Example sentences of "[subord] [det] [noun pl] went " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main tax rates remained unchanged , while most tax allowances and excise duties were increased in line with inflation ( 7.7 per cent over the 12 months to December 1989 ) , although some duties went up by 10 per cent . |
| 2 | Although some strikes went ahead , the estimated 30,000 Russian workers in 18 enterprises who stopped work on May 21 were fewer than had participated in strikes for Russian minority rights in August 1989 [ see pp. 36854-55 ] . |
| 3 | Nineteen of the 23 Major Project schools of that time contained clear statements of aims to enhance the curriculum as a whole , although many schools went on to identify particular subjects or departments which required attention first . |
| 4 | If these exports went outside the EC they would receive funds from the EC budget . |
| 5 | Well I think you 've heard some of it already in your programme , but in the afternoon session which was extremely interesting , the City Council and Oxford University and the Vale of White Horse District Council and West Oxfordshire District Council have jointly financed some major research for independent research bodies and that research was put forward yesterday , this afternoon rather , to the Panel , and it concerned the economic order , social order and what should come next and so on and so forth , and those academically research papers , not politically prejudiced papers , showed that there would be a loss of 6,150 jobs if these plans went ahead , with an estimated loss to the Oxford economy of between 8 and 17 million pounds a year . |
| 6 | ‘ We always have a laugh about what would happen if these things went to court . |
| 7 | It is a point made so many times by so many people that it has almost lost its meaning : even if all children went to the same nursery , primary and secondary schools , their examination performance and hence their entry to higher education establishments and eventually to well-paid jobs will still vary according to their family background . |
| 8 | Another interesting feature of exchanges of this type is that , under certain conditions , money could be used to fulfil one part of the bargain , i.e. if practical services were being offered in only one direction , or if those services went beyond that which could be contained in normal , on-going reciprocal exchange . |
| 9 | The original writ was served on the day the venue was due to re-open , coupled with the threat of £20,000 fine if any gigs went ahead . |
| 10 | Claudia smiled wryly ; her parents ' marriage had been peaceful , mainly because both parents went their own way , each , figuratively , taking one child with them . |
| 11 | Though some Americans went on a spending spree in December to beat the new tax , its introduction will almost certainly hurt sales in 1991 . |
| 12 | The Electricity Boards were generally reluctant to go further and show large surpluses in their accounts , for fear of criticism both from consumers and from workers in the industry , though some Boards went further than others in this direction . |
| 13 | As such places went it was a clean , respectably furnished room , but it was a ‘ transient ’ all the same and , looking at him , she could not help but think he looked out of place there . |
| 14 | But Dr Mackie said the report showed only the ‘ tip of the iceberg ’ as many incidents went unreported . |