Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three methods were being tried : A benign substance called Hot Foot Gel painted on the top of transformers and similar equipment to produce a ‘ sinking ’ feeling for the Hoodies when they try to land ; Plastic strips with irregular plastic spikes fixed to the top of equipment to discourage the birds from landing in the first place ; Non-working poles incorporating ‘ alternative nesting pans ’ were erected at selected sites to encourage the crows to use them instead . |
| 2 | Wooden platforms or stages were erected at different levels , so that men working on the various portions of the vehicle were facilitated in their task . |
| 3 | When he was on the field , chairs were placed at regular intervals along each touchline so that when he made a break on the wing , he had plenty of opportunity to rest before continuing his blistering run . |
| 4 | Feeders ( 5cm vertical tubes on a movable base ) were placed at various locations within the inner 49 pixel grid ( 20cmx20cm each , shaded grey ) and analyses of time spent per pixel were conducted throughout the outer 121 pixel grid ( white ) . |
| 5 | Additionally , hogsheads were placed at various points , around which the bullards could manoeuvre and George Burton claims that ‘ It is notorious that the Stamford Bullards were amongst the most courageous men to be found in the country . ’ |
| 6 | To this a variety of solutions were given at different times . |
| 7 | The manual operation of broadcasting a recognition signal to the platforms in orbit around Tarvaras had been duplicated simultaneously by four automatic sending stations which were situated at various points along the Simonova 's mainframe . |
| 8 | The various regional associations which were formed at various times in Eastern and Western Europe , in Africa , in the Middle East or in Latin America , rested either upon the predominance of one nation state over others in the region , or upon a limited agreement about a framework within which national economic interests could be more effectively pursued ; and they all showed themselves largely incapable of controlling the vigorous expression of such interests in periods of crisis . |
| 9 | The West Germans were becoming increasingly eager to cultivate relations across the Iron Curtain , and both sides were hinting at new arms talks . |
| 10 | Numbers of Hurricanes were scrambled at various times during the mid-morning . |
| 11 | Deep , small holes were drilled at appropriate points in the leaf and stem decoration . |
| 12 | The properties had been left to the Church in the early eighteenth century and were let at moderate rents . |
| 13 | Just 15 of the new faces attended Oxbridge , half ( 57 ) were educated at other universities and a mere seven at those traditional breeding grounds , the polytechnics . |
| 14 | They adopted French Christian names , often spoke French as a first language , were educated at French schools and frequently sent their children to French universities . |
| 15 | Nearly three-quarters of these children were educated at special schools , often in special classes . |
| 16 | Of this number 262 , almost two thirds , were educated at public schools , 215 of them subsequently going on to Oxford or Cambridge . |
| 17 | To examine the effects of PSL , SASP , and 5-ASA on ADCC activity as well as on natural and lymphokine activated killer activity , those drugs were added at various concentrations to the cultures in all three kinds of assays already described . |
| 18 | The scheme commenced 18 Sep 66 initially with two aircraft , and three aircraft were added at periodic intervals . |
| 19 | It may look to some extent like the original , it may even retain traces of the original , but the many pieces that make the whole were added at different times and have been the subject of change and much repair work . |
| 20 | The research students ' grants were ending at different points in the year , but were concentrated In the third quarter of 1984 . |
| 21 | Light pillars were spaced at regular intervals . |
| 22 | This had forced the tubes inwards in places and as the head studs were dowelled at certain points along their length these areas would not pass through the constricted sections . |
| 23 | Fifteen snipers , each with M16 rifles ( and infra-red night scopes ) , were positioned at strategic points overlooking the runway while another fifteen , in plainclothes , mingled freely with the crowds inside the terminal building itself . |
| 24 | er they also brought out some a good range of lighting fittings er , which you still see about again used well I , I remember putting one , you saying about putting lights at different levels , erm a staircase which was in a new house which was architect design and built and erm , the staircase was er more or less centrally in the house rather than be stuck against one wall and so it had a well and down the centre of the well we strung one of these lights with er five different glasses suspended on black flex five black flexes and erm these were shades made of heavy glass er the glass was n't painted it was coloured all the way through , er and erm they were called er Chelsea , Chelsea glasswork and erm these each had a lamp inside them well er about three inch diameter cylinders actually about eight inches long and they were hung at different heights er so that the lip behind the staircase and also of course there 's a staircase being where it was , it was in the centre of er , a , quite a large hallway for modern stand for modern standards and erm it of course was a feature of the hall as well . |
| 25 | New editions of Applied Pharmacology were prepared at regular intervals , first by Clark himself and then by his successors at University College London . |
| 26 | We evaluated erm the neurological feature detection , the work of grandmother cells and we said that in fact that probably was n't what was happening , we were looking at spatial frequencies instead . |
| 27 | Only last autumn big life insurance companies were looking at net losses on their long-term shareholdings . |
| 28 | ‘ Well ’ — I hated myself for responding to his interest — ‘ we were looking at different kinds of organisational hierarchy and how to construct optimal decision-making procedures in corporate contexts . ’ |
| 29 | Manufacturers were looking at different techniques in an effort to beat off their rivals . |
| 30 | Data to address these questions were collected largely by interview , and in order to study changes over time , they were collected at regular intervals . |