Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They were withdrawn due to the fact that there was a lack of demand and a poor quality of supply . |
| 11 | They were withdrawn due to the fact that there was a lack of demand and a poor quality of supply . |
| 12 | The cars were painted khaki with the red cross in a prominent position . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Four others were scattered motionless on the green turf some thirty yards away . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The cabins were located high on the side of a steep hill . |
| 18 | Children were carried shoulder-high to the road , where a bus took them to a seafront hotel . |
| 19 | Those who were educated prior to the mid-1970s may well believe that history has little to contribute to education in the 1990s because they believe it still to be predominantly concerned with narrative chronology with much copying down of dictated notes . |
| 20 | In 1930 , all four cars were sent in turn to Hendon , where in addition to being brought into line with No. 32 , they were rebuilt similar to the six ‘ M Type ’ cars ( which see ) . |
| 21 | Patients were interviewed monthly for the first five months and every three months thereafter . |
| 22 | Supper at the kitchen table — bread coarsely cut and buttered , with none of the little refinements that were considered necessary for the family , who ate in another room . |
| 23 | No other parties were considered necessary until the advent of Gorbachev and the policies of glasnost and perestroika . |
| 24 | The ASW was asked which of these were considered applicable to the assessed individual . |
| 25 | Four levels were considered appropriate for the arguments which follow in parts two , three and four . |
| 26 | It is also possible that with the decline in activity in Norfolk , other eastern counties were considered attractive for the next phase in development , perhaps because the ground in the west appeared to have been secured through Shearman and Miss Green . |
| 27 | Statistical comparison of tumour growth rate was by two way analysis of variance ( time and treatment regimen ) and tumour weight and DNA content by one way analysis of variance , p values <0.01 were considered significant for the two way analysis and p values <0.05 for the one way analysis . |
| 28 | Although the Prophet Muhammad forbade castration , eunuchs were always common in Muslim society and because of their sterility were considered free of the taint of sexuality . |
| 29 | From this perspective , electoral politics were only one aspect of the struggle , and the parliamentary leaders were considered subordinate to the leadership of the mass party , which was at the same time the leadership of the class itself Conservative and liberal parties , however much they in fact represented class interests , saw themselves as parties functioning within an established social order and a system of political institutions in which parliament was supreme . |
| 30 | were matted black from the high tide 's oil clods . |