Example sentences of "were [adj] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On April 28th the Community agreed to lift the ban on most of the East European countries which were prepared to give 48 hours ' warning before exporting animals and to accept quarantine periods of 14 days . |
| 2 | According to the Economist Intelligence Unit ( EIU ) coffee prices in 1990 were likely to average 85.8 cents a pound against 95.6 cents a pound in 1989 . |
| 3 | We only realised on Monday Sunderland were likely to bring 6,000 fans with them . |
| 4 | and I 'll tell you this , we were glad to have nine days doing nothing . |
| 5 | ( As a result of recent audit firm mergers , we were unable to trace three firms on the audit register . ) |
| 6 | The amateurs were unable to distinguish one shaft from another for either woods or irons . |
| 7 | ( Its walls are so thick that the present Lord and Lady Lambton were able to install two bathrooms in their width . ) |
| 8 | Two teachers ( E & F ) were art and music-drama specialists , and were able to give four periods a week . |
| 9 | By manipulating ornaments on models we were able to eliminate two factors that can confound mate choice experiments involving manipulation of living birds : ( 1 ) intrasexual competition , and ( 2 ) behavioural changes in a live bird resulting directly from manipulation of its ornament . |
| 10 | Top of the class came Andrew MacDonald and Stuart Richardson , who were able to remember 20 objects in under three minutes using word association . |
| 11 | We were able to measure 30–40 receptors in a given patch . |
| 12 | Based on the amplitude of contraction , we were able to recognise three types of waves as follows : |
| 13 | If we can not specify temporary workers in general , at least we can do so in particular , From the literature we were able to identify 11 categories of worker referred to as temporary workers . |
| 14 | On lifting the sheet , we were amazed to see two moles fighting . |
| 15 | All convicted prisoners sentenced to rigorous imprisonment ( the great majority ) were obliged to work seven-and-a-half hours per day . |
| 16 | In Shipton , Anderson v. Weil Bros. ( 1912 K.B. ) the sellers were entitled to deliver 4,950 tons . |