Example sentences of "were [verb] in [art] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the freesia buds are quite thick and , if they were placed in the same layer as the petals , they would prevent the thin flowers from receiving even pressure from the weight above . |
| 2 | Counting was slow due to the complex voting system and to the fact that separate voting papers for the three abortion referendums [ see below ] were placed in the same ballot boxes . |
| 3 | An adequate explanation must both make clear what an action means to the participants , and how far the same outcome would result if different people were placed in the same context . |
| 4 | Cities such as Glasgow and Edinburgh were placed in the same sort of category as non-metropolitan districts in England although they had populations larger than the more rural regions and all the island councils . |
| 5 | It was labelled as such by a London coroner recently , after four inquests on suicides were heard in the same court within a week . |
| 6 | In early computers , as mentioned above , input/output ( or transput ) operations were treated in the same way as internal operations ( such as addition ) ; once the operation had been started , the control unit awaited its completion , before continuing with the extraction , decoding , and execution of the next instruction . |
| 7 | A number of new trade unions were formed in the latter part of 1989 to represent a wide range of workers . |
| 8 | In other words , two homologous structures were formed in the same way in two closely-related groups , though their development diverged , in the course of evolution , to adapt the structure for two different lifestyles . |
| 9 | The diminutive but pleasant cliffs at nearby Brassington and Harborough were formed in the same way . |
| 10 | Those units were joined in the latter part of the 1980s in a rationalisation plan . |
| 11 | The two parts of the base were joined in the same way , the lower loops of the ropework being added at the same time . |
| 12 | Radiographs of the various individual heads taken for the Museum of Modern Art show that originally the faces of the figures at the right were painted in the same idiom as that of the figure at the left.1 Since the head of the standing figure represents an intermediate stage between that of the figure at the left and the one directly below it , it follows that the squatting figure , the still life and the drapery at the right were the last parts of the picture to be painted . |
| 13 | This indicates that the two denominations were minted in the same part of his reign . |
| 14 | The hon. Member for Garscadden complained that the provisions for Scotland and for England were included in the same Bill . |
| 15 | The Northern Ireland Office said ten prison officers and three inmates were injured in the all night clashes . |
| 16 | I got some very new insights , in fact I 'm going to look up to see whether Bloom 's reflections on the eunuchs in the erm church were written in the same colour as some passages in Molly Bloom 's soliloquy . |
| 17 | Bacterial overgrowth rats were prepared in the same way as described previously . |
| 18 | Of the carers in the 1985 GHS who were living in the same household as the person receiving care , 51 per cent of women reported spending at least fifty hours a week giving help compared with only 39 per cent of men . |
| 19 | The second reason for urban bias was the fact that the radio broadcasters themselves lived in the towns : the people who spoke to them and commented on their programmes were living in the same environment . |
| 20 | In the area of closest scrutiny only 14 per cent of males ( 45/311 ) and 19 per cent of females ( 75/390 ) aged over ten at the time of the 1861 census were living in the same house as the one they had inhabited in 1851 ; but many of them had moved only a short distance . |
| 21 | Of the 9,009 papers those on which a second preference was indicated were transferred in the same way as Paisley 's surplus . |
| 22 | Previously there had always been at least the possibility that it might be wound up after its current voyages were complete but under Cromwell the traders reorganized its joint-stock system so that , while individual owners might sell their shares , the Company was designed to go on trading forever ; and almost all companies founded subsequently were organized in the same way . |
| 23 | Clement Attlee announced that the British Empire and Commonwealth , being based on Christian principles , was ‘ the exact contrast to the Nazi conception of a world order ’ , which was the expression of the creed of Antichrist , and countless other speeches were made in the same vein . |
| 24 | His original mind and interests in music , linguistics and the human voice led him to study the problems of deaf education and to invent " The New Sign Language , " in which every sign was a pantomimic version of the spoken word and in which signs were made in the same order and in the same sequel as the words of normal speech . |
| 25 | A week ago he was successful … 13 baby boas were produced in the same litter , 12 of them survived . |
| 26 | All died soon after , as did the mother , and all were buried in the same sepulchre . |
| 27 | To ensure accuracy , gastrin measurements were performed in the same assay batch . |
| 28 | A possible explanation might be that coins were used in the same way as in Italy but by fewer people , namely only those in urban settlements . |
| 29 | The departments were co-located in the same building , and , as it was felt that their roles were similar and some economy of scale would be achieved in terms of staffing , equipment , and accommodation , a Central Services Support Unit ( CSSU ) had been established . |
| 30 | Most of the ex-municipal cars were accommodated in the former part , but Walthamstow and the three companies were given numbers in the 20005 above the highest L.C.C . |