Example sentences of "[det] [pron] were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos when you loaded this you were in the A drive . |
| 2 | Some who were on the list contested their placing and felt ‘ it was unreasonable that they had lost out in the advertisement race ’ . |
| 3 | If families like this one were on the wrong side in the Civil War , their property was sequestered by Parliament , but it appears that John Long petitioned to have it restored as his inheritance in 1650 , and it was probably he who built the present house . |
| 4 | In the first half they were on the defensive for all but five minutes . |
| 5 | After all they were on the verge of an amazing come back . |
| 6 | The earlier distinction between those matters which fell within ministerial or local authority discretion and those which were within the competence of the courts to adjudicate became increasingly blurred . |
| 7 | This must seem like bliss to those who were on the rack for much of the last three years . |
| 8 | Ken 's friendships and the way he established them continued to surprise those who were on the periphery of his activities . |
| 9 | Certainly those who were in the square in 1387 hoping to see the completion of the Duomo would have had to wait a long time , far longer than the span of a human life . |
| 10 | There were not enough teachers , and those who were in the schools moved too quickly from one to another . |
| 11 | As Lord Bridge of Harwich said : ‘ I was one of those who were in the majority at the conclusion of the first hearing of this appeal in holding that s 63 of the Finance Act 1976 , construed by conventional criteria , supported the assessments to income tax made by the Revenue on the appellants … |
| 12 | ‘ Crimes ’ varied from place to place and from time-period to time-period ; they reflected the interests , moral concerns and ideological positions of those who were in the power positions that defined and enforced them . |
| 13 | My Lords , I was one of those who were in the majority at the conclusion of the first hearing of this appeal in holding the opinion that section 63 of the Finance Act 1976 , construed by conventional criteria , supported the assessments to income tax made by the revenue on the appellants which had been upheld by Vinelott J. and the Court of Appeal . |
| 14 | The observations invariably show that the risk of dying before reaching the end of the first year of life is higher for infants born to mothers who were closer to the lower and upper limits of the reproductive period than to those who were in the prime of their childbearing ages . |
| 15 | Those who were in the lowest 10% of earners paid fifteen per cent . |
| 16 | I think they have more pedigree than the other team in that they were in the first division four years ago , erm so I think we can expect a harder game than we had last time . |