Example sentences of "[noun pl] were brought [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theatrical performances were brought within the ambit of the criminal laws relating to racial hatred by the Theatres Act 1968 , which terminated the Lord Chamberlain 's role as the official censor . |
| 2 | Such cultic shedding of blood was regarded as the means of connecting with the Godhead , and animals were brought to the priests for sacrifice as sin- and thank-offerings , for purging ritual impurity , covenanting and redemption of both the individual and the nation as a whole ( Lev . |
| 3 | Farm animals were brought into the woods and parks to provide food if Paris were to suffer a prolonged siege . |
| 4 | All told , 10 backbenchers were brought into the Government , including Mr Alistair Burt ( Bury North ) who becomes junior minister at Social Security ; Mr Steve Norris ( Epping Forest ) , Parliamentary Private Secretary to the former Home Secretary , Mr Kenneth Baker , becomes Under-Secretary at the Transport Department ; and Mr Gwylim Jones ( Cardiff North ) becomes Welsh Under-Secretary . |
| 5 | A. kollari first appeared in Britain in the 1830s , after galls were brought from the Middle East to Devon , where they were used to make dyes for the woollen cloth industry . |
| 6 | 21–7 Between 200 and 300 Glasgow Fair visitors were brought by the steamer " Islay " and more were expected the next two days . |
| 7 | The trade was sufficiently profitable for the Portuguese to take over Sofala in the early sixteenth century , and their written accounts confirm that the export cargoes were brought to the coast by African representatives of the Shona king or monomutapa . |
| 8 | Hundreds of workers were brought into the area from London . |
| 9 | During the decline of hand-loom weaving , more and more families were brought under the necessity of working longer hours . |
| 10 | Both cannulae were brought to the exterior and protected by a stainless steel thimble allowing for the free movement of rats in their usual cages . |
| 11 | More grievous allegations were brought against the bicycling ‘ scorchers ’ who went too fast or , to strike another note of discontent , who went too far and barged into middle-class leisure haunts . |
| 12 | This leads to a further conclusion that these wares were brought to the site by the Catuvellauni , who had at that time embarked on westward expansion . |
| 13 | Two more coffees were brought to the table by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament . |
| 14 | Burstall and Kay note that the positive response to NAEP testing may have been because critics were brought into the organising committee . |
| 15 | In the early seventeenth century , for instance , all sorts of cases were brought to the courts , from the seduction of wives to the incidence of prostitution . |
| 16 | The Bermuda discussions were brought before the British Cabinet on 4 February ; Lord Winster said that the talks were only preliminary , but the Americans were treating them as a final agreement . |
| 17 | Following the National Health Service Act of 1946 , all the clinics were brought under the control of the Regional Hospital Boards and the Boards of Governors of the Teaching Hospitals . |
| 18 | It was the main fuel used for large-scale cooking and faggots were brought into the city every day . |
| 19 | Proceedings were brought by the revenue which ultimately resulted in a Divisional Court holding that the employees in question were not ‘ male servants ’ within the meaning of the Act . |
| 20 | Extra vehicles were brought onto the Oxford to London route , but they were n't necessary . |
| 21 | Interview he sez it 's appropriate that the men were brought to the Radcliffe for their eye surgery although it 's straightforward treatment . |
| 22 | Interview he says it 's appropriate that the men were brought to the Radcliffe for their eye surgery . |
| 23 | Third World rural economies were brought into the global system by making it more difficult for their populations to live outside the market , thus forcing them to produce crops that could be sold , as opposed to producing crops that they themselves consumed . |
| 24 | Mounds of legal documents were brought to the Court House in Whitminster for the first day of the case between B & Q and Gloucester City Council . |
| 25 | Fine horses were brought from the stables , Boadicea had only the best |
| 26 | In 1899 the London , Chatham and Dover and the South Eastern Railways were brought under the operational control of a joint managing committee and Sykes was appointed consulting electrical engineer to the new organization , in which capacity he continued until his death , having served the same railway for fifty-four years . |
| 27 | These and later women were brought into the civil service pension scheme designed , as noted , for men . |
| 28 | The 22 appointments consisted chiefly of " unknown " technocrats ; five military officers and two women were brought into the Cabinet , as were several former political prisoners . |
| 29 | Women were brought aboard the ships , too — but the crews , despite so many months away from female company , did not find much sexually attractive about them . |
| 30 | Many others were brought into the subject during the 1960s , including Anthony Roberts , Nigel Pennick and Paul Screeton . |