Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the images were traced to an account by an author on Kashmir , and some to another one of Florida by a different author . |
| 2 | Milton 's ideas , for instance , were developed in an age when the state exercised enormous controls over intellectual and cultural life . |
| 3 | The march eventually reached its destination but , on the same night , barricades were erected against an RUC raid on the Bogside . |
| 4 | It was quite an eerie sight when all the bubbles were erected in an engineers yard . |
| 5 | Indeed , that section is worded exceptionally widely and would empower the Secretary of State to undertake root-and-branch reforms of the whole process of transferring shares , whether or not these were listed on an exchange . |
| 6 | Factories were ordered to cut production levels and road repairs were halted in an effort to cut traffic jams . |
| 7 | Two outer ring electrodes for excitation were placed with an interelectrode distance of 6 cm . |
| 8 | When the two were placed in an aquarium the association became clear . |
| 9 | The others were given to an arts group , a sports individual and a sports group . |
| 10 | If permission were given after an application to the planning committee , the monument would be erected east of the Nelson monument above the former Royal High School building , which would have housed a Scottish parliament if the Conservatives had lost the general election last April . |
| 11 | In May 1940 , her problems were compounded by an evacuation order which transposed Bunce Court from Kent to Shropshire and by the internment of some of its best teachers . |
| 12 | The ITA was given tight control over the number , duration , placing and content of TV ads , which for most of the period were limited to an average of six minutes an hour . |
| 13 | For them , nuclear weapons were regarded as an extension of artillery , which had been so crucial in the second world war . |
| 14 | Their captors were clad in an assortment of gear , army camouflage being predominant . |
| 15 | as if the years were gathered in an hour |
| 16 | They varied between 20–60 hectares in size , were situated at an elevation of around 300m , and were in shallow stony soils . |
| 17 | Today , it 's difficult to imagine how electric guitars were received in an environment where rock'n'roll did not exist . |
| 18 | In general , users were treated on an out-patient basis , living at home in the community and visiting the clinic at intervals . |
| 19 | The total study group comprised 11 patients with H pylori positive refractory gastric ulcers ( six men , five women , median age 53 years , median pretreatment with H 2 blockers ( n=9 ) or omeprazole ( n=2 ) six months ( range : 3->12 months ) ) were treated with an omeprazole plus amoxicillin regimen . |
| 20 | For instance , in a group of patients with rheumatoid and osteoarthritis who were treated with an elimination diet followed by a wheat-free diet , cervical reintegration and the green-lipped mussel preparation , Seatone , significant and often dramatic improvements were obtained in a fortnight of an order similar to , or better than , those obtained by either homoeopathy or Seatone alone over a period of three to six months . |
| 21 | FIFTY children were treated to an afternoon of fun , games and food by Round Tablers on Saturday . |
| 22 | After dinner , all six finalists were treated to an evening at the West End award-winning musical The Forbidden Planet and each of them took home a Supersoft goodie bag , full of luxurious styling and finishing products from the range . |
| 23 | So the question , where a wording which was not accepted by tradition was used , was always whether it was intended by the testator to give rise to a relationship at law ; and the words were examined for an intention to set up a trust . |
| 24 | Having made their decision , Wendy and Mark were referred to an infertility clinic . |
| 25 | In Re Hammond & Waterton ( 1890 ) 62 LT 808 the court said that if a building dispute were referred to an umpire who was a barrister the procedure would be more likely to be an arbitration , and that if the umpire were a quantity surveyor it would be more likely to be a valuation . |
| 26 | C ) r74(1–517) ( circles ) and r74(1–435) ( squares ) was each titrated against the fixed amount of r30 and resulting transcripts were quantitated by an image analyzer ( Fuji BAS2000 ) and expressed as an arbitrary unit . |
| 27 | The ballot papers from the other election were posted to an executive member of the RMT — the merged seamen 's and rail workers ' union . |
| 28 | The painted texts , which emphasized the importance of the Word , were intended as an aid to devotion , and were more readily seen than the Bibles , which were also on display in every church . |
| 29 | These were intended as an aid to discussion , a means of stimulating debate . |
| 30 | The easy sociability which it offered was fostered by the fact that all its pubs , clubs , restaurants and delicatessens were squeezed into an area no larger than a square mile . |