Example sentences of "[adj] were [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , 6,760 were recorded at Selsey Bill between 23 April and 1 May 1962 , 4,310 at Beachy Head between 15 April and 2 June , 1971 , and 7,490 there between 25 March and 17 May 1973 , and 6,450 between 29 February and 15 May 1976 . |
| 2 | I am not drawing comparisons here , I am just making the point that 500-plus were lost in the Battle of Britain and nearly 700 were lost at Nuremburg on one raid . |
| 3 | At a time when new stations elsewhere meant bus shelters , fine new stations which retained at least some of the spirit of the old were provided at Taita , Palmerston North , and Rotorua , among others . |
| 4 | Three birds were recorded in early 1956 , seven between 1961 and 1970 , of which six were noted at Beachy Head between 3 and 17 September , and four in 1975 . |
| 5 | Among old records there is evidence of irruptions in September 1890 , when single birds were obtained at Harting and Selsey ; October 1892 , when at least seven were seen or obtained between Eastbourne and Selsey , and August and September 1940 , when six were shot at Rye Harbour . |
| 6 | The more sophisticated projects drawn up by Speransky in 1809 and Novosiltsev in 1819 were made at Alexander 's instigation and fell to the ground the moment he lost enthusiasm . |
| 7 | Before he took office the Defence estimates for 1957-58 were running at £1,700 million . |
| 8 | Overall , four-fifths were studying at university and one-fifth were polytechnic students . |
| 9 | Between 5,000 and 10,000 people turned out to the council display at Walton and 15,000 to 16,000 were reported at Sefton Park . |
| 10 | These were debated at length but the actuarial profession did not find it possible to support them . |
| 11 | These were run at 1500V for about 2 hours . |
| 12 | He left his pictures to his nephew , Thomas Hankey of Bedford Square : these were sold at Christie 's on 7–8 June 1799 . |
| 13 | These were invented at CAC in 1974 . |
| 14 | Between 1765 and 1767 these were held at Carlisle House , Soho Square , and were organized by the impresario Teresa Cornelys . |
| 15 | In fact , some of the sales to the Soviet Union in 1960 were made at prices below the world market price . |
| 16 | Three were shot on the Crumbles on 15 August 1903 ; three were seen at Warnham Mill Pond on 20 March 1908 ; one was seen on Amberley Wildbrooks on 24 March 1926 ; two , one of which was eventually shot , were present in the Rye/Midrips area from 17 November 1946 to 22 February 1947 . |
| 17 | Table 3.4 gives details of government bond issues during the last three months of 1991 and shows that , of the five issues , three were made at prices below par and two at prices above par . |
| 18 | It 's understood three were arrested at Milton Keynes in co-ordinated raids at Melick Road in Beanhill , and Lancaster Gate and The Crescent in Bletchley . |
| 19 | ( Total outstanding eurobonds at end-1990 were valued at $1142 bn ) . |
| 20 | All were answered at length in a meticulous hand and , from a closer study of these letters , much can be learned of this gardener who was to be acknowledged as the greatest of his time . |
| 21 | The Turbo Thrush and the An-2 were photographed at Sofia , the Kamov Ka26 at Bourgas . |
| 22 | With the arrival of these new cars , Nos. 20 , 24 and 25 were dumped at Fulwell depôt of the London United Tramways and the others in the back part of Penge depôt . |
| 23 | In one sense the argument is tautological , since if less were consumed at home more would be available for export . |
| 24 | For the 10 case children who were not born in maternity units within the study area ( eight were born at home and two in hospitals in adjacent health authorities ) the place in the register where the birth would have been entered was located and controls were chosen as above . |
| 25 | Some of these names it is certain were acquired at school but most when they began work and these nicknames completely took the place of their Christian names and lasted through the rest of their lives , it being not unusual to know a person for years without ever knowing his proper name . |
| 26 | Plans for NeXTStep 486 were revealed at NeXTWorld Expo back in January ( UX No 370 ) , and the environment was to have gone into beta test in June : that wo n't now happen until the New Year . |
| 27 | The four were sited at Inverlochy , later Fort William , at the south end of Loch Ness , the future site of Fort Augustus , Bernera , on Glenelg Bay , about 32 miles [ 51 km ] north-west of Fort William , and Ruthven near Dalwhinnie in the central Highlands , 35 miles [ 56 km ] south of Inverness . |
| 28 | In all , Partnership and HELP produced about 360 dwellings which in the early 1980s were selling at prices of between £14 000 and £24 000 , with most fetching below £20 000 . |
| 29 | Both were stabled at Machynlleth . |
| 30 | Inspiration and confidence are the keys for Nottingham , and both were boosted at Beeston on Saturday . |