Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No PLTE or PLDE were detected in the concretion . |
| 2 | At the same time in Nature ( vol 258 , p 548 ) John Parkinson , Leslie Morrison and Richard Stephenson were proclaiming to the scientific world ‘ The constancy of the solar diameter over the past 250 years ’ . |
| 3 | The leg irons used on Orton Chirwa were made by the Birmingham company , Hiatts ( see p4 ) . |
| 4 | How far Marx and Engels were wedded to the idea is not clear and Engels did note that this sequence did not apply to the New World . |
| 5 | The ideas of Marx and Engels were introduced by the first International ( 1864–76 ) , which had sections in several Latin American countries . |
| 6 | While Leontief , Pigou and Patinkin were speculating on the effects on demand of what might have to be , in principle , quite massive price reductions , the AD-AS framework gives the impression that relatively small price changes would make a powerful impact on aggregate demand . |
| 7 | Pakistan were sunk from the moment Salim Malik — leading the side in place of tummy-bug victim Javed Miandad — won the toss and put England in to bat . |
| 8 | The Doctor and Bernice were stumbling between the mushrooms of twisted metal , with the Doctor talking nineteen to the dozen and gesturing wildly with his still furled umbrella . |
| 9 | Dorli and Lieserl Oppenheimer were met by the Lerskys , friends of their parents , a Palestinian photographer and his wife who appreciated the traumas the children were suffering . |
| 10 | The walls of Caen were constructed in the years following Edward III 's capture of the town in 1346 ; those of Rouen were begun at the same time on the orders of Philip VI , making the city one of the few properly defended towns , or ‘ villes closes ’ of upper Normandy ; Avignon 's wall was started at the instigation of Pope Innocent VI about 1355 ; while the defences of Tours , in course of construction in 1356 , were probably sufficiently advanced to deter the Black Prince from attacking the town on his chevauchée in the summer of that year . |
| 11 | It was when you and David were shoved against the wall and you kept complaining . |
| 12 | Difficulties on a visit to Paisley were connected with the involvement of the local authority . |
| 13 | To be sure , we have all moved on since films directed by Hitchcock were unravelled in the search for strands of ‘ Catholic guilt ’ , but equally I still teach gay students who find it genuinely empowering to learn of the homosexuality of a cultural figure as one contributing factor to the work that he/she produced . |
| 14 | Certainly Stock , Aitken and Waterman and the guardian angel figure of manager Terry Blamey were waiting in the wings , but would they understand and care for her in the same way ? |
| 15 | The first two at Port-of-Spain were spoiled by the weather ; in the opening one , West Indies had made 208 and England 26 for 1 when the rain came , while the second got no further than West Indies being 13 without loss . |
| 16 | In 1870 , they would point out , 47 per cent of the population in the United States were employed on the land . |
| 17 | There existed at that time , a real threat of an invasion of the British Isles by the French forces under Napoleon , so militia groups were formed and Martello Towers were erected around the more vulnerable coast line , to ward off and give warning of any sign of an invading fleet . |
| 18 | When monks from France and Flanders were settled in the Border abbeys in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries they introduced new skills , and also devoted themselves to the expansion of sheep rearing to provide the necessary basic material . |
| 19 | I do n't think the snake had fully wakened up when I caught it , and I was careful not to jar it as I ran back to where my brothers and Blyth were lying on the grass . |
| 20 | The bulk of the English fleet was away across the Atlantic and a mere 39 ships under Sir Charles Hardy were patrolling off the Scillies to guard the Western Approaches . |
| 21 | The manuscript , originally compiled by Shah Jehan 's fawning court historian Inayat Khan , told the story of the apex of Mughal power , the golden age when most of India , all of Pakistan and great chunks of Afghanistan were ruled from the Red Fort in Delhi . |
| 22 | United Sabah National Organization ( USNO , Sakaran Bin Dandai pres. ) ; the Sabah-based AKAR and LDP were admitted to the BN in July 1991 [ see p. 38344 ] . |
| 23 | Gray and his assistant Tony McAndrew were dismissed by the club 's chairman Dick Corden yesterday after a ‘ diabolical performance ’ at Torquay on Saturday . |
| 24 | Seb and Antony were looking at the horses dubiously , trying to see past glories and failing . |
| 25 | This was seen as a reference to the attitude of China which indicated it might withdraw if Taiwan were admitted into the group . |
| 26 | Our visitors from Manchester United and Aston Villa were overwhelmed by the warmth of their reception and with the hospitality extended to them , and on behalf of all soccer followers everywhere the Committee would thank their Directors , team managers , officials and players for making this occasion one to remember . |
| 27 | Chris Maxwell , 21 , and 22-year-old Roderick Arkell were swamped by the rolling white wall near the Val Thorens resort , near Grenoble . |
| 28 | In January 1953 the universities and the WEA were told of the Minister 's intention to cut grant-aid towards their adult education work by 10% for the educational year beginning the following August . |
| 29 | The principal arguments for a policy of CPD were advanced in the Brett-Jones Report of 1978 and although none could be refuted in a responsible way , it was not until 1 January 1981 that Regulations were made by the General Council of the RICS to make compulsory , and to regulate , members ' Continuing Professional Development . |
| 30 | The earldoms granted by Edward III in 1337 were all granted in tail male , and in the course of the century the earldoms of Oxford , Warwick , Arundel and Surrey were surrendered to the king and regranted in tail male . |