Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | In different forms they were pursued at the second and third Councils of Constantinople ( 553 and 680–1 ) . |
| 2 | Not all of these initiatives were welcomed initially by Ministers ; indeed in some instances they were greeted with scepticism bordering on suspicion . |
| 3 | In some cases they were turned away immediately , but , where they were invited to give further details , these were matched so as to be different enough not to arouse suspicion but similar in all respects that might be significant to a potential employer . |
| 4 | Sometimes they were responsible only for work directly connected with production , but in some cases they were responsible also for development work , drainage and ventilation . |
| 5 | And in some cases they were referred to mental-health professionals like us . |
| 6 | ‘ In some areas we were more sophisticated and advanced , ’ said . |
| 7 | In some areas they were able to further the cause of reform through their positions on the bench of justices . |
| 8 | The French proved to be a highly motivated and very brave addition to the ranks of the SAS , but in some ways they were a mixed blessing . |
| 9 | The inspectorate , who came into most frequent contact with the diversities of local procedures , were consistently interested in ‘ modernising ’ the selection system , and in some ways they were the single group most responsible for altering local authority activities . |
| 10 | In 257 cases of violence , 370 attackers were identified : in 190 cases they were Inkatha supporters , in 84 they were police and in 13 they were ANC supporters . |
| 11 | Now in Victorian times they were kept as pets and just like hamsters are today and there are still one or two around that er might just give you that impression but I may be really off the , the level here . |
| 12 | In Victorian times they were very common , and often found in the nursery . |
| 13 | In six weeks they were married , and ten months later I was born . ’ |
| 14 | In such cases they were often allowed to take for themselves an annual salary out of those revenues . |
| 15 | In such cases they were keen not only to support the members in offering advice but also expressed the hope that training would serve to raise awareness of school issues , in order to inform discussion and help the headteacher in decision-making . |
| 16 | According to the OECD 's 1990 report Development Co-operation , net financial flows to the developing world increased by 3 per cent to US$110,000 million in 1989 , though in real terms they were still little more than half the level at the start of the 1980s . |
| 17 | So in real terms you were getting nothing . |
| 18 | If patients being treated with monoamine oxidase inhibitors ate quantities of cheese or other foods rich in these amines they were prone to attacks of high blood pressure , sometimes sufficient to precipitate strokes or heart failure . |
| 19 | In these matters we were often able to avoid costly mistakes being made , and on other occasions improve the operational efficiency of our craft with advice on training and equipment , although I must admit that our requirements seldom matched the amount of money available . |
| 20 | ‘ And these fellers used to go to sea like that ; and in these boats they were gone ten and twelve weeks , and they slept in little bunks , and they never changed their clothes the whole time . |
| 21 | In these days they were feared of their job . |
| 22 | Of the recent English titles issued , most ( 94% ) had been acquired by copyright deposit , but although the proportion of English titles which had been purchased was small ( 4% ) , in numerical terms they were three times as numerous as non-English purchases . |
| 23 | In later years they were edited by Africans , though European officials in the public Relations Department always had the final say . |
| 24 | Sure they won one nil in fourteen minutes they were up one nil and France could n't score |
| 25 | In the execution of their duties the foresters often had to contend with armed bands of desperate men ; in many cases they were beaten and even killed while attempting to arrest Forest offenders . |
| 26 | Indeed , in many cases they were precisely the group targeted to carry the burden of job losses in the 1980s , and even when the economy improved they remained the group most likely to have long spells of unemployment . |
| 27 | Most of the many Women 's Action/Support Groups were founded spontaneously by residents of the communities , though in many cases they were stimulated to act by either or both of Scargill 's rhetoric and the example of other communities — often perceived through the voluminous television coverage achieved . |
| 28 | My mother said she thought the two qualities went together and Lili said they did n't : not necessarily , and in many cases they were mutually exclusive . |
| 29 | Transport services were costly and hard to organise ( though in many cases they were extremely carefully organised ) . |
| 30 | In the crowds were to be found most kinds of urban and industrial workers but hardly ever farm labourers ; in many cases they were shielded from the market by receiving part of their wages in kind , and in general the authority structure of the countryside was sufficient to deter them from rioting . |