Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the advancing Germans occupied were for the most part clusters of shell-holes , where isolated groups of men lived and slept and died defending their ‘ position ’ with grenade and pick-helve . |
| 2 | The other parties represented were from the France unie grouping , from either the Mouvement des radicaux de gauche ( MRG — Left Radical Movement , Emile Zuccarelli pres. ) or the Union pour la démocratie française ( UDF — Union for French Democracy , Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ch . ) . |
| 3 | As these commodities had to be kept perfectly dry at all times the barges used were of the soundest construction and were always well maintained . |
| 4 | Instead of increasing grants during the year if prices rose or wage settlements reached were over the original target , the grant was fixed whatever happened . |
| 5 | Half of the farms visited were in the Peak District and were predominantly livestock-with-grass holdings . |
| 6 | It followed , therefore , that most of the military appointments to which Scottish freeholders and burgh councillors aspired were in the line infantry and to a lesser degree the cavalry , augmented during the wars with France at the turn of the century with numerous local military units of a temporary nature . |
| 7 | Ten of the fields sampled were in the notorious Peldon area . |
| 8 | Most of the pupils participating were in the fourth year , but some third years were also included in the last round of testing . |
| 9 | However , the proportions cautioned were about the same ( at about 6 per cent . ) |
| 10 | About half the faults of the eventual 955 types collated were in the outer structure . |
| 11 | The turnout was reported to be 99.78 per cent of the electorate ; 100 per cent of total votes cast were for the successful candidates . |
| 12 | Although 60 per cent of the 363 samples taken were below the MEL , there were plenty of examples of poor control , with nearly two-thirds of all planers producing dust levels above the MEL . |