Example sentences of "were laid [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | These cornerstones remain as firm in principle now as when they were laid down in 1981 , or when the blueprint was drawn in 1978 . |
2 | Some new auditing ideas were laid out in 1989 . |
3 | The public gardens beside the palazzo were laid out in 1784 by Giuseppe Piermarini who started by uniting the gardens and orchards of several monasteries . |
4 | Large squares were laid out in many city centres . |
5 | The grounds were laid out in 1787 . |
6 | The Knossian roads were laid out in straight sections , but without any overall geometric plan . |
7 | Maltwood believed that the figures were laid out in prehistoric times as a form of temple or sanctuary , using the natural forms of the landscape with a minimum of artificial alteration . |
8 | The gardens are the earliest example of Italian design in Bohemia and were laid out in 1534 by Giovanni Spazio for Ferdinand I. They were enlarged and altered by Jan Vredeman de Vries in 1563 and , following the vagaries of fashion , were transformed into French Baroque style in 1730 . |
9 | The rows and rows of containers , stacked three , four and five high , were laid out in neat uniformity , forming a maze of passageways . |
10 | Instructions were laid out in some detail . |