Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plates were developed for the first migration in a solvent saturated chamber consisting of chloroform/methanol/ammonium hydrate/water 184:105:7.5:7.5 vol and then dried in cold air . |
| 2 | Most of Illich 's ideas were developed in the Third World as a political response to the economic impossibility of universal ‘ Western education ’ . |
| 3 | Great houses did not of course cease to be built ; on the contrary , almost as many were erected in the nineteenth century as a whole as in the three centuries that preceded it put together . |
| 4 | Although some of the former have been reclassified today , it is interesting to see what were listed in the mid-eighteenth century : Rosa canina , spinosissima , villosa , eglanteria , scotica , inermis , hispanica , scandens , sempervirens , virginiana , lutea , punicea , moschata , centifolia , damascena , alba , belgica , provincialis , incarnata , gallica , cinnamomea and muscosa . |
| 5 | Occasional springtime dust storms in the Fens are even invoked as an ominous example , although these are caused by the drying out of the peat soils and have occurred since the Fens were drained in the seventeenth century . |
| 6 | In Action 159 ( page 2 ) incorrect details were given about the second consultation on communication studies in Latin American seminaries to be held in July 1992 . |
| 7 | I fear that does not even begin to address our concern the assurances which were given on the last occasion about the Home Secretary 's attitude by the Noble Earl Lord which will no doubt be repeated later this afternoon , will of course hold good only for as long as Mr Howard is Home Secretary . |
| 8 | On the second part , well nobody feels more strongly that I do about the problems of noise pollution and I agree entirely there er with what councillor has to say but may I remind members that this council did have a full service for a six months period , you all seem to have forgotten that , we did have a full service , an experimental one which ran for six months , er we were advised by the officers at the end of that period it was not necessary to run the full seven day a week service , it was not necessary we are still being advised that that is not necessary , that is the advice we were given at the last committee meeting and er the majority of members supported that . |
| 9 | There is much less evidence for the fifth century than for the fourth , when Philip and Alexander attracted attention to Macedon , but recently discovered gravestones show that by 400–350 Macedonians had good Greek names ( which they were given in the fifth century , of course ) like Xenokrates , Pierion and Kleonymos ( M. B. Hatzopoulos and L. D. Loukopoulos ( 1980 ) Philip of Macedon , plates 109–10 on pp. 206–7 ) . |
| 10 | The Literary Lionisers , having commanded their maids and valets , if they had them , to unpack , or if they had not , scurried through this tedious task themselves , were gathering for the first event of the week , the promenade around Dickens 's Broadstairs . |
| 11 | Strikes were legalized for the first time in Bulgaria 's history when on March 6 the National Assembly passed a bill on settling collective industrial disputes . |
| 12 | DNA types were designated by the first initial of each family surname , and DNA subtypes by the addition of ‘ a ’ or ‘ b ’ ( Table I ) . |
| 13 | Nor should it be forgotten , as Professor Orth has pointed out , that in 1799 penalties were prescribed for the first time for workmen as a class , not for hatters or paper makers as a special group ; in other words , the language of the act was concerned with a horizontal social division , not with the reconciliation of difference within the vertical structure of a craft . |
| 14 | These were situated on the first floor of the Pavillon de Flore which formed the angle of the Tuileries palace with the Quays and the Seine . |
| 15 | The Hall 's own linen was sold and the proceeds used to purchase coin operated laundry facilities which were situated in the second floor utility room . |
| 16 | Accelerated growth of algae partially poisoned with copper sulphate has been claimed when these were treated with a 30th potency of copper sulphate , but Moss was not able to repeat this work . |
| 17 | Expectations were examined on the first day of the course and reviewed at the end . |
| 18 | It is n't even known where on Krakatoa the eruption was centred , but the chances are that it was Perboewetan , since the lava flows in the crater looked extremely fresh when they were examined in the nineteenth century . |
| 19 | Representatives of the United Kingdom and Argentine governments were joined for the first time by a Falklands official in talks on fishing controls held in the Argentinian capital , Buenos Aires , in May 1991 . |
| 20 | The three of them ran downstairs to the debtor 's room where they were joined by a fourth helper , Mrs Bangham , charwoman and messenger who volunteered her services as flycatcher and general attendant , and fanned the patient with a cabbage leaf throughout her delivery . |
| 21 | When the Mughal court was disbanded , Muslim hijras were exposed for the first time to the other , Hindu , tradition of eunuchry . |
| 22 | But any doubts about United 's ability to hold on to three comfortable points were dismissed in the 49th minute when Irwin strode through a big gap in the Southampton defence to beat Flowers from ten yards . |
| 23 | THE long-mocked idea of reparations to compensate black Americans for the slavery experienced by their ancestors is now before the US Congress , and its supporters say the $1.25 billion package to compensate Japanese-Americans who were interned during the second world war has created a legal precedent . |
| 24 | The tape was then continued , and after the first few words were uttered by the second voice Lucy almost froze in horror . |
| 25 | Though parts were altered in the seventeenth century , the Tudor Great Hall , entrance court and river façade remain as a tribute to Cardinal Wolsey 's foresight and taste . |
| 26 | During the relaying of this track , the Marton trams operated in a complete circle , returning to Talbot Square via Royal Oak and Lytham Road , while the St. Annes blue cars were diverted for the first time to the Promenade at Talbot Square . |
| 27 | About 12,000 sorties were flown in the first week — about half of them bombing raids , the rest involving air refuelling , reconnaissance , fighter cover and the like . |
| 28 | The Chairman 's vice chairman 's and treasurer 's posts , not filled at the A.G.M. were filled at the first meeting of the new session 1991 — 1992 as follows ; Dr. A. J. Watson chairman ; G. W. Davidson , vice chairman and Mrs. P. Fisher , treasurer . |
| 29 | The Chairman 's vice chairman 's and treasurer 's posts , not filled at the A.G.M. were filled at the first meeting of the new session 1991–1992 as follows ; Dr. A. J. Watson chairman ; G. W. Davidson , vice chairman and Mrs. P. Fisher , treasurer . |
| 30 | The bureau said that despite flooding the summer grain harvest was down by only 1.8 per cent , although " severe " economic losses were expected in the second half . |