Example sentences of "[art] [noun] were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boots continued to multiply , though the majority were in the expanding field of leisure walking . |
| 2 | The majority were in the private sector . |
| 3 | In fact , half the cases appeared in one newspaper — the Middlesex Chronicle , a local weekly — while the remainder were in the nationals . |
| 4 | While the labourers were on the boat , he insisted that Melinda go into purdah . |
| 5 | Thus , claims Matthew Swainston , " the seamen were among the first , if not the first , of any class of working men to think in national terms " . |
| 6 | The solicitors were in the shadow of St Paul 's . |
| 7 | However , the flames were near the petrol tank and the fishing vessel was in danger of being blown up so the skipper had to give the order to abandon ship . |
| 8 | The initial concerns of the Board were with the transfer of responsibilities from the Law Society and their subsequent management . |
| 9 | For the most part , from the reign of Valentinian I through to the early fifth century , the Burgundians were among the most loyal federates of the Empire , and they were proud of their connections with the Romans . |
| 10 | Two runs scored , and the Giants were in the World Series . |
| 11 | His idea that the Jews were to the Syrians what the Brahmans were to the Indians gained favour ( F.Gr.H. 715 F.3 . |
| 12 | Like all prophecy , the signs were in the eye of the beholder , and perhaps another witness would have seen quite different forms In the blur . |
| 13 | The Times , for its part , while maintaining a discrete silence when the fortunes of the case were in the balance , eventually brought its influence to bear against those who were understood as Eyre 's malicious persecutors . |
| 14 | Comparison with PACT data showed that in the two study practices , the 4% ( 5701 ) of prescriptions not recorded on the computer were in the category labelled in PACT level III as ‘ special groups — non-BNF . ’ |
| 15 | At the end of August , the first German warplanes bombed Paris and also distributed leaflets warning Parisians to surrender : the Germans were at the gates . |
| 16 | The riders were in the field . |
| 17 | A recurring problem is cracks caused by the fact that the foundations were of the wrong depth or made from the wrong materials . |
| 18 | Time and again , sons or hired hands were sent vaulting over the dry stone walls to Low Birk Hatt when it became obvious that the Hauxwells were on the point of dropping with exhaustion as they struggled to finish their haymaking or sheep shearing . |
| 19 | Although clear guidelines were set down for teachers on the minimum time commitment and core content of each of the projects , the organisation and management of the projects were at the discretion of the teacher . |
| 20 | The sun and the planets were in the midst of such a history and so , as the geologists had already established ( see The Age of Revolution , chapter 15 ) , was the earth . |
| 21 | It took Rosemary about a minute to answer the door , but , as all the flats in the building were of the same layout , Leith 's ‘ Ready ? ’ query never got said . |
| 22 | Even as the operations were in the making , between 1984 and 1986 , they were dogged by an air of unreality and self-delusion . |
| 23 | This meant that the public disputes and debates over policy that take place openly in the West were in the Soviet Union argued out within the party and in private . |
| 24 | Often , before the arrival of the hunters , somebody tipped off the clansmen that the authorities were on the way . |
| 25 | I wish you two lots over there would get your act together so that people who chair the meetings were of the right calibre for a chairman and not just because it was their turn . |
| 26 | The meetings were in the playground of the Bu Bakr school in the central settlement , Zawiya . |
| 27 | That the fishes were in the water . |
| 28 | The Yorkshire pudding with the beef was almost uneatable , and the vegetables were in the worst English tradition , watery and tasteless . |
| 29 | Ha ha ha ha how did it come about that you were on you were on one side very firmly and the employers were on the other side very firmly and sides had been had been drawn up ? |
| 30 | The accompaniments were in the capable hands of the Edinburgh Players who , led by Philip Taylor , opened proceedings with a workmanlike account of a Concerto Grosso by Geminiani . |