Example sentences of "were [vb pp] at [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were developed at that time as a useful product for the , for the menfolk . |
| 2 | When he was on the field , chairs were placed at regular intervals along each touchline so that when he made a break on the wing , he had plenty of opportunity to rest before continuing his blistering run . |
| 3 | Feeders ( 5cm vertical tubes on a movable base ) were placed at various locations within the inner 49 pixel grid ( 20cmx20cm each , shaded grey ) and analyses of time spent per pixel were conducted throughout the outer 121 pixel grid ( white ) . |
| 4 | The manual operation of broadcasting a recognition signal to the platforms in orbit around Tarvaras had been duplicated simultaneously by four automatic sending stations which were situated at various points along the Simonova 's mainframe . |
| 5 | Impractical , because if all areas of the curriculum were treated at this level of detail , hundreds or even thousands of criteria would be produced ; educationally unacceptable because of the curriculum fragmentation which would result since it would be difficult to link up such large numbers of criteria . |
| 6 | The various regional associations which were formed at various times in Eastern and Western Europe , in Africa , in the Middle East or in Latin America , rested either upon the predominance of one nation state over others in the region , or upon a limited agreement about a framework within which national economic interests could be more effectively pursued ; and they all showed themselves largely incapable of controlling the vigorous expression of such interests in periods of crisis . |
| 7 | Sir Gregory ( who was rumoured to be Sam Gristy 's father ) provided quantities of ale and beef , which were consumed at three sittings in Mother Russell 's front kitchen , after which there was dancing to lutes and drums . |
| 8 | When England was at war and sentries were posted at both ends of the tunnel , one night , early in the war , German planes droned over and dropped bombs along the railway line possibly aiming to destroy the tunnel and so to cut a supply link to the Channel ports and the British armies in France . |
| 9 | Similarly , some coins of the Emperor Septimius Severus which were minted at several cities in southern Greece are found , almost exclusively , in the Levant . |
| 10 | Numbers of Hurricanes were scrambled at various times during the mid-morning . |
| 11 | Deep , small holes were drilled at appropriate points in the leaf and stem decoration . |
| 12 | Similar modifications were included at Greek request to passages on the right to conscientious objection . |
| 13 | To examine the effects of PSL , SASP , and 5-ASA on ADCC activity as well as on natural and lymphokine activated killer activity , those drugs were added at various concentrations to the cultures in all three kinds of assays already described . |
| 14 | Bells were rung at either end of a conversation to signal the beginning and end of the call . |
| 15 | This had forced the tubes inwards in places and as the head studs were dowelled at certain points along their length these areas would not pass through the constricted sections . |
| 16 | The required options for a full investigation were seen at this stage to be as in the following list : — |
| 17 | Drybulb and dewpoint temperatures of air were regulated at each 7.6m along the chamber to track temporal variation in the glasshouse . |
| 18 | While we have more or less maintained our overall membership figure , and that in a deep recession , we have fallen far short of the targets set in March 1992 , which were felt at that time to be reasonable and achievable . |
| 19 | While we have more or less maintained our overall membership figure , and that in a deep recession , we have fallen far short of the targets set in March 1992 , which were felt at that time to be reasonable and achievable . |
| 20 | Five licences were granted at one session at Singleton ; three related to tiny parcels , while a whole virgate was let by a recently admitted tenant to his brother , presumably the elder , the younger having inherited under the custom of borough English , and probably under age . |
| 21 | These targets were decided at each location by a management team drawn from right across the site . |
| 22 | From 84 patients ( 37 suffering from ulcerative colitis and 47 from Crohn 's disease ) sera were collected at different timepoints for follow up of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody reactivity in relation to clinical parameters . |
| 23 | Commanders were selected at top level of course , after which they were invited to attend at HQ where they would sift through the applications from prospective crew members , discuss them with the administrating Inspector and eventually come to a mutual agreement on the crewing of each cutter for the following year . |
| 24 | A variety of news items were selected at different times during the three years of the survey . |
| 25 | Intensive surface geophysical surveys comprising galvanic resistivity , electromagnetic ( including TEM ) , magnetic and radiometric measurements were made at four sites in where strong photolineaments , which were assumed to indicate regional-scale faulting , have been recognised . |
| 26 | Measurements of electrical conductivity and susceptibility were made at 20 frequencies per decade from 5Hz to 20MHz on samples saturated with 0.5M aqueous NaCl solution with a two-electrode system . |
| 27 | The Cambridge Group for the Study of Population and Social Structure ( CAMPOP ) have shown that in seventy communities where total lists of inhabitants were made at some point between the late sixteenth and the early nineteenth century the proportion of householders who were widowed was about 1:5 ; at Clayworth ( Notts. ) in 1688 it was higher than 1:4 . |
| 28 | Similar accusations were made at different times against all the churches . |
| 29 | The problems of a poor wheat crop were overcome and record volumes were produced at both mills in the fourth quarter . |
| 30 | The Pacifics were used at this time on the Nottingham to Marylebone semi-fasts but they were to be transferred away as the rundown of the GC got underway . |