Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why there is so much stress in Luke 's account of the life of Jesus that his deeds and words were at the inspiration of the Spirit ( Luke 4:1,14 ; 10:21 ; 23:46 , etc . ) . |
| 2 | The stables were at the back of a courtyard and there was a crowd outside the door . |
| 3 | It was also during this period that we had the strangest set of photographs taken of us , by Peter Christopherson who worked for a design company , Hipgnosis — whose offices were at the back of our Denmark Street HQ — and who later joined Throbbing Gristle , a band best known for tabloid spreads on their occult practices . |
| 4 | The human waves were at an end , as Iraqi Defence Minister Khairallah had foretold in January . |
| 5 | The exclusion of certain clergy is less easy to justify ( a relic of the time when religious disputes were at the heart of national affairs ) , as is the exclusion of 18- to 20-year-olds : when the voting age was lowered in 1969 , the age of eligibility for candidature was not . |
| 6 | Paramedics were at the scene in four minutes of the emergency call and took over from officers who had been trying to stem the flow of blood . |
| 7 | This was done , and a connection which had existed unbroken for more than four centuries was at an end . |
| 8 | His knowledge of airships was at a premium , and his reputation had been enhanced by his patented invention of a carburettor that could burn hydrogen which was otherwise wasted on airship operations . |
| 9 | my concerns is , my concerns were at the time that we , we might not be able to continue with that statement because it might become inaccurate |
| 10 | But after the new season 's first frantic flush , Rovers were at the foot of the Second Division . |
| 11 | The Daily Mirror revealed three years ago that four judges were at the centre of gay rumours . |
| 12 | The gardens were at the back . |
| 13 | The question of how to deal with errors was at the heart of the debates in the central commission in the twelve months that preceded the Council . |
| 14 | The privatization of up to 40 state-owned companies was at the centre of the governments economic recovery plan . |
| 15 | The only remaining seats were at the front . |
| 16 | When the celebrations were at a height the lady who had been rescued said she would present a piece of silver when she got back to England to the squadron and what would they like . |
| 17 | The loss of their lands was a blow not just to episcopal prestige and income but also to episcopal management and the pastoral care of a diocese ; it can not have been reassuring to any bishop to see how often temporalities were at the risk of malicious accusation or expedient suspicion . |
| 18 | Likewise the middle-aged mother may also have had aspirations which had for many years been put aside until her parenting responsibilities were at an end . |
| 19 | Above all , use was made of the great lake in front of the palace , the famous Étang des Carpes , where some of the fish were reputed to have been swimming since the days of Francis I. All sorts of pleasure boats were at the disposal of the guests , ranging from a Venetian gondola to a miniature frigate of the French navy — the latter the pride and joy of the Prince Imperial . |
| 20 | A large group of invited guests were at the opening yesterday where they heard the mayor of Darlington , Coun Rita Fishwick , formally wish Buzz every success . |
| 21 | Royalbion 's most important guests were at the hospitality unit today , hoping for a smile from the Princess . |
| 22 | The new tenants moved into the house at once , and the arrival soon afterwards of their servant Peggy Marsh and young Basil Montagu was final confirmation that the Racedown years were at an end . |
| 23 | The quality of those troops was at the heart of the Duke 's real worries . |
| 24 | It sounds like politics of the Nineties but in fact these topics were at the forefront of public debate in Middlesbrough 120 years ago . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm just trying to explain how things were at the time . |
| 26 | Vern Zelmer , now managing director of Rank Xerox ( UK ) Ltd , recalls how things were at the time . |
| 27 | She would see out the contract if they would have her , and then consider how things were at the end of it . |
| 28 | These firms were at the time of out visit listed over each block of filing cabinets . |
| 29 | This only illustrates how very scarce male dancers were at the time . ’ |
| 30 | The literature on the professions goes back a long way , but seems to have reached a peak in the 1960s and 1970s ( see , for example , Etzioni 1969 ; Jackson 1970 ) , perhaps because the professions were at an apogee of esteem at that point , before the attacks of Illich ( 1977 ) and others who , like Shaw many years before , accused them of establishing a ‘ radical monopoly ’ in the name of meeting people 's ‘ needs ’ . |