Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] were [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the papers the next day it looked as if the funeral parlour heads were sanctioning the transfer of power , as if they were acknowledging Creed 's pre-eminence , as if they were paying homage . |
| 2 | The next stage was a matter of taking ‘ the main decisions ’ , particularly in respect of land-use zones , the amount and distribution of accommodation and the main street layout ; a hierarchical road system and tightly drawn ring roads were made a feature in the generalized depiction of city-centre plan ( actually it was the reverse image of the town centre of Leicester ) . |
| 3 | After the recognition phase in this study subjects were given a map showing the location in Cambridge of the ten junctions shown in the films . |
| 4 | In the Christianson and E. F. Loftus ( 1991 ) study subjects were shown a series of slides with a critical slide showing either a woman cycling ( neutral condition ) , a woman lying on the ground near her bicycle and bleeding from a head injury ( arousal condition ) , or a woman carrying her bicycle ( unusual condition ) . |
| 5 | Serum glucose concentrations were measured every 2.5 to five minutes by the glucose oxidase method ( Beckman glucose analyser , Beckman Instruments ) . |
| 6 | Subsequently , after consumption of a test meal , gall bladder images were made every 15 minutes for 2 hours . |
| 7 | An RAF Nimrod aircraft , eight lifeboats and local fishing vessels were making a massive sweep of almost 1,000 square miles of Cardigan Bay as the search resumed this morning . |
| 8 | In a fourth condition subjects were given a description in which not only was sentence ( 3 ) removed but also the internal structure of the story was disrupted by altering the temporal sequencing of events and removing the causal connection between them . |
| 9 | On these occasions FANY and ATS drivers were given an allowance of six shillings a night with which they were expected to fend for themselves . |
| 10 | African , Latin and jazz influences were softening the boundaries of rock . |
| 11 | Two fishing boats were approaching the small harbour , and at the far end of Main Street I could see the bulk of the Mantela . |
| 12 | Israeli bomber planes were breaking the sound barrier in south Lebanon . |
| 13 | In 1965 , Marcos had the Filipinos and the US State Department solidly behind him , while international aid agencies were beating a path to his door . |
| 14 | Bob Irelan , managing director of Conoco UK , said partnership arrangements were becoming the norm in North Sea projects . |
| 15 | Their clients instructions were to read the papers . |
| 16 | Conversely , if United States shippers were to sue the carriers in Great Britain , where most of the sources of information on the defendants ' diligence and assets were located , they would be bound by exemption clauses that the United States courts had voided . |
| 17 | However that did not affect the central question of whether those stock dividends were to comprise a capital or income receipt as far as the beneficiary was concerned . |
| 18 | The crews were split up by branches and areas , and whilst some nonchalantly lolled against the boom others were learning the intricacies of gybing , tacking , hoisting the sails , cleating the halliards , winching the sheets and playing the mainsail . |
| 19 | Blood samples were collected every 15 minutes for gastrin determination and the plasma stored at -20°C . |
| 20 | In mid-1991 , investment analysts were recommending the company 's shares as a good buy and predicting pre-tax profits of about £40 million , but in August it was realised that the estimated profit was unattainable as a major contract was not going to materialise . |
| 21 | Notwithstanding the status of the Data Sheet , Dista representatives were distributing a booklet in September 1981 based on the presentations at the Paris symposium on ‘ Opren ’ , which included the studies on elderly patients . |
| 22 | The golden weddings and stories of handbell ringers and emergent skiffle groups were getting a bit tame , by comparison . |
| 23 | Filled with the devil , Perdita swung Hermia even closer to the boards , so the ponies ' nearside hooves were scraping the paint off , and Paul , who 'd been instructed to mark Perdita at all costs , stayed with her . |
| 24 | the guardian , not so much of particular Home Office policies , as of a certain Home Office approach to life which I was convinced had to be broken if future Home Secretaries were to avoid the St. Sebastian-like fate of Brooke and Soskice . |
| 25 | Between 1971 and 1980 111,000 new council homes were built every year . |
| 26 | Poor Law administrators were to encourage the co-operation of Boards of Guardians with charities operating on COS principles . |
| 27 | Meanwhile United States congressional committees dealing with intelligence matters were considering a request by the US administration to maintain technical and military assistance for UNITA until a definitive peace agreement had been reached [ see also p. 37523 ] . |
| 28 | The transactions costs were to sell the portfolio of shares , and to buy ten index futures ( twice ) . |
| 29 | Harvard dealers were granted the same perk and for that reason kept it concealed from clients , even if it would swing the sale . |
| 30 | In the long run the centralist traditions were to win the race against all hopes for some measure of local autonomy . |