Example sentences of "were [verb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were developed at that time as a useful product for the , for the menfolk . |
| 2 | Three methods were being tried : A benign substance called Hot Foot Gel painted on the top of transformers and similar equipment to produce a ‘ sinking ’ feeling for the Hoodies when they try to land ; Plastic strips with irregular plastic spikes fixed to the top of equipment to discourage the birds from landing in the first place ; Non-working poles incorporating ‘ alternative nesting pans ’ were erected at selected sites to encourage the crows to use them instead . |
| 3 | Wooden platforms or stages were erected at different levels , so that men working on the various portions of the vehicle were facilitated in their task . |
| 4 | Drexel assets were calculated at some $2,600 million and it was agreed to divide these between the bank 's creditors and the various litigants . |
| 5 | But if my own suspicions were aroused at that moment , Lord Darlington evidently did not share them . |
| 6 | Parler brought with him the influence of the Cologne school and , though only the choir and chapels with part of the south façade were completed at this time , it is interesting to compare , both on exterior and interior , the work of Matthias on the lower part and Parler on the upper ( 532 and 533 ) . |
| 7 | Away from the island the wind converted itself into a westerly and we were surfing at ten knots even with two slabs in the main and the genoa furled to almost nothing . |
| 8 | When he was on the field , chairs were placed at regular intervals along each touchline so that when he made a break on the wing , he had plenty of opportunity to rest before continuing his blistering run . |
| 9 | Feeders ( 5cm vertical tubes on a movable base ) were placed at various locations within the inner 49 pixel grid ( 20cmx20cm each , shaded grey ) and analyses of time spent per pixel were conducted throughout the outer 121 pixel grid ( white ) . |
| 10 | Additionally , hogsheads were placed at various points , around which the bullards could manoeuvre and George Burton claims that ‘ It is notorious that the Stamford Bullards were amongst the most courageous men to be found in the country . ’ |
| 11 | A minimum of 10 , 5 ml boluses of water were given at 30 second intervals . |
| 12 | To this a variety of solutions were given at different times . |
| 13 | They were withdrawn at that time but enacted in 1894 along with provisions ‘ to introduce local self-government into rural parishes ’ ( Redlich and Hirst 1958:216 ) . |
| 14 | Aliquots of the cultures were withdrawn at different time intervals in order to determine the cell counts . |
| 15 | In a second condition , single chords were heard at each ear . |
| 16 | Like Fyfe , all three were to remain at these places until the end of their working lives . |
| 17 | A potentially embarrassing incident at last weekend 's Steam Gala on the Llangollen Railway , turned into a triumph for the volunteer P-Way and operational staff who , by chance , were gathered at Glyndyfrdwy station writes COLIN JAMES . |
| 18 | The manual operation of broadcasting a recognition signal to the platforms in orbit around Tarvaras had been duplicated simultaneously by four automatic sending stations which were situated at various points along the Simonova 's mainframe . |
| 19 | Impractical , because if all areas of the curriculum were treated at this level of detail , hundreds or even thousands of criteria would be produced ; educationally unacceptable because of the curriculum fragmentation which would result since it would be difficult to link up such large numbers of criteria . |
| 20 | Although it might have been possible to attempt some form of categorisation of the types of detail which were recalled at different risk levels , it is not clear that the data from this study are really powerful enough to support such an analysis . |
| 21 | As the liquid cooled in the veins , the crystals of tin ores were formed at greater depths than those of copper ores . |
| 22 | The various regional associations which were formed at various times in Eastern and Western Europe , in Africa , in the Middle East or in Latin America , rested either upon the predominance of one nation state over others in the region , or upon a limited agreement about a framework within which national economic interests could be more effectively pursued ; and they all showed themselves largely incapable of controlling the vigorous expression of such interests in periods of crisis . |
| 23 | The West Germans were becoming increasingly eager to cultivate relations across the Iron Curtain , and both sides were hinting at new arms talks . |
| 24 | Sir Gregory ( who was rumoured to be Sam Gristy 's father ) provided quantities of ale and beef , which were consumed at three sittings in Mother Russell 's front kitchen , after which there was dancing to lutes and drums . |
| 25 | When England was at war and sentries were posted at both ends of the tunnel , one night , early in the war , German planes droned over and dropped bombs along the railway line possibly aiming to destroy the tunnel and so to cut a supply link to the Channel ports and the British armies in France . |
| 26 | Similarly , some coins of the Emperor Septimius Severus which were minted at several cities in southern Greece are found , almost exclusively , in the Levant . |
| 27 | Numbers of Hurricanes were scrambled at various times during the mid-morning . |
| 28 | The House will recall that in the latter part of last year both my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State outlined measures to be taken by both the Government and mortgage lenders with the excellent aim of reducing the level of repossessions that were occurring at that time . |
| 29 | Cells were harvested at 48 h post-infection , washed with phosphate-buffered saline , and lysed at 4°C in 50 mM Tris hydrochloride ( pH 8.0 ) -150 mM NaCl-0.5% Nonidet P-40 . |
| 30 | Cells were harvested at 48 h post infection . |