Example sentences of "were [vb pp] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rootstocks were developed at government research stations and are still known by their reference numbers . |
| 2 | Later , new ports were developed at Sunderland Point and Glasson for larger ships than could negotiate the estuary as far as Lancaster itself . |
| 3 | Accordingly , difference and Sim-weighted Fourier maps phased from the protein model were calculated at 20–4Å resolution , and inspected using the computer graphics program FRODO . |
| 4 | When tempers were aroused at home , and dirty names were bandied back and forth , Louis 's was the quiet voice of reason which held sway , melting the fires of passion . |
| 5 | The talks were arranged at Frelimo 's request by the Italian government and the Vatican , apparently without the knowledge of Presidents Daniel arap Moi of Kenya and Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe , who had attempted to mediate in the conflict . |
| 6 | New centres at Harpenden and Old Welwyn were established and Tutorial Classes were arranged at branches in Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City . |
| 7 | But the majority of classes were arranged at District branches and the statistics are considered representative of the proportion of occupational groups within the District . |
| 8 | Five people were assassinated at Acerra , near Naples , on May 1 by a group of men who apparently belonged to the Camorra , the Neapolitan equivalent of the Mafia . |
| 9 | He decided it was time he improved his Test record in 1989 when England were mauled at home by the Australians and he lost his wicket several times to Terry Alderman . |
| 10 | Within days of the episode , vicious rumours had spread throughout Ayrshire , Rough 's children were pilloried at school and his wife was humiliated on future shopping trips . |
| 11 | The Wolverton Royal Train remained in this form until 1 94 1 , when three superb vehicles were completed at Wolverton Works , two of them saloons for George VI and Queen Elizabeth , to replace the L & NWR twelve-wheelers of 1903 , and the third a carriage with sleeping compartments for the staff , luggage space , and a diesel-electric plant for supplying light and power to the train . |
| 12 | The first launch was made on January 26th 1944 and the remainder were completed at Leith by a workforce of 600 men . |
| 13 | Blood pressure , blood count , biochemical profile , and urine tests were checked at entry , day 7 , 14 , and 28 , and plasma cortisol , measured by high performance liquid chromatography , at entry , day 14 , and 28 . |
| 14 | The narrowing on its own was unlikely however to reduce speeds significantly , so pinch points were placed at intervals of about 50m along the road . |
| 15 | In 1355 an expedition to Normandy led by the king proved unavailing , but in the next year the French forces were crushed at Poitiers and their king , John , was captured . |
| 16 | Firefighters were stoned at Harris Street , Bootle , where a fire had been lighted on a railway goods line . |
| 17 | Promises were given at Sunningdale in 1973 that articles 2 and 3 were to be withdrawn and were repeated before Hillsborough in 1985 . |
| 18 | For example , if the winds for the storm were given at 100mph and the storm was tracking across the ground at 30mph , the winds at the top of the circle would accelerate to 130mph , while the winds at the bottom of the storm circle would decrease to 70mph because they were blowing against the storm 's momentum across the terrain . |
| 19 | But none have forgotten the pain of being driven from their parents nor the welcome and love they were given at Waddesdon as a small compensation for that loss . |
| 20 | In our study , however , we found no stimulatory action when the amines present in beer were given at doses present in the beverage . |
| 21 | But Harriet 's tears were eased at Bodelwyddan when she met Huggy Bear , the mascot of Clwyd 's Playsafe campaign . |
| 22 | Three players were banished at Workington — Dave Lowden and Paul Penrice of the home side and Basil Akey from runaway winners Ryedale York . |
| 23 | The following cases were heard at Bedale Hannah Jane Brown , 26 , of The Old Vicarage , Masham , Ripon , admitted driving a pick-up with excess alcohol in breath , fined £250 plus £25 costs , licence endorsed , disqualified for one year . |
| 24 | It was privatised in 1988 when shares were floated at 125p . |
| 25 | MILLWALL shares were floated at 20p in 1989 when the club was second in the First Division . |
| 26 | We were taught at home by Mam 's maiden sister , Aunt Mary , who had not been to school herself . |
| 27 | And remember , the aim here is not to turn you into a super-mathematician but to accustom you to thinking somewhat differently to the way you were taught at school and thereby to make things easier for yourself . |
| 28 | She did the bob they were taught at school , the deep version . |
| 29 | Now can you remember what you were taught at school , the curriculum ? |
| 30 | Prior to Batrec 's operations , Swiss batteries — even those collected separately by local authorities — were either sent abroad to dubious foreign dumps or were incinerated at home — a process which raised fears that residues could eventually enter the food chain . |