Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gough thought that the Lloyds were possibly the most ancient family in Myddle village . |
| 2 | His three fours in an over from Gladstone Small were perhaps the statistical highlight , but it was his running between the wickets that really caught the eye . |
| 3 | Marx and Engels were probably the first to demonstrate this so emphatically . |
| 4 | Protheroe and Latimer were n't the only people who had trouble tracking Culley down . |
| 5 | Unlike their children , Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu were not the subject of much trivial gossip . |
| 6 | Beyond doubt the Maldive Islands in the Bay of Bengal were much the richest source in southern Asia at the time of the Arab and Portuguese domination of the Indian Ocean . |
| 7 | He reminded himself again that he was dealing with premeditated murder and the Glynns were not the sort to resort deliberately to force except in dire circumstances . |
| 8 | Rank and ABPC were still the powers in the land but , when it came |
| 9 | Did n't you say that those youths who got their friend drunk the other Saturday were not the kind of visitors you liked here ? ’ |
| 10 | But a central conclusion of Tuttle , that the creatures of Laetoli were not the same species as ‘ Lucy ’ and the ‘ first family ’ of Ethiopia , was challenged immediately . |
| 11 | Poland and Ireland were therefore the two key points for the transformation of the European system of power , each a battering ram against the most backward and the most advanced Great Power , at opposite ends of Europe . |
| 12 | The mission to invite Edward to come to parliament was prompted by Melton 's protest against condemning the king unheard and unseen ; the sermons of Orleton , Stratford and finally of Reynolds were not the spontaneous initiatives of these prelates , but clearly part of an opportunist programme coordinated by Mortimer and his allies . |
| 13 | It was awfully sporting of IBM Corp to set up consultancy , systems integration and facilities management ventures in an attempt to put to profitable use the surplus skills of so many of its employees , and only curmudgeons asked if IBMers were actually the right people for the job : sad to say , the curmudgeons were right , and according to Computerworld , the head of the new IBM Consulting Group in White Plains , New York , Robert Howe , says that it is having to hire people from the likes of Andersen Consulting and Coopers & Lybrand , because as he told the paper , ‘ we 've tried IBMers , but frankly we 've had to send some home — some IBM people did n't get the notion of the service business — they did n't understand that we did n't want administrators and middle managers ’ . |
| 14 | Officials in Moscow claimed that communist party buildings in Lithuania were rightfully the property of the Soviet Communist Party ( CPSU ) since the CPL 's declaration of independence in December 1989 [ see pp. 37128-29 ] . |
| 15 | Any suggestion that the Falkland Islands were similarly the subject of a ‘ holy ’ war would never have been mooted , let alone taken seriously . |
| 16 | The South East , the South West , East Anglia and the East Midlands were again the regions showing increases less than the national average for unemployment as a percentage of the working population . |
| 17 | WOULD-BE MP No rent had been paid since July last year but arrears up to the end of November were already the subject of a previous court order and Mr Finnegan had arranged for his wife 's small income to be made available to cover those . |
| 18 | The ten years my parents spent in Abyssinia were undoubtedly the happiest of their lives . |
| 19 | SSSIs notified by NCC were also the subject of retained prior approval arrangements as for National Parks but , with the advent of the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act , all SSSIs notified under its Section 28 are subject to 3 month consultation over any activities specified on a list of Damaging Operations notified with each SSSI . |
| 20 | Englishmen had been settling overseas for a century and a half but their colonies had been inhabited by people who , apart from the slaves who got no choice in the matter , had no particular difficulty in committing themselves to being loyal to King George : Englishmen , Scotsmen , Irishmen , or Germans would accept the King without question , and the Dutch of New York and the Acadians of Nova Scotia were almost the only people who had ever been asked to make a serious change of allegiance , which had been harder for the Acadians because of religious differences . |
| 21 | Here Ipswich were unquestionably the better side , but Southend 's football was skilled enough to have beaten most teams in the Second Division . |
| 22 | And we are left with the problem of deciding whether or not the two Elizabeths baptised on 17 October were really the same girl . |
| 23 | Although they had recently lost narrowly to New Zealand , there was no question that West Indies were now the outstanding team in the world , and they were to continue that way throughout the 1980s . |
| 24 | Staffordshire were also the Minor County champions in 1991 , but after three matches in 1992 they were still awaiting their first win . |
| 25 | The three main rivers through Funchal were often the cause of serious flooding . |
| 26 | Some 86 per cent of the plants built in the early years of the BEA were therefore the 30 and 60MW sets with standard steam conditions . |
| 27 | The great Alex Murphy and Aussie Tommy Raudonikis were not the most placid of players . |
| 28 | SUDBURY were always the better team and would have considered themselves unlucky to have drawn , let alone lose . |
| 29 | ‘ Portsmouth were probably the sharpest side we have played this season . |
| 30 | Peter and Nona were not the only people planning to eat in the open air , because a coachload of school-children together with four teachers , all carrying packed lunches , had arrived to visit the Cutty Sark and then Gypsy Moth in its dry dock . |