Example sentences of "who [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In March 1949 , Z2033 was purchased by Svensk Flystjanst AB of Stockholm , Sweden , who were contracted to convert the Firefly and operate it as a target-tug for the Swedish Air Force . |
| 2 | An official report by the National Human Rights Commission accused Morán of ignoring repeated requests from the local federal police to stop his soldiers firing at the agents who were trying to intercept an aircraft later discovered to be carrying some 360 kg of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico . |
| 3 | Taking office on May 10 , he brought in an older team of officials who were said to represent a shift to the right in economic policy and a less high-profile negotiating style . |
| 4 | now can we look Mr at the print below the table , costs , questions and answers we find that many people considering purchasing a apartment have similar questions can I ask you this , would you personally ever deal with people who were considering purchasing a apartment ? |
| 5 | For three years Nicholas conducted a capable but hopeless defence against the King and members of his Council , who were determined to destroy the Company . |
| 6 | The combined effect of the purges and the anti-Nonconformist propaganda was to put power in the localities into the hands of people who were determined to protect the Church and State from both popery and fanaticism through a strict adherence to the rule of law . |
| 7 | We need to analyse the interaction between electors , whose attitudes have already been influenced by a variety of considerations ( ranging from their own sense of both national and local political issues , down to whatever perception they might have concerning their need to accommodate themselves to their social superiors ) , and the party electioneers , who were determined to influence the electorate in whatever way they thought fit ( which invariably meant a combination of political propaganda and various forms of manipulation , bribery and intimidation ) . |
| 8 | The original list of damage compiled by the Egyptian Antiquities Organisation has now been verified by the The Conservation Practice in West Sussex , England , and Gifford Consulting Engineers , who were invited to inspect the damage by UNESCO in preparation for a coordinated relief effort . |
| 9 | Next day , along with Lt. Stirling and Sgt. Storrie , who were hoping to do a job in Syria , we made a trial flight . |
| 10 | In October , talks between Llangernyw-based Water tight Ltd , who were hoping to develop the plant , and Hafodunos Estate , broke down . |
| 11 | This effect was greater for subjects reading aloud than for silent reading and larger again for subjects who were led to expect a test on what they had read . |
| 12 | ( A group of students who were asked to read the poem " Lycidas " by John Milton could n't find it because it was " not in the catalogue " . |
| 13 | At the same time , Heseltine also created a Financial Institutions Group , consisting of secondees from major companies who were asked to review the role of , and constraints upon , private-sector investment in the cities . |
| 14 | ‘ We simply went to work like normal citizens during martial law and now it seems that 's a crime , ’ he went on , gesturing at the 20 heads of party factory cells who were gathered to discuss the future of communism in Poland . |
| 15 | The teachers who were selected to teach the smoking and me project were required to attend a one day training seminar which familiarised them with the project guide and the group leader approach to teaching . |
| 16 | On the contrary , it flourished within a discipline that had emerged to help the farmers who were struggling to exploit the prairies in a way that destroyed the traditional climax . |
| 17 | He once finished third , but more often he has sacrificed his own chances by slowing down to help British runners who were struggling to complete the course . |
| 18 | JPs were for the most part recruited from the greatest landowners in a county , although commissions of the peace often included a few of the humbler type , possibly men with a legal background who were appointed to do the chores . |
| 19 | In 1797 , as part of his duties as a young laird , Kinloch was appointed to command the Coupar–Angus Company of the Volunteers , territorials who were recruited to meet the danger of a possible French invasion , but in Scotland confined their activities to suppressing riots aroused by the Militia Acts and the press gangs . |
| 20 | We support the views of the County Planning Officers Society and the Government that the 1981 provisions have not been widely used because of ( a ) the financial implications of compensation for minerals planning authorities ( MPAs ) , ( b ) the staffing and resource implications for MPAs who were expected to implement the provisions , and ( c ) the complexity and cumbersome nature of the provisions themselves . |
| 21 | In the pro-celebrity event Sir Bryan and Doctor Stevie would provide some leavening of the showbiz and TV personalities , the top sports stars and the controversial public figures who were expected to draw the crowds . |
| 22 | Individuals serving abroad who were found to have the HIV virus were sent home for tests and then restricted to bases within the U.S. |
| 23 | In our youth , the ‘ sixties and early ‘ seventies , we had the same thing , only we were the generation who were going to change the world . |
| 24 | Shivering at the landing extension , I heard his brisk boisterous voice rattling on about the ! ! ! historic meeting of a famous comic and a famous bust who were going to make a film together . |
| 25 | Many of her friends were in politics or belonged to political families , it was the era of the Liberal reforms and that was what fired her most : she went to dinner-parties where she sat next to men who were going to make a speech that night and there were weeks when she went to the House every day , it was what she had always wanted , it was history , it was important , immensely important and she was seeing it , seeing it happen and that was important to her . |
| 26 | He had been brought in by the conglomerate owners , Reed International , who were planning to float the Mirror Group off as a separate company and wanted someone to mastermind the move . |
| 27 | I was determined to see the world 's first dawn , and to greet the first people on the planet — true Pacific people at that — who were planning to take a stab at their day . |
| 28 | The two Vehicle Examiners , who were reputed to have no conversation except about cars , squatted side by side , their backs against the steel book racks , and talked cars together with desperate eagerness . |
| 29 | The pluralist perspective on British politics was built up by political scientists who were predisposed to provide an account of interest-group politics which presented it in a good , democratic light . |
| 30 | The unit operated very effectively during the 1980s on the Namibia/Angola border against infiltrating bands of SWAPO guerrillas who were attempting to destabilise the country by ambush and assassination . |