Example sentences of "there were [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and his five brother delegates ( though there were 74 in the full Japanese team , and 70 correspondents ) were dressed in morning coats and striped trousers , ‘ to show Japan 's modesty and sincerity ’ , as Yoshida said . |
| 2 | Well can I just ask , there was , th there were four there were four of the rock and roll ones and the piece up there that wanted to going back on , have you thrown that bit away Alex ? |
| 3 | Recurrence in the three treatment groups ( Fig 4 ) — Of the 21 recurrences diagnosed according to the trial criteria , there were four in the ursodeoxycholic acid treated , six in the placebo , and 11 in the diet groups . |
| 4 | Numbers in the thirteenth century varied : there were eighteen in the extensive forest of Essex , and only two in the small forest in Rutland . |
| 5 | There were 32 on the left and 32 on the right . |
| 6 | By 1960 there were 454 in the Senior School ( including 105 in the Sixth Form ) , and 158 in the Junior School ; applications for the 29 Senior places exceeded 300 . |
| 7 | When the Primary School opened there were 46 on the roll . |
| 8 | However , for every one of these petitions presented — there were 16 in the year to 31 March 1992 ( 1991 : 34 ) many more cases involve passing information to other bodies , as permitted under s 449 of the Act . |
| 9 | size There are approximately 2400 civil servants in the Department of Education and Science and there were 96,000 in the old DHSS before its split into two separate departments in 1988 . |
| 10 | There were five of the creatures . |
| 11 | " And there were two of the constabulary shot in the process , " he finished quickly . |
| 12 | There were several others guards aboard , including the Queens bodyguard , Colonel Yazdan Nevissi ; there was a Sergeant Ali Shahbazi , and there were two of the Shahs valets , Amir Poirshoha and Mahmoud Eliassi . |
| 13 | Erm there were two at the end discuss the works of either Descartes or oh , ca n't think of the other one ! |
| 14 | Only two little kids who was up in , well keeping watch on the outside , there were two in the house and two at the back , driving a bloody car at that age |
| 15 | I fought like crazy but there were fifteen of the bastards . |
| 16 | This resulted in the construction of churches that could not possibly have been supported by such a small population — there were fifteen in the town centre alone — and these were maintained by the bull priests for secret ritual and ceremonial services on 13 November , the ‘ festal day ’ . |
| 17 | LONG before England came such a cropper at Lansdowne Road , there were many besides the Scots among the British rugby fraternity who were already positive that Gavin Hastings would be revealed this morning as the Lions ' captain for the forthcoming tour of New Zealand . |
| 18 | It was clear from the representations that had been made to the Chief Whip 's office that there were many on the back-benches who would oppose my succession ; there was no similar anti-Macmillan faction . |
| 19 | ‘ Given that there were many at the first party , fewer at the second and fewest at the last , how many people were there at each of the three parties , not including me ? ’ |
| 20 | In this respect , there were many at the meeting ( including me ) who felt the least we should be demanding of the industry and the regulators ( the DTI ) was that only the very highest environmental standards currently practised internationally ( the Norwegian oil field was given as a good example ) would be acceptable for operations in Cardigan Bay . |
| 21 | Soon there were many of the Daurog . |
| 22 | There were many in the Screen Actors ' Guild who would have agreed with him . |
| 23 | Several months later , Batty was asked to make a film about any successful British company to redress criticism that television programme makers were obsessed by those in difficulties , of which there were many in the Seventies . |
| 24 | There were many in the ruling party who treated the proposals with great suspicion , however , and who worked to delay and discredit them on the grounds that they would undermine the current factional structure of the LDP . |
| 25 | Single women and there were many among the repealers-occupied a more ambiguous position . |
| 26 | Kim Young Sam made no secret of his wish to be Roh 's successor , although there were many within the party , particularly former DJP members , who vehemently opposed his succession . |
| 27 | It was not officially recognised after 1955 , but by 1983 there were 3,000 of the breed , including 400 milk-recorded cows , and a successful conservation programme was under way . |
| 28 | ‘ Two hundred fans arrived without tickets and there were 3,000 in the town causing all manner of problems , terrorising elderly women and children , ’ he said . |
| 29 | At this time there were nine in the housegroup and according to John they were a motley bunch . |
| 30 | There were twelve on the party , quite a small number . |