there were few at the British Museum , still fewer in provincial libraries . |
| 17 | I would n't say there was much between the two teams apart from the first half here this afternoon when United , I have n't seen United dominate a side so much for a very long time , and really , I mean you were here Peter , three or four nil at half time would not have been a bad reflection on United 's performance in any way at all . |
| 18 | AT FIRST listen there was little on The Black Crowes ' first LP ‘ Shake Your Money Maker ’ to separate it from a hundred other rock'n'roll records which were desperately trying to get their sound across after the Guns N'Roses media boom of the late '80s . |
| 19 | There was little of the mainstream operatic repertoire ( which Cresci , wisely , knew that he must stick to ) which Menotti had not directed — with sets by Henry Moore , Cocteau , with Callas in the cast , no less . |
| 20 | Thanks in part to the inventive energy of Thomas Cromwell and the long , tireless service of the Cecils , there developed some sort of working tradition ; but there was little of the bureaucratic foundation which alone could provide continuity and organization . |
| 21 | There was little behind the main building apart from the usual outdoor privies and midden heaps , and the little devil was n't that dirty . |
| 22 | Not that there was any of the same obvious strain with Blufton to convert his visitors to his vision of the truth . |
| 23 | The victim he helped said he owed his life to … and there was more of the same . |
| 24 | There was more of the same before Alexei and Jotan were allowed to depart , but further enquiry into the matter was not mentioned , and it was as if Artai had lost interest . |
| 25 | There was another of the smiling glances at Fenella . |