Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Western-financed dams received all the attention ; the numerous jobs that needed to be done if the dams were going to be of any use had scant priority . |
| 2 | The brief period of time in which the words were presented to the subject in our experiment , however , limited the kinds of words that could be used as stimuli . |
| 3 | Precisely because the composition of phonolexical sets can not be specified on phonological grounds , it is difficult to find a principled way of specifying the lexical input to the variable ( u ) ; eventually eighteen words were assigned to the set simply on the basis of observation . |
| 4 | But since on this occasion the words were dictated to the child it is more likely to be the child 's efforts to repeat the sound to herself and to write down her idea of a phonic equivalent . |
| 5 | If , on the other hand , the implied qualifying words were agreed to be something like ‘ having regard to the position held or the work done ’ , it is submitted that such a qualification would be quite appropriate . |
| 6 | No words were found to be allowable in these positions , so instead the top-ranked string is stored . |
| 7 | These words were spoken to me with a strong American accent . |
| 8 | In part this was due to the recent unification of the kingdom ; he and his successors were felt to be kings not of one but of a group of kingdoms . |
| 9 | In some respects these accounts are similar to those in the experimental situation where key characteristics were found to be a common strategy . |
| 10 | Those characteristics were known to that keeper or were at any time known to a person who at that time had charge of the animal as that keeper 's servant or , where that keeper is the head of a household , were known to another keeper of the animal who is a member of that household and under the age of sixteen . ’ |
| 11 | Briefs on these two aspects were provided to all Scottish MP 's serving on the Committee stage of the Bill . |
| 12 | These guidelines were submitted to Nato in May 1969 . |
| 13 | On the basis of Fields 's figures , if certain guidelines were adhered to rigorously , Branson estimated that it would cost Virgin £20m a year to run the airline , but the most they stood to lose by ‘ cutting and running ’ at any time was £2m . |
| 14 | UKCCCR Guidelines were adhered to throughout all animal experimentation . |
| 15 | Euthanasia had been openly practised in the Netherlands for a number of years since a legal ruling that doctors would not be prosecuted provided an established set of guidelines were adhered to . |
| 16 | After his victory at Auberoche , prisoners were taken whose ransoms were said to be worth over £50,000 , and in 1346 , according to Froissart , Lancaster 's army returned from a raid into Poitou so laden with riches that they had difficulty in transporting all their gains . |
| 17 | Acorns and horse chestnuts were collected to be used in the making of munitions and several old pupils , on leave from the front , visited the school . |
| 18 | The membrane vesicles were added to the assay buffer containing 20mM HEPES/arginine , pH7.4 , 5% sucrose , 0.5mMDTT , 30μM neutral red , 1μM trifluoromethoxycarbonylcyanide phenylhydrazone and with or without 400nM calmodulin to make up a total volume of 2ml and a concentration of 0.5mg protein per ml . |
| 19 | In April 1989 , hundreds of Liverpool fans were crushed to death on the terraces of Sheffield 's Hillsborough Stadium before the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest . |
| 20 | Backstage at the Brixton Academy two fans were kicked to the ground while attempting to gain admittance to the dressing room . |
| 21 | Before this time , fans were referred to mainly as ‘ ruffians ’ or ‘ tearaways ’ and the use of ‘ hooligan ’ marks a distinct stage in the media 's contribution to deviancy amplification . |
| 22 | In addition , when these compounds were added to platelets they provoked aggregation ( Hamberg & Samuelsson , 1974 ; Hamberg et al , 1974 ) . |
| 23 | Long , muscled legs were shown to full advantage by a pair of crisp khaki shorts . |
| 24 | Her legs were curled to the side , slender with dainty ankles curving to small , arched feet . |
| 25 | The proposals for provinces were referred to the newly established Royal Commission on the Constitution , while the proposals for local councils were thought to add too much extra work to the already formidable task of local government reorganisation . |
| 26 | Political activity was banned and Koreans were subordinated to Japanese at all levels of administrative activity . |
| 27 | Fees in elementary schools were limited to 9d per week . |
| 28 | About 60 children aged 10–12 from 16 schools were invited to the University of East Anglia for a Paint investigation day , organised by Dr J. Nicholson of the School of chemical Sciences , UEA , and supported by ICI Paints Division with a donation of paint materials . |
| 29 | Schools were allocated to one of four groups to receive the family smoking education project ( FSE ) ; the smoking and me project ( SAM ) ; both projects in sequence ( FSE/SAM ) ; or no intervention at all . |
| 30 | Of course in conformity with ecclesiological principles , schools were expected to be in the Gothic style . |