Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [prep] the beginning " in BNC.
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| 1 | The oldest artistic castings so far known in Nigeria were excavated around the beginning of 1960 , on behalf of the Nigerian Department of Antiquities , by Thurstan Shaw at Igbo Ukwu in the south-east . |
| 2 | This has been a very fine England side over the years , but I think there will be many more Irish players in the party than were mooted at the beginning of the season . ’ |
| 3 | This rule was later extended to include the power to issue bonds for a further £1,000 … a provision made use of straight away as 280 x £25 bonds were registered from the beginning . |
| 4 | ( There were thought to be 2,600 West Africans , mostly Nigerians , in territory held by the NPFL ; attacks on Ghanaians and Nigerians were reported at the beginning of September , and Taylor , who was reported to be holding a large number of foreigners hostage , declared war on the ECOMOG force early in September . ) |
| 5 | The enabling schemes were seen as the beginning and end of community care . |
| 6 | They were built around the beginning of the nineteenth century . |
| 7 | The precise restrictions the Committee recommended , and which were imposed at the beginning of the experiment , may be summarised as follows : |
| 8 | Clinical , sigmoidoscopic , biopsy , haematological , and biochemical assessments were made at the beginning and end of the four week trial period or when patients were withdrawn prematurely . |
| 9 | More significantly , it counterpoised the acquisition of land by the church — ‘ whereby the services which are due from such fees [ i.e. freehold ] and which were provided from the beginning for the defence of the realm are unjustifiably withdrawn and chief lords in respect of them lose their escheats ’ — with the good of the realm , for which the present ban is imposed . |
| 10 | Formal departmental boundaries were lost , and clinical teachers were involved from the beginning of the course . |
| 11 | Questionnaires were despatched at the beginning of September . |
| 12 | After flushing with ice cold saline , 1 cm specimens were taken from the beginning of the segment in all cases , fixed in Bouin 's solution , embedded in paraffin wax , cut perpendicular to the longitudinal axis , and stained with haematoxylin and eosin . |
| 13 | Thus , about beliefs and values in science education , Michael Poole writes : In science education and in other areas of the curriculum more help needs to be given to students to enable them to discern where beliefs and values are located , how to spot where they follow from the subject matter or were imported at the beginning , what are the available options among them and what are appropriate criteria for testing their truth-claims and adjudicating between the ones on offer . |
| 14 | A number of potential snags were discussed at the beginning of Chapter 19 . |
| 15 | Quays were extended at the beginning of the nineteenth century by John Rennie , coal docks and graving docks followed , while fishing harbours and piers continued to prosper from one century to another . |
| 16 | Answering this question involves reference to the second group of facts which were mentioned at the beginning of this discussion facts about the systematic differences in the life-experience of women and men . |
| 17 | As members will be aware , the Local Government Regions and Districts have been known for some time , and the areas of the Sheriffdoms were published at the beginning of the year . |
| 18 | Forty people , including Mr Masduki , were imprisoned at the beginning of September last year and interrogated by the military . |
| 19 | They were established from the beginning of 1910 . |