Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.

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1 Times have changed dramatically for the worse in Wales , a condition brought on as much as anything by the masochistic fixture-making which has brought about so much contact between the countries since the Welsh were blacked out in the 1987 World Cup semi-final .
2 Neither of these points were picked up in the debate .
3 The reforms of Joseph II ( 1780–90 ) , which were carried through in the spirit of the Age of Enlightenment , included a secularisation of education and the recognition of the rights of the Slav subjects of the Empire to instruct in their own language .
4 No clear distinction could yet be made between the wholesale and retail trades that were carried on in the ‘ shops ’ in the historic centre of the city .
5 Until post-war reconstruction began in the 1950s and early 1960s , most building projects were carried out in the traditional manner , with an architect designing the building and managing the contract , a quantity surveyor preparing bills of quantities , valuations and a final account , and a general contractor who actually constructed the building .
6 The church was rebuilt in the 13th century and further modifications and restoration were carried out in the 15th century .
7 The great majority of thefts were carried out in the villages .
8 But most cattle thefts were carried out in the interior of the Low Country , Kurunagala , and in the districts bordering these two areas , where they were organized by wealthy and powerful men .
9 Our case studies of casual working were carried out in the hotels and catering industry where a large proportion of the casual labour force is to be found .
10 Analyses of covariance were carried out in the first study , and t tests were used in the second study .
11 These experiments were carried out in the presence of heparin which is known to rapidly and completely dissociate the CRP-DNA binary complex .
12 Working up trials were carried out in the Solent area and we soon found that various modifications were necessary .
13 Surveys carried out by the optical profession show that after an initial drop , 12.43 million sight tests were carried out in the financial year ending 1991 .
14 Before the building of the pierheads and bridges commenced , tests were carried out in the Solway Firth .
15 One possible reason for the difference between Chapman 's and our results is that their experiments were all performed in the presence of 5 mM glutamine ( M Chapman , personal communication ) where our experiments were carried out in the absence of glutamine .
16 Several case studies were carried out in the 1970s , of which the Liverpool Inner Area Study ( 1975 ) is of particular interest .
17 All these measures were carried out in the name of cost improvements cost-cutting would be a more appropriate name .
18 Most spreadsheets were designed back in the days when 640KBytes was the maximum amount of memory that was available .
19 But they were pegged back in the 41st minute when John Bumstead scored with a diving header from Scott Minto ’ s centre .
20 Then , to mark the end of the service , three enormous thunder-flashes were let off in the rear gatehouse .
21 The address was , and I think still is , Kensington Court Garage , because the stables had been converted to the needs of the automobile age ; and we were perched up in the gallery .
22 Members of the Royal Marines orchestra , including some bandsmen who were caught up in the bombing , played during the hour-long service .
23 Tatham also represented investors who were caught up in the Farrington Stead collapse .
24 When Mackay launched his cavalry at the attackers ' flank to try to restore the situation , they were caught up in the rout of the demoralised infantry , now stampeding from the field , while the victorious Highlanders pressed on unchecked until distracted from killing by the chance of plunder as they reached Mackay 's baggage train .
25 Although these families rose further than any since the sixteenth century , many of the Sussex gentry were caught up in the process of aggrandisement .
26 Hundreds of thousands of people travelling home or heading out for the evening were caught up in the ensuing chaos .
27 Unless the working classes were caught up in the new sectarian movements of Protestantism ( which were themselves a reaction and response to modernity ) , they were liable to slip into unbelief .
28 How many , I wonder , were caught up in the looting frenzy themselves and are now attempting to make amends ?
29 It was never seriously in dispute , of course , that black and white people alike were caught up in the summer disturbances of 1981 .
30 Many of the leading scholars amongst the South Slavs during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were widely travelled and had studied in France , Germany , Austria and Italy , where they were caught up in the intellectual ferment which was abroad at that time .
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