Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to us that April that we were seeing one of the results of total permissiveness in a rather comely young man and woman , ill-educated , but neither of them stupid , on trial at Chester Assizes for multiple murder . |
| 2 | Another volley of musketry hammered from the French who were firing blind into the tall crops . |
| 3 | While many of the bolts were placed prior to the issue of the BMC policy document , they still break the tradition against placing bolts or pegs on grit for any reason . |
| 4 | He found that there were reasons to believe that bodies were placed supine below the pyre and that the average temperature achieved was about 900° C , but the quantity of fuel required was not determined . |
| 5 | Some steel furnaces were placed next to the blast furnaces and some near to tinplate works , which use thin steel sheets which are covered in a veneer of tin . |
| 6 | Huge cresset torches were placed high on the walls , the tables had been covered with white linen and the only plate used was of the best thick silver . |
| 7 | They lost to Eastern Ontario 35–8 , tied Toronto Scottish 11–11 , lost again to Balmy Beach 25–8 and then were crushed 57–3 by the Ontario XV that had earlier dispatched Heriot 's 33–0 . |
| 8 | The plaintiff argued that the prior disclosure was irrelevant as the share sale agreement contained clauses stating that the warranties were given subject to the matters set out in the disclosure letter but that no other information whether actual , constructive or imputed would affect any claim made by the plaintiff or reduce any amount recoverable . |
| 9 | The key to this was that they all began life with a strong philosophical commitment to development and were given some of the new , additional staff needed in order to give life to this philosophy . |
| 10 | Indeed , many of the homes said that the fees from supplementary benefit were so adequate that the people who came in on that ticket were given some of the best accommodation in the establishment . |
| 11 | In the towns money soon ceased to circulate in a meaningful manner ; workers were given rations ; all state services were provided free ; school meals were given free to the children , even theatre tickets were distributed among factory workers free . |
| 12 | They were withdrawn due to the fact that there was a lack of demand and a poor quality of supply . |
| 13 | They were withdrawn due to the fact that there was a lack of demand and a poor quality of supply . |
| 14 | During a visit to Taiwan on Oct. 27-29 , Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore also made it clear that " substantive relations " with Taiwan were to remain unchanged despite the resumption of ties with China [ see also p. 37780 ] . |
| 15 | Discussion of the inter-war years usually centres on industrial change , but North Shields resembles the rest of the North East here in that while it is true that the 1920s saw a good deal of structurally induced unemployment which reflected the position of traditional basic industries , and the 1930s saw the impact of work recession , these same basic industries began to recover in the run up to the Second World War in the mid-1930s and were to remain basic to the area until the early 1960s . |
| 16 | Now erm this is this is archetypical group behaviour , but whatever it is , it can not necessarily reflect erm that individual 's own erm peculiar self as it were using peculiar in the in the strict sense and proper to them , because as we 've seen what happens in a group is , is , is the individual . |
| 17 | The independent schools inspectorate , HMI , in a report published yesterday on the ‘ rather tentative start ’ of AS levels , said a quarter of schools were using these for the wrong reasons , often as a safeguard for weaker Alevel candidates . |
| 18 | ( Judy Thomas points out , however , that if anything were to go wrong during the evening the agency would n't be legally responsible . ) |
| 19 | But he soon got into his stride , and began to develop a whole bestiary of characters who were to delight millions for the next twenty-three years . |
| 20 | The cars were painted khaki with the red cross in a prominent position . |
| 21 | The clouds were scudding low over the rooftops ; it was pouring with rain and the streets were flooded . |
| 22 | After that , it was simply a matter of having a strong wind , the sailors climbing up and down the rigging , adjusting the sail to catch every breeze and puff of air while look-outs were posted high above the mast . |
| 23 | However , reports of severe damage and high casualty figures began to come in from communities situated closer to the ‘ quake 's epicentre , and they learned that the emergency services were bringing many of the most badly injured victims in to the capital . |
| 24 | Four others were scattered motionless on the green turf some thirty yards away . |
| 25 | By 1785 the owner was William Fryer and that year he leased the mill for 21 years to the partnership of Henry Hicks and Edward Sheppard who , in years to come , were to found one of the county 's largest cloth mills in Uley . |
| 26 | A further eight patients with villous adenomas but no evidence of malignant change were deemed unsuitable for the study and were given laser treatment only . |
| 27 | These provisions were deemed discriminatory under the EC Equal Treatment Directive and consequently the 1989 Employment Act raised the age limit to 65 years for women . |
| 28 | Yet both collaboration and conflict usually worked to the detriment of the church , so that at the end of Edward 's reign clerical morale and independence were seriously impaired and dangerous fissures were becoming apparent between the clergy and laity , and between Englishmen and the papacy . |
| 29 | Window displays were becoming controversial within the company ; Laura liked to see windows full of antiques and atmosphere , but increasingly found herself at loggerheads with more prosaic minds who wanted products and price-tags . |
| 30 | Tans were becoming associated with the real Sharon territory which could lead to their demise as a coveted status symbol . |