Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1905 , all makers of prerecorded cylinders were marking the actual cylinders with titles by means of a professional lettering process , though the techniques used varied widely from company to company ( 29 ) . |
| 2 | In the original DES document in which the proposals for the schools were outlined the overall aim was said to fit in with the Government 's aims set out in their document Better schools , ‘ to improve standards ’ being the key phrase . |
| 3 | As journalists were given the first glimpse inside the mall on Wednesday , managers from developer Burton Property Trust geared up for a major marketing exercise . |
| 4 | But now a more menacing threat was posed for Russia : massed German units were attacking the Polish salient from the north , while Austro-German armies thrust up from the southeast — precisely the strategy that the Austrian commander General Conrad von Hötzendorff had advocated in 1914 . |
| 5 | Many Glaswegians were to join the International Brigade within a few years , Scots like James Robertson Justice , pointing rifles upwards at the Heinkel 111 and Junkers 52 of Adolf Hitler 's Luftwaffe . |
| 6 | So I would go down there and that 's where I got hip to Van Halen , because all the kids were playing the stupid Eruption solo every day . |
| 7 | Now , faced with the Anglo-Irish accord , the three unionist leaders were again united and Paisley and Molyneaux were working the main street of Bangor to boost Kilfedder 's support . |
| 8 | While councils were defining the central doctrines of the faith , the Fathers of the fourth and fifth centuries were bringing the conceptual equipment of antique thought and the rhetorical techniques of classical literature to its exposition and interpretation . |
| 9 | Made of strong willow cane , the cone-shaped traps were about five feet in diameter at the mouth tapering to a point Once the unfortunate salmon had entered the trap , it was doomed Yanto hoped the recent tide had yielded a fish which he would grab before the traps were checked the following morning . |
| 10 | Initially viewed with doubt , it was not long , however , before most manufacturers were following the French team 's lead and developing turbo-charged engines . |
| 11 | After watching a film of a car accident some subjects were asked the two questions in ( 3 ) . |
| 12 | Subjects were asked the open-ended question : ‘ why do you think there is more TB going around recently ? ’ . |
| 13 | But when certain subjects were mentioned the Asian kids became silent , hesitant . |
| 14 | Casualties were mounting by the minute ; in the United Kingdom more and more homes were receiving the brief and dreaded telegram , beginning , ‘ It is my painful duty to inform you … ’ . |
| 15 | So long as the intended effect was achieved all means were justified : architecture , ornament , sculpture , painting , all the arts were to serve the optical illusion . |
| 16 | The rats were bred specifically for this study and the parents of experimental animals were fed the appropriate diet for one month before mating . |
| 17 | After several months of uncertainty over the future political direction of the Civic Forum movement , its contending factions agreed in February to form separate organizations ; the Democratic Right Club 's supporters were to become the Civic Democratic Party , while the Liberal Club would formed itself into the Civic Movement . |
| 18 | Imperial preachers were haranguing the coastal populace to destroy … people like Jaq himself , people who would become polluted through no real fault of their own , in many cases . |
| 19 | The ‘ Great Debate ’ about education had been underway for some time and though it was clear that the curriculum was in need of change , it was less clear how much change should take place at Hinde House , bearing in mind the need for teachers to have ownership of curriculum delivery if higher standards and a wide range of learning experiences were to permeate the whole curriculum rather than making a series of peripheral and ephemeral alterations to an already redundant approach . |
| 20 | This means that the taxation system in Britain became more regressive , since all those living in particular areas were charged the same , regardless of their ability to pay . |
| 21 | Yes , oh aye I Yes , we You had to measure , and in those days , the councils were grouped in what they called Assessment Committee Areas , and each were wor making sure the other areas were using the same sort of basis . |
| 22 | Lieutenant-General Abdul Haq Ulomi , who heads the country 's most powerful military and political body , said in an interview the two countries were testing the new surface-to-surface rockets in Afghanistan by supplying them to the mujahedin to use on Kabul . |
| 23 | When the prayers were ended the three girls kissed him goodnight in turn , and Rose went with him to their room . |
| 24 | Other circumstances were undermining the specific advantages of the north-east coast for trade union organisation . |
| 25 | But yesterday technicians were adding the final touches to a new ‘ bionic ’ body . |
| 26 | Directors were given the exclusive right to manage the day-to-day business of the company . |
| 27 | This was a time when the universities were meeting the new challenge of implementing the Health and Safety at Work Act , which was designed for industrial and commercial organisations much less individualistic and varied than academic institutions . |
| 28 | In August it was announced that all first-year Beijing University students would undergo a year of military and political training , while two other top universities were to devote the first five weeks of the new term to the study of documents issued by the central authorities on the " truth " about the " counter-revolutionary rebellion " . |
| 29 | Within a generation or two aristocratic Christians were pursuing the same interests as their pagan ancestors . |
| 30 | In 1983 the descendants of these owners of geese were to burn the local conservationists in effigy . |