Example sentences of "the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision was taken to try these two matters separately , and the trial of the charges relating to an alleged conspiracy as to the accounts was taken first . |
| 2 | The old ship logo of the board was revived last year . |
| 3 | A short preliminary hearing of the case was held last Monday . |
| 4 | The Chinese government told the Lausanne-based Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) that it will withdraw the exemption it took out when the ban was agreed last October . |
| 5 | The Japanese Ministry of Education 's National Institute of Fusion Science says that its NEC Corp SX-3 Model 24 supercomputer successfully fulfilled all the requirements specified in the initial contract bid : the contract was concluded last June , and was the subject of a challenge by Cray Research Inc late last year , and Cray was permitted to observe the operation of the new computer ; according to the Nikkei Industrial News , Cray complained that it was unable to obtain sufficient data on hardware issues such as NEC magneto-optical installed with the SX-3 , which NEC claims are the fastest in the world , and on the ultra high-speed HIPPI channel linked to them ; on the software side , Cray said that it was not able to obtain information on the efficiency of the automatic parallelising function ; for its part , NEC announced simply that the supercomputer was in full operation . |
| 6 | The plans were proposed last autumn during a general session of UNESCO held in Paris . |
| 7 | The decision was made last week at a planning process review the COSE people and the Open Software Foundation held April 7 at X/Open offices in Menlo Park , California , one of many meetings that have been taking place lately . |
| 8 | The decision was made last week at a planning process review the COSE people and the Open Software Foundation held on April 7 at the X/Open offices in Menlo Park , California , one of many meetings that have been taking place lately . |
| 9 | Every part of the foot was placed first on the flat and then up on pointes , and the working leg was raised to every possible height and angle . |
| 10 | The gramophone was sitting next to the cabinet , and the totter thought they paired up admirably . |
| 11 | So the rules were changed last week to permit co-option of individual members . |
| 12 | The yacht was launched last year . |
| 13 | The extent of the problems faced by students at the poly was highlighted last week when it was revealed that some students were living in cars , and others had to turn down places because of the lack of affordable housing . |
| 14 | The allegation was made last week by a company wanting to build drive-through fish and chip diners in the North-East . |
| 15 | The action was started last week by solicitor Michael Freeman and , on Thursday , Lloyd 's submitted Mr Randall 's preliminary findings which showed reinsurance arrangements had been changed in 1988 by syndicate 290 but the facts were concealed from the auditors . |
| 16 | A letter from the Prime Minister outlining his record and his vision for the future was sent last week to the Labour leader of Darlington Council , Coun John Williams . |
| 17 | The car was purchased last year at a cost of £5,000 but a similar one year old car could be bought for £4,500 . |
| 18 | The decision to show the car was taken last November , not long after Rolls-Royce insisted that an introduction was still several years away . |
| 19 | A river ran underneath the road there , and the car was lying next to the bridge wall , below the road . |
| 20 | But the reserves were playing next day at Guildford : an opportunity to see them play was too good to miss . |
| 21 | When the bid was launched last week , Mr Franklin faced some criticism from City commentators on both those counts . |
| 22 | The firm therefore used its legal right to seek reappointment by a letter to shareholders claiming that when the losses were identified last August , audit work for the year ( including enquiries into the London dealing operation ) was still in progress . |
| 23 | The closure was ordered last night after an engineer discovered one of two vertical pins holding up one of the bridge supports had developed a six inch crack . |
| 24 | Actually , the pardon was issued last night . ’ |
| 25 | The horse was sent last month to Hong Kong for exhibition , but was stolen from a warehouse there on November 14 . |
| 26 | Whats more , the scum were voted 6th best team in the world ! ! ! |
| 27 | The Mill was sited next to the Avon for good reasons . |
| 28 | The man , who police believe is instrumental in many UFF attacks , said the organisation had been flooded with young people wanting to join since the UDA was banned last August and said that only one major UFF terrorist unit had been lost in security force operations in the last two years . |
| 29 | The work was supervised first by Josef Kranner , then from 1871–99 by Josef Mocker , the Bohemian Viollet-le-Duc . |
| 30 | The test was tried first on the horse who was regarded as having the lowest intelligence : a mare who lived around the family home . |