Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why there is so much stress in Luke 's account of the life of Jesus that his deeds and words were at the inspiration of the Spirit ( Luke 4:1,14 ; 10:21 ; 23:46 , etc . ) . |
| 2 | I was either being kerb-crawled or a bunch of Quo fans were after the jacket . |
| 3 | I was never thin like that and your father was a great big man , his legs were like the trunk of a tree . ’ |
| 4 | The stables were at the back of a courtyard and there was a crowd outside the door . |
| 5 | The Grammar schools were for the most able , bright academic pupils and were run along private school lines . |
| 6 | Very few pupils left before completing a full five-year course , and 40 per cent of the total pupil population of all the schools were in the sixth form . |
| 7 | Halsey and his associates show that while about 50 per cent of the pupils in private primary schools were from the professional class in the age cohorts 50–59 and 30–39 years , the corresponding proportion for the youngest age cohort , 20–29 years , was almost 70 per cent . |
| 8 | The platform steps were of the fixed type and roller blind destination boxes were mounted at each end above the upper deck rails . |
| 9 | The differences between Mirror and Sun/Star readers were in the expected directions but quite small . |
| 10 | Unbreakable cups and space shuttles were among the uses of new engineering materials cited by an enthusiastic Dr Ian McColm ( Bradford ) at the NE Region Education Division ( NERED ) teacher 's conference at Sheffield Polytechnic in November . |
| 11 | It was also during this period that we had the strangest set of photographs taken of us , by Peter Christopherson who worked for a design company , Hipgnosis — whose offices were at the back of our Denmark Street HQ — and who later joined Throbbing Gristle , a band best known for tabloid spreads on their occult practices . |
| 12 | Magill 's offices were towards the top of a modest tower on midtown Madison . |
| 13 | Not all memorable sightings were on the seaward side of the wall . |
| 14 | Gabriel noticed how grey the hairs were on the back of Woolley 's neck . |
| 15 | The old craft trades were on the whole the first to organize trade societies , giving the labour movement in Scotland a particular character and ( some have argued ) a particular ideology in which the influence of thrift , temperance and respectability was very marked . |
| 16 | Staff at other travel firms were stunned as they heard clients were among the dead . |
| 17 | Some of the chateau guards were on the curtain walls , forcing back the scaling ladders placed there . |
| 18 | He reckoned the guards were in the small building at the easterly end of the runway . |
| 19 | Although he was convinced that there was conclusive evidence that Japanese intelligence organizations were behind the Vietminh and their revolt , he also said that throughout their handling of the situation the French appeared to lack every vestige of imagination but , ‘ provided the French are prepared to deal with the Annamites as human beings and not as chattels for exploitation as in the past , there is every reason to believe that the leading Annamites will not only listen to them , but will help them … ’ |
| 20 | About 10 foreigners were among the victims of political violence in 1989 , with the result that foreign aid workers , archaeologists and tourists increasingly withdrew from or avoided rural areas . |
| 21 | By 1980 , 77% of new prescriptions were for the drug ( fig 1 ) . |
| 22 | On closer examination , however , it was immediately clear that Franco did not trust the Falangists in the areas most closely related to the exercise of real power ( i.e. to the control of the force of arms ) : all three defence Ministries were in the hands of military men well known for anti-Falangist political sympathies . |
| 23 | He come flying round that bend near mums and nearly his kids were on the side of the road and he come through there |
| 24 | The kids were in the house and Daddy was up in the roof throwing bikes down . |
| 25 | Talking Heads were on the radio . |
| 26 | It should be noted , however , that heads were on the whole reluctant to ascribe much more than moderate success to their coordinators in respect of any of these aims . |
| 27 | As they walked along , their heads were in the sun while their feet were in the shadow of the hedge . |
| 28 | Another three funds were in the top quartile of their sectors . |
| 29 | And over three years 11 funds were in the top quartile . |
| 30 | The potencies of each vaccine ( as measured by an independent World Health Organization [ WHO ] collaborating centre ) were 6.52 , 5.50 , and 5.93 log 1 50% tissue culture infectious dose ( TCID 5 ) of poliovirus types 1 , 2 , and 3 , respectively , per dose ( OPV ) , and 37 , 8 , and 30 D-antigen units per dose of types 1 , 2 , and 3 , respectively ( IPV ) ; these potencies were within the range recommended by WHO . |