Example sentences of "were [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiffs claim damages from a number of defendants , including the third defendant , under the following heads : ( 1 ) general damages for conspiracy ; ( 2 ) exemplary damages on the basis that the acts complained of were calculated to make a profit for the conspirators or their companies and constituted a cynical disregard for the plaintiffs ' rights ; and ( 3 ) damages for deceit as an alternative to damages for conspiracy . |
| 2 | Amino-acid sequences were aligned using a combination of the FASTA program and visual inspection . |
| 3 | Another group of children were helping to make a puppet . |
| 4 | They were also exercising their right in keeping with the loyalty with which they were born , as they were helping to rebuild a security station . |
| 5 | The Bretton Woods arrangements were designated to foster a network of multilateral trade and payments in the world as a whole , since this was deemed desirable for the development of world trade . |
| 6 | Diversions of existing deep foul sewers were undertaken using a combination of pipe-jacking and mini-tunnel techniques over a total length of 455 metres — the longest drive being 342 metres of 1-metre diameter mini-tunnel beneath both new and old A71 and the Union Canal . |
| 7 | Roy was a tough , chunky inside-forward who joined the Palace from neighbours Millwall when we were struggling to make an impact on the 4th Division leadership . |
| 8 | ‘ We were taught to design an experiment of a size that was best suited to what you wanted to measure . ’ |
| 9 | The clubhouse plans ( of which no copy exists ) were discussed , and were revised to include a scullery ; the usual offices ( presumably the toilets ) were to be in a detached , rather than integral , building . |
| 10 | Thirty eight liver biopsy specimens were examined using a panel of 11 monoclonal antibodies raised against carbohydrate antigens of the ABO , Lewis and Kell blood groups . |
| 11 | Cells were examined using a Biorad MRC 600 scanning confocal microscope equipped with an argon-xenon laser and printed from the computer using a Mitsubishi colour video copy processor . |
| 12 | To investigate this , both modules were integrated in the same program and relative weightings were adjusted using a variety of permutations . |
| 13 | Inflation continued to increase after March figures were adjusted to show a rise from 4.3 p.c in February . |
| 14 | You were goin' to make a tart , were n't you ? |
| 15 | On occasion the requests were intended to push a candidate forward much more rapidly than was normal . |
| 16 | The rules were intended to simulate a solo walk , and along the most arduous sections it did — I was out there without aid — but in the region of towns and villages things were lax . |
| 17 | They were intended to achieve a number of objectives . |
| 18 | The tribunals were intended to provide a way for rural residents to settle disputes without legal formalities . |
| 19 | The pluralist perspective on British politics was built up by political scientists who were predisposed to provide an account of interest-group politics which presented it in a good , democratic light . |
| 20 | Some of the corporation 's governors were expected to attend a dinner at Broadcasting House last night , with the Birt issue the main topic of conversation . |
| 21 | Subalterns posted to the Indian Army were expected to kill a tiger in order to prove that they were made of the right stuff . |
| 22 | Probationers were expected to teach a class full-time , in order to meet DES requirements . |
| 23 | Some engineers and managers , especially those coming from municipal employment , found the new salaries they were offered higher than their pre-vesting salaries , but others found that they were expected to take a cut . |
| 24 | The low prices were expected to force a fall in refined tin supply from an estimated 193,000 tonnes in 1990 to 185,000 tonnes in 1991 . |
| 25 | New members of the Bedford Congregation were expected to give an account of their spiritual struggle . |
| 26 | All the children were expected to learn an instrument as they became old enough and were taught by talented Salvationists free of charge . |
| 27 | In early times , farmers were expected to grow a quarter acre of flax for one acre of arable land . |
| 28 | UUUC candidates were expected to sign an undertaking to support the coalition in all respects during the proceedings of the Convention . |
| 29 | Some stations also had immigrants ' or colonization agents , some of whom were expected to speak a variety of languages . |
| 30 | Children were expected to make a contribution to the family economy as soon as they were able . |