Example sentences of "were [verb] at the beginning " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . ’ |
2 | ( 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 . ) |
3 | The precise restrictions the Committee recommended , and which were imposed at the beginning of the experiment , may be summarised as follows : |
4 | 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, and biochemical assessments were made at the beginning and end of the four week trial period or when patients were withdrawn prematurely . |
5 | Questionnaires were despatched at the beginning of September . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | A number of potential snags were discussed at the beginning of Chapter 19 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Forty people , including Mr Masduki , were imprisoned at the beginning of September last year and interrogated by the military . |