Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The muffled words were given a seductive rhythm by the drumming of the rain . |
| 2 | Before the guidelines were introduced the referral rate from general practitioners for examinations covered by the guidelines was 88.4/1000 registered patients ( table I ) . |
| 3 | Non-members were charged a total of over £2,000 for use of library services . |
| 4 | Again ! ’ said the Robemaker , his voice liquid and clotted now , and the two slaves swung again , a little higher this time , so that the hard , straight shin bones were sliced across , and the boy 's legs were shortened a little more . |
| 5 | Later in the nineteenth century , following the work of Green and of Kelvin , thermodynamic considerations were introduced a well as the concept of a strain energy function . |
| 6 | In addition to raw fish and squid , the baby penguins were fed a special ‘ Belfast Zoo ’ supplement containing minerals and vitamins . |
| 7 | In education , schools were given a similar opportunity to opt out of local government control . |
| 8 | Voluntary schools were given the choice of becoming ‘ aided ’ or ‘ controlled ’ schools and provision was made for a few ‘ special agreement ’ schools ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 9 | You do in fact remember as c Councillor has said , that when Labour took over and schools were given the chance to change their minds and withdraw at least to change y to change the decision and withdraw from immediate L M S , then half of the schools chose to delay it 's introduction . |
| 10 | In the original DES document in which the proposals for the schools were outlined the overall aim was said to fit in with the Government 's aims set out in their document Better schools , ‘ to improve standards ’ being the key phrase . |
| 11 | When the final text of the poem was published after its author 's death , readers were given a revised version . |
| 12 | Under the 1980 Social Security Act this system was maintained but local offices were given the discretion to pay in full the charges made by private and voluntary residential homes . |
| 13 | All staff in these offices were offered the opportunity to go to Bristol to work at the head office . |
| 14 | The journalists were granted an interview with His Grace , the Bishop of Danu . |
| 15 | Since the last World War , soldiering , as a profession , had lost its romantic appeal , but in Vietnam the journalists were given the chance of acting out fantasies about themselves , war , love and death . |
| 16 | As journalists were given the first glimpse inside the mall on Wednesday , managers from developer Burton Property Trust geared up for a major marketing exercise . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , religious organizations were given the right to set up their own schools . |
| 18 | Battlefields were called the Lands of Badb , and her appearance was anxiously sought to determine omens . |
| 19 | D. A. Cautions were used a lot . |
| 20 | When hourly gastric outputs were compared , no significant correlation was found between NANA and lyso platelet activating factor ( r=0.08 ; p=0.6 ) , NANA , and AAGPC ( r=0.45 ; p=0.06 ) ; again , when concentrations were compared no significant correlation was found between NANA ( µg/ml ) and lyso platelet activating factor ( ng/ml ) ( r=0.4 ; p= 0.19 ) or NANA and AAGPC ( µg/ml ) ( r=0.05 ; p=0.86 ) . |
| 21 | Glycated haemoglobin and plasma electrolyte concentrations were checked every two months . |
| 22 | Serum glucose concentrations were measured every 2.5 to five minutes by the glucose oxidase method ( Beckman glucose analyser , Beckman Instruments ) . |
| 23 | In 1977 , however , it was taken over by the institut , and when their funds were depleted a mainly American foundation came to the rescue . |
| 24 | The dismissals were announced the day after Girija Prasad Koirala , the general secretary of the Nepali Congress Party , had delivered a message to the King warning him that unless substantial powers were quickly turned over to the new government , crowds would be called back on to the streets of Kathmandu . |
| 25 | No typewriters were as yet in use , and the young recruits were taught the " diplomatic " style of handwriting , designed for maximum legibility . |
| 26 | ( Indeed , the anti-vivisectionists were allowed a small but notable coup on this score : Sue Crowshaw , badly disabled by rheumatoid arthritis , made a moving speech denying scientists the right to claim they were experimenting on her behalf . ) |
| 27 | Made of strong willow cane , the cone-shaped traps were about five feet in diameter at the mouth tapering to a point Once the unfortunate salmon had entered the trap , it was doomed Yanto hoped the recent tide had yielded a fish which he would grab before the traps were checked the following morning . |
| 28 | Having established which informants were the most experienced in the SF genre , all the informants were given the passage reproduced below . |
| 29 | If these concessions were made the army would not be employed . |
| 30 | Ada , because she had been before ( the parties were held every month ) , showed off a little . |