Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] the three " in BNC.

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1 Over 150 Safetips were received during the three month period from all three locations .
2 For samples of her verse readers were referred to the three that appeared in the earlier number .
3 Similar results were expected from the three polychrome wood statuettes from the twelfth dynasty ( 1938–1759 BC ) of a clothed lady , nude concubine and robed portrait of the scribe Seneb , but only the lady sold , for $430,000 ( est. $200,000–300,000 ) to an American collector .
4 All eluates were assayed with the three assays described above .
5 Similar results were seen in the three model biles .
6 EXCLUDED PARTS AND COMPONENTS — Previously plant definitions were used for the three main classes i.e. boiler , crane and electrical .
7 The 82 patients who contributed to analysis were distributed among the three treatment groups as follows : ursodeoxycholic acid , n=23 ; placebo , n=28 ; and diet , n=31 .
8 The elections , approved by the October referendum [ see p. 37795 ] , were boycotted by the three major opposition parties , who nevertheless had a number of their members standing as independent candidates .
9 ‘ Afterwards some of the children were talking about the Three Wise Queens . ’
10 So , peptides conforming to these motifs were identified in the three sequenced sporozoite antigens ( circumsporozoite protein ( CSP ) , TRAP and Pfs16 ) and the only sequenced liver-stage-specific antigen ( LSA-1 ) from P. falciparum .
11 However , it was a temporary hold , for on 6 March the three original German corps were reinforced by the three flanking corps : the 6th Reserve on the German right , the 15th and 5th Reserve on their left .
12 Dr Robert Upshall said copies of the Green Party 's charter were sent to the three candidates but none of them agreed to sign it .
13 Election candidates in Darlington have failed to meet the Green challenge , according to Dr Robert Upshall , who said copies of the Green Party 's charter were sent to the three main candidates but none of them agreed to sign it .
14 We also showed that all three X-box binding activities exhibited the same chromatographic mobility when analyzed by heparin-Sepharose chromatography ; in fact , overlapping elution profile were obtained in the three cases ( Fig. 4A ) .
15 All sections were analysed with the three antibody dilutions .
16 Luib 's men were divided between the three gates in the outer wall .
17 By this time the whole tube carriage was riveted to the three men .
18 That was heard by the three people who came quickly on the scene after the Easthaven murder .
19 Most attention was given to the three trials that used hearing level as an outcome measure .
20 Initially , a note was given by the three parties as security for payment of the sum .
21 Martyn Lilley was sickened by the three month reduction in Gooch 's prison term .
22 The man , brandishing a kitchen knife , was disarmed by the three , whose actions were described as an ‘ excellent example of team work ’ .
23 From a questionnaire given to parents the reported duration of hearing loss preoperatively was added to the three months of observation and to the duration of the condition postoperatively to give an overall estimate .
24 THE old west , as the legend goes , was won with the three Gs : God , guts and guns .
25 In order to overcome this blockade — which meant that the Berlin zones controlled by America , Britain and France , were cut off from their normal supply routes — a massive ‘ Air-lift ’ was organised by the three Allies , even coal was transported by air !
26 The former study compared carefully matched samples of British , French , and German factories , and having held as constant as possible factors such as size of enterprise , technology , and the firm 's environment , discovered substantial differences in the way work was organised in the three countries , concluding that these could best be accounted for by features of each nation 's culture , and in particular its educational and occupational structures .
27 Data was collected on the three variables for the existing shops and the following model emerged : £ Sales per week = 193 + 0.23 x shoppers + 0.118 x floor area
28 Smoking and differences in men and women — Apart from one subgroup , no significant excess of incident cancer was seen in the three treatment groups , in men and women , and in smokers and non-smokers ( table IV ) .
29 Accordingly , the content we saw as essential to knowledge about language was incorporated in the three profile components , speaking and listening , reading , and writing , both in the statements of attainment and in the programmes of study .
30 A deal was made between the three of them .
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