Example sentences of "the [noun] were [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several of the items in the accounts were made the subject of the objection numbered 1 , i.e. , ‘ unreasonable and/or improper amount . ’ |
| 2 | These vehicles were supported by steel underframes , mounted on six-wheeled bogies ; from the underframe between the bogies were carried the brake gear and the accumulators for lighting the saloons . |
| 3 | The Giants were leading the series 3-1 and wanted desperately to avoid returning to Wrigley Field for a sixth game . |
| 4 | And so , he said , were all the shop stewards at his plant , who were expressing the view that , once again , the Merseysiders were taking the law into their own hands , breaking national agreements and overturning official union policy . |
| 5 | If the defenders were to tender the pursuer a sum in full and final settlement of his claim , the pursuer could not accept that |
| 6 | If the courts were to limit the offences to circumstances in which another computer was also involved , there would be nothing in the Computer Misuse Act 1990 to cover industrial espionage or obtaining other confidential security information stored in a company 's computer . |
| 7 | If the courts were to develop the idea that all errors of law are jurisdictional , defined the word law in a purely analytical way so that it embraced any , or almost any application of a statutory term and substituted judgment on the meaning of that term , then a prospective applicant would be clear that the courts would intervene using that standard . |
| 8 | Thirdly , the problems outlined above would be mitigated if the courts were to interpret the term law in a more pragmatic or policy-oriented way , taking into account the desirability of interfering with the agency decision , and the relative abilities of the court and the agency for deciding the question in issue . |
| 9 | By 1513 , the dispute had grown to such proportions that , before the Battle of Flodden , when James IV challenged the Earl of Surrey to single-handed combat to decide their two nations ' grievances , the rewards to the victor were to include the return of the town of Berwick to Scotland , and the removal of the Esk fish garth . |
| 10 | The Germans were denied the Channel ports , but the small , victorious British professional army was almost destroyed . |
| 11 | A team of over 100 scientists was working to produce a weapon of almost inconceivable power , ‘ their moral scruples overcome by the fascination of the research and the haunting fear that the Germans were following the same path ’ . |
| 12 | She remarked : but in the war the Germans were fighting the French . |
| 13 | Almost as many men died behind the lines as did from going over the top , an old sergeant told Charlie , and it did n't help to know that the Germans were suffering the same problems a few hundred yards away . |
| 14 | With the ‘ lure ’ , a dummy prey swung around on a cord , it was particularly obvious that the birds were enjoying the game with her , rising to the challenge and the chance to show their prowess . |
| 15 | At the back of Odness the houses were called the Westness . |
| 16 | It is amazing that , although agriculture in general faces cuts , if the proposals were adopted the CAP could cost more over the next seven years than it does now . |
| 17 | On the second day of the hearing when the reasons were given the parties ' legal representatives were there with the exception of the representative of the guardian ad litem . |
| 18 | The unintended consequences of the diminished role of the MCC were to erode the very functions of Field Chairs which made the post worthwhile , to make them less informed by removing opportunity for MCC debate and replacing it with reports of MMRC , debates , and to reduce the contribution that fields could make to Modular Course development . |
| 19 | The Indians said that the loggers were using the area indiscriminately , driving off wildlife and polluting water courses . |
| 20 | Perhaps the sheep were monitoring the futures market in wool . |
| 21 | At today 's inquest held in Oxford coroner Nicholas Gardiner said : ’ Arrangements were made to call the doctor but sadly even while she and the sister were discussing the patient Mrs Johansen was in the process of dieing . |
| 22 | The ‘ men ’ of the branch were belittling the game saying how simple it was , and there was no great feat in winning it . |
| 23 | Fighting in San Salvador continued longer than elsewhere , prompting speculation that dissident groups within the FMLN were ignoring the leadership . |
| 24 | Since the last World War , soldiering , as a profession , had lost its romantic appeal , but in Vietnam the journalists were given the chance of acting out fantasies about themselves , war , love and death . |
| 25 | In the original DES document in which the proposals for the schools were outlined the overall aim was said to fit in with the Government 's aims set out in their document Better schools , ‘ to improve standards ’ being the key phrase . |
| 26 | With the carriage were displayed the necessaire , and an assortment of items which has originally been retained by von Keller as souvenirs and which were eventually acquired by Madame Tussaud . |
| 27 | No one could be sure and the shapes were given the non-committal name of stromatolite , a word derived from Greek meaning no more than " stony carpet " . |
| 28 | The backbenchers were making the point yesterday that the Chancellor was not the man they blamed for the economic crisis . |
| 29 | Having established which informants were the most experienced in the SF genre , all the informants were given the passage reproduced below . |
| 30 | The dismissals were announced the day after Girija Prasad Koirala , the general secretary of the Nepali Congress Party , had delivered a message to the King warning him that unless substantial powers were quickly turned over to the new government , crowds would be called back on to the streets of Kathmandu . |