Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The controls were voted in at the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ( CCMLR ) . |
| 2 | By ruling in favour of the appellant , a schoolmaster at Malvern College , whose two sons were educated there at a concessionary rate , the Lords have avoided what has been described as an ‘ administrative nightmare ’ . |
| 3 | They were done once at the other house were n't they ? |
| 4 | He looked straight at her , and she could tell from the way his lower eyelids were drawn up at the inner corners and his nostrils distended that he was trying not to cry . |
| 5 | Phosphorus concentrations were measured only at the four sites listed . |
| 6 | Plates were handed out at a commemorative dinner by Health Authority Chairman Maurice Proctor . |
| 7 | Worse followed when 10,000 coupons were handed out at a big match at Hull — but 9,999 vanished . |
| 8 | But their efforts were brushed aside at an angry meeting of Durham County Council , which approved the social services committee 's decision to close the homes . |
| 9 | Arrangements to introduce the new system of central scheduling were to be announced this week , but were called off at the last minute . |
| 10 | Both were reported to have agreed , but the talks were called off at the last minute . |
| 11 | Two additional changes ( also only relevant to joining a new scheme ) were brought in at the same time . |
| 12 | The scheme was carried out by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration ( AAA ) and the committees were set up at a local level with farmer representatives from the various areas of production , such as wheat , cotton , dairy produce , rice and tobacco . |
| 13 | Mozart 's hopes were set back at an early stage for on 29 September he reported a conversation with Prince Zeill who said the Elector had told him : |
| 14 | The results were followed up at a second Latin American consultation which was held in São Leopoldo , Brazil , in July 1992 . |
| 15 | Large fractured areas of lateral cell membranes of surface mucous cells were observed randomly at a direct magnification of 15000 using electron microscopy . |
| 16 | The sash windows were put in at a later date but the glazing bars still follow the lines of the mullions and transoms and look particularly well . |
| 17 | They were dug in at the other end of the village in an orchard very close to the enemy positions . |
| 18 | Cells were plated out at a maximum initial density of 510 cells per dish and incubated overnight to allow separation of adherent cells ( fibroblasts and macrophages ) from inflammatory cells . |