Example sentences of "[adj] were [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cloisters surrounding this were begun in 1661 although not finished until 1740 by K. I. Dientzenhofer . |
| 2 | Shortly after ‘ Cader Idris ’ , Wilson painted the ‘ Great Bridge over the Taaffe ’ ; the etchings made from this were published in 1766 . |
| 3 | The roots for this were laid in colonial times and have become entrenched in the Apartheid SA where one 's race , class and place of residence are major determinants of the health care that one receives . |
| 4 | The numbering limits on this were set at 32767 which might , at first glance seem an impressive number . |
| 5 | The expenses of this were known as coat-and-conduct money , part of which was reimbursed by the Crown but most of which was borne by the counties . |
| 6 | Twenty-six officers were sentenced to death , three peers , including Derwentwater , were executed ; of the rank and file 700 were sentenced to seven years ' transportation to the West Indies . |
| 7 | Then sharp words from on high were whispered in youthful ears . |
| 8 | In the Western Province , where the police reforms of the 1890s were implemented with more vigour than in Kurunagala , organized stealing did not decline . |
| 9 | At the time of the study , about 75000 civil servants from a total of about 700000 were based in central London . |
| 10 | In fact few were conducted in strict accordance with the Act . |
| 11 | A few were connected with neighbouring towers by spidery bridges , 1,000 feet above ravines of deepest blue . |
| 12 | The majority of the bodies could not be identified from their remains ; a few were confirmed by dental records , or by jewellery and belongings that survived the blast intact . |
| 13 | Only a few were dressed in European suits , but each of them cultivated a wispy goatee , the mark of the Annamite man of consequence . |
| 14 | We know that they could live in extremely shallow to very deep-water environments , that most lived on or near the sea bottom , but a few were adapted to open-ocean swimming . |
| 15 | Iraqi claims that the oil had been released by allied attacks on two Iraqi tankers on Jan. 22 were dismissed by most commentators . |
| 16 | Oligonucleotides 1-5 were used as single stranded competitor or probe Oligonucleotides 6-10 were used as double stranded competitor or probe |
| 17 | The riots in 1981 and 1985 were thought by some to be a product of racial tension . |
| 18 | Women over 30 were enfranchised in 1918 and over 21 in 1928 . |
| 19 | Some were lost by hapless temps . |
| 20 | Window casements had been nailed shut and some were covered with clear polythene — an attempt at double glazing ? |
| 21 | Some were dressed in old riding-breeches , boots and grubby lace shirts ; many in jeans and flak-jackets ; some inappropriately , when the afternoon sun made the paving stones almost too hot for naked feet , in long Oxfam overcoats and black Homburg hats . |
| 22 | Some of these were old portraits that Boy had bought in a street market early on a Sunday morning , wing collars and moustaches printed in sepia ; some were cut from pornographic magazines or bodybuilding magazines ( in colour ) ; some were cut from newspapers ( these in black and white ) . |
| 23 | Some were duplicated by other routes , a legacy of the pre-Grouping days ( 1923 ) when companies competed for business . |
| 24 | Some were based on ideographic signs ( real characters , so-called ) which directly expressed ‘ things ’ or notions of ‘ things ’ . |
| 25 | For the rest , all railways had economic origins , even if some were based on known resources , while others were planned in the hope of creating new economic opportunity . |
| 26 | Some were based on historical fact — L'Incoronazione di Poppea , Giulio Cesare — but most were mythological . |
| 27 | At every stage , therefore , members of the hierarchy were involved in the process of deposing an anointed king : some were coerced by understandable fear ; others , as events unfolded , reluctantly despaired of a peaceful resolution of the conflict any other way than by deposition ; and a few were eager promoters of Isabella 's plans . |
| 28 | Throughout the survey clerks occur as ( generally ) small landowners , and some were taxed in this capacity in the lay subsidy . |
| 29 | Some were juxtaposed in permanent mutual evocation : owning the desert ; taxing strangers ; taxing Awjla and Jalu was one such set . |
| 30 | Some were evacuated to other locations on Aug. 24 ; many of those who remained in the building were Vietnamese . |