Example sentences of "a [noun pl] [noun] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | But within a minute , any hopes of a Spurs recovery were ended , when the outstanding Roy Keane scored Forest 's second , thus securing their victory . |
| 2 | South Cave school was opened in 1967 , further extensions including a sports hall were completed in 1978 . |
| 3 | Negotiations on the establishment of a customs union were ahead of schedule , and the Commission was forecasting that the union could come into effect by 1967 , three years earlier than originally planned . |
| 4 | I , on the other hand , had backache and climbed it as though a cattle prod were taped to my spine . |
| 5 | FIVE UDA blackmailers jailed last week after they were snared in a police sting were the organisation 's top extortionists . |
| 6 | According to a government spokesman , three people including a police constable were killed and 175 people taken into custody ; opposition leaders claimed a higher total of casualties . |
| 7 | THREE men arrested after the IRA bombing of a Warrington gas works and shooting of a police officer were today further remanded in custody until April 22 at London 's Arbour Square Magistrates Court . |
| 8 | Additional officers in a police van were called to give them back up and in turn became the target for bricks and stones . |
| 9 | FOUR men , two from Belfast , accused of conspiracy to murder a drug-dealer and a police informant were cleared at the Old Bailey after the prosecution dropped the case following a six-week trial costing nearly £1m . |
| 10 | The maximum penalties for failing a drugs test were imposed by the British Athletic Federation and British Olympic Association following a disciplinary commission earlier this week . |