Example sentences of "[adj] [Wh pn] were [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Douglas did n't want him as director but Mann was under contract to Universal who were financing the film and insisted on him . |
| 2 | In under 2½ years , contractor Balfour Beatty Construction ( Scotland ) Limited who were awarded the £12.6 million roadworks contract have excavated approximately 40,000 cu m of rock and 500,000 cu m of coil , and have compacted 450,000 cu m of fill of which about 200,000 cu m was imported . |
| 3 | The figures are different to the perception of those not incontinent who were asked the same question : 71% ( 2564 ) thought that the condition would have a great deal or fair amount of effect on their lifestyle and only 20% ( 692 ) not much or none at all . |
| 4 | Perhaps in the future when the competition is open to all Catholic senior schools and colleges between the Scottish border and the River Humber on the east side of the Pennines , those who were given the chance initially might wish to join the fold . |
| 5 | Hope those who were watching the game on BBC1 were as disgusted as I was with Englands performance . |
| 6 | The local government review is being seen as long overdue by some of those who were affected the most by the last major changes eighteen years ago . |
| 7 | Within the committee , each member took responsibility for the committee 's work in certain Major Project schools , and thus provided a link between the committee and those who were implementing the project on the ground . |
| 8 | Carriages met every train in order to bring the visitors to the mansion , and carriages were despatched to every train with those who were leaving the mansion . |
| 9 | He also favoured the closest possible ties between those who were taxed and those who were doing the taxing . |
| 10 | The job of the competitive party system was to uphold the competitive market society , by keeping the government responsive to the shifting majority interests of those who were running the market society . |