Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ninety-three survivors were reviewed at a mean of 53 weeks after infarction . |
| 2 | Three subjects were taken at A level and they were usually taken as packages of closely related studies : physics , chemistry , and mathematics ; French , German , and English ; history , geography , and economics . |
| 3 | Each field started with 95 cells and images were taken at a rate of 12 frames per hour . |
| 4 | When interpreting these tables it should be remembered that no matter how many animals were stolen at a time the case was recorded as one theft . |
| 5 | Smokers were recruited at a smoking cessation clinic while the nonsmokers were recruited at a church meeting . |
| 6 | Windsurfers and cruising chutes were provided at a cost of £100 for two weeks each . |
| 7 | These roles were pursued at a time when the ideas , language , and values underpinning social care were changing rapidly and when resource constraints were worsening . |
| 8 | In two recent books which attempt to examine the philosophy and practice of a radical adult education , the only substantial references to education for trade unionists are historical ; yet both books were conceived at a time of unparalleled expansion in trade union education , underpinned by a sizeable government grant and the first statutory entitlements to paid educational leave for working-class people that Britain has ever experienced . |
| 9 | Seven 50 minute Medau sessions were given at a Kent County Council Fun Day for girls , part of the ‘ Ever thought of Sport ’ campaign at Buckmore Park Activity Centre , near Maidstone . |
| 10 | Initial responses were given at a meeting on 13 January . |
| 11 | This is understandable because the Gospels were written at a time when the Church had to exist in a Roman world . |
| 12 | Monoclonal antibodies were used at a dilution of 1:2 . |
| 13 | NINETEEN blacks were massacred at a taxi-rank near Johannesburg last night in an attack the African National Congress said was aimed at derailing the transition to majority rule . |
| 14 | In the attack , at Forest Gate , east London , two petrol-filled milk bottles were hurled at a window . |
| 15 | If donations were taken at a service , they were left at the door either on the way in or on the way out . |
| 16 | In the north , however , where larger windows were essential , the intersecting and later the groined and ribbed vaults were evolved at a comparatively early date and walls were thickened to solve this problem . |
| 17 | Many concerns were raised at a staff meeting in November . |
| 18 | So Smith is arguing that Freud 's analyses were conducted at a time when society was still undergoing a fundamental shift towards not only an industrialised society but one characterised by the growth of large cities . |
| 19 | Their membership , mainly middle-class , have met considerable difficulty in trying to achieve their limited goals — integrated schooling for the children of those parents who wish it — though some of the membership in the early days were aiming at a total integration of the schooling system . |
| 20 | Additional awards were made at a later stage to three individuals who were unable to attend . |
| 21 | But in reality such protests were conducted at a low level in order not to interfere with normal , and reasonably good , relations which British foreign secretaries wished to continue and nurture with the offending nations . |
| 22 | A total of 98 governments were represented at a 10-day conference in London on June 19-29 held to agree revisions to the Montreal protocol on the protection of the ozone layer . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , emergency control boards were established at a number of mines where strikes had been continuing . |
| 24 | TWO members of staff at a Merseyside casino were sacked after pork pies were thrown at a late-night party . |
| 25 | Here took place the famous séries , five to a season , each one lasting eight days , when 80 guests were invited at a time and it was in the drawing up of these guest lists that the Empress deployed all her social skills . |
| 26 | The point is frequently made that if bus fares were set at a reasonable level , buses would be used more often and public safety would be greater . |
| 27 | Most of the English statements were written at a level of generality that allows for extremely wide interpretation . |
| 28 | For unlabelled RNAs , all ribotriphosphates were used at a concentration of 2.5 mM . |
| 29 | All of these changes were happening at a time when the rapid expansion of television was encouraging even greater isolation . |
| 30 | Major structural changes were approved at a plenary session of the ruling Mongolian People 's Revolutionary Party ( MPRP ) held on Oct. 3-4 . |