Example sentences of "[noun] were [verb] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this failed , words were assigned weights on an inverse term frequency basis ( uncommon words are worth more than common words ) , and the system would look for records containing just some of the words of the search . |
| 2 | The three main aspects were increasing contacts between European scholars , the aim ‘ L'Islam en Asie du sud et sud-est ’ and the aim ‘ approche comparative ’ . |
| 3 | As members of the RSPB the reserve was ours for free ; non-members were purchasing permits from ‘ reception ’ to gain admittance . |
| 4 | All four schools were awarded prizes for reaching the semi-final stages that were presented afterwards by Lyn Davies , head of the computing and information department at Sittingbourne . |
| 5 | The solicitor said the newly formed Solicitors Criminal Bar Association were making representations to the Lord Chancellor 's office to scrap the legal aid changes and would specifically complain about last week 's hearing . |
| 6 | In the original method the total units were given numbers from 1 upwards and the sample taken by means of tables of random numbers which could be bought . |
| 7 | Also included in this study were known cultures of M avium serovar 2 , M paratuberculosis strain ( Linda ) , M fortuitum ATCC 6841 , Mycobacterium kansasii ATCC 12478 and MG3 medium only . |
| 8 | Two kids were playing draughts with Coca-Cola caps on the steps of an art-jewellery studio . |
| 9 | There were also persistent reports that Czechoslovak arms manufacturers were selling weapons to the Yugoslav federal forces , in contravention of UN policy . |
| 10 | Referring to IBM 's establishment of a PC standard in 1981 , he said that other manufacturers were selling cars without having to invest in the highway . |
| 11 | Moreover , the use of recall as a measure of memory may have meant that subjects were using thoughts about risk as a retrieval cue , indeed they may have assumed that it was this information that the experimenter was most interested in . |
| 12 | In a well-known experiment , subjects were shown playing-cards for a small duration of time and asked to identify them . |
| 13 | In one set of experiments subjects were shown photographs of people they did not know and were asked to indicate whether they thought the person in each picture was a successful person or a failure . |
| 14 | Grooms , ostlers and farriers were taking horses in and out of the stables ; scullions and kitchen boys carried huge slabs of freshly cut meat into the kitchen . |
| 15 | She and Sue were arranging cauliflowers into an elegant pyramid on a shelf covered with plastic grass . |
| 16 | That evening the Parsons were meeting friends for an early meal before going on to the opera . |
| 17 | The campaign of the Conservative candidate , Richard Hickmet , was criticized for the way in which it dwelt on the controversial claim that it would be a " moral victory for terrorism " if the seat were to change hands as a result of the killing of Gow . |
| 18 | You thought that you had problems halvard … on the teletext yesterday it said that agencies in Ireland were selling tickets for their 3 games at a staggering 250 quid each ! ! |
| 19 | Annoyingly , youngsters were playing games in the lifts , and we had to resort to the stairs . |
| 20 | Parents were given rights to be represented on school governing bodies . |
| 21 | Parents were given details of the switch in letters from the school . |
| 22 | Geologist Bill Ward , of Griffith University in Brisbane , and colleagues from CSIRO were collecting samples in order to date the formation of the island 's sand ridges . |
| 23 | Between July 9 and 13 nearly 5,000 Albanians — mostly young men aged between 20 and 30 — who had sought refuge in foreign embassies in Tirana were given passports by the Albanian government and allowed to leave the country . |
| 24 | It was decreed that they were all to be suspended from their duties : commissioners were to hear complaints against them , and those found guilty were to be permanently removed from office . |
| 25 | ‘ Already last night , ’ said a reporter , ‘ commuters were laying flowers beside the track where the crash took place . ’ |
| 26 | Grooms , farriers and ostlers were taking horses in and out of the stables , checking legs , hooves and coats for any injuries or blemishes . |
| 27 | Chaired by the head of English , and consisting of the librarian and heads of all departments or their representatives , its terms of reference were to make recommendations to the head on the best ways to spend the money , to formulate a project proposal , and to oversee all subsequent matters of library policy . |
| 28 | The burglary happened at the end of February when Darlington Borough Council were changing locks at 500 old people 's flats after spare keys went missing . |
| 29 | ‘ But luckily , we found out that the council were giving grants for home improvements to old properties . ’ |
| 30 | BR said it had taken steps to control overtime and to ensure engineers were taking breaks in the hard pressed Southern Region , where skills shortages are most acute . |