Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] were [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for nothing were such power stations described as ‘ brick cathedrals ’ ; Bankside is the finest manifestation of this tradition . |
| 2 | The offices are I think the offices are I think , for the offices between them were ten pound fifty last time . |
| 3 | The COB accused Paz Zamora of giving in to United States pressure and reneging on an election promise that crop substitution measures would remain the central strategy to eradicate the growing of coca crops by 60,000 peasant farmers , many of whom were former tin miners made redundant as a result of the collapse of the international price of tin . |
| 4 | Thus the ideas formulated by scientists and mediated by the medical profession formed the framework within which all women , including active feminists ( most of whom were middle class ) , had to work . |
| 5 | Her administrations were headed first by the " duumvirs " , Godolphin and Marlborough , and from 1710 by Robert Harley ( soon to be Earl of Oxford ) , none of whom were conventional party men ( although Harley , a former Whig , can essentially be regarded as a Tory by Anne 's reign ) , and her governments often contained men from both sides of the party divide . |
| 6 | Most of them were above Ace and Defries , fluttering round the diagonal girder along which Daak was trying to climb . |
| 7 | A third of the authors were women , while in terms of their childhood backgrounds , 25 of them were upper class , 21 upper-middle class , 15 lower-middle class , and 84 working class . |
| 8 | Some of them were floating milk calculi , others tiny pedunculated tumours , injuries to the teat lining , all sorts of things . |
| 9 | Most of them were growing food or timber in 1880 , although not all of them were as productive as they were later to become . |
| 10 | Many of them were more animal than human . |
| 11 | Some of the girls were bitchy , some of them were National Front , some of them were skinheads , but you knew who to mix with and who not to mix with . |
| 12 | I said that I had had rather more than that , and I referred to having had about 800 , the large majority of which were tear-out newspaper slips , and a large majority of those would have been influenced by the leaflet , the Labour party ’ Standard ’ , with its misleading , scaremongering , alarmist nonsense . |
| 13 | Underneath it stood an orange box on top of which were two flower pots . |
| 14 | We 're selling that with all the other medals some of which were British campaign medals , some were given to him by countries like Poland because of his special friendship or good deeds |
| 15 | The sea coasts provided sailors to man the vessels used in war , a large number of which were requisitioned fishing or trading vessels , as the records make clear . |
| 16 | There was little or no evidence of ‘ home comforts ’ in the cells , the walls of which were plain concrete , with cot-type beds and what really amounted to a hole in the wall to house each occupant 's personal effects . |
| 17 | On a low table in front of her were some engineering trade magazines and a copy of the Financial Times . |
| 18 | In the low bank behind him were three rabbit holes . |
| 19 | Turakina had on a gown into which were woven gold and silver threads . |
| 20 | . However , after about eighteen month at , as a yard foreman , as I say I was still branch secretary of Portobello branch , and carrying on as usual , er I put in for There were this yard inspectors job wanted at Street Station . |
| 21 | The bombers were not near , but across the road from us were two Yankee soldiers . |
| 22 | Tied to it were two speed boats , a smack and a power boat equipped for deep-sea fishing . |
| 23 | Among them were three Velvet Roses ; single , double and Royal , all , Miller said , raised by himself from seeds of the pale Provence Rose . |
| 24 | Surrounded by the crowd , among whom were many subsistence farmers , our Lord 's opening words were , ‘ A sower went forth to sow . ’ |
| 25 | Around it were two steel chairs with putrid white plastic on the seats . |