Example sentences of "were the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For rude as were the galleries , they once formed a highway of communication to a dense and rural population which live on flats or single floors . |
| 2 | Because there were The Combs — the combs for her beautiful hair . |
| 3 | Loyalty and glory were the themes of the Song of Roland . |
| 4 | The only things that looked good were the horses , whose coats shone under their shabby exercise sheets . |
| 5 | But where were the dervishes , the munshids , with their singing and dancing and flag-waving ? |
| 6 | were the , were th were the dumpers in good working order and had |
| 7 | Why were the coastguards not informed of the trip ? |
| 8 | By the word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth ( Ps. 33:6 ) . |
| 9 | To be sure ‘ By the word of the Lord were the heavens made , and all their host by the breath ( ruach ) of his mouth ’ could mean that the ruach , the Spirit , created the heavens . |
| 10 | The report gives the statistical data and the quantitative judgements of 410 regular bus travellers who were the Buswatchers . |
| 11 | The steep , rocky prominence resembled a snow-capped mountain , so startlingly white were the birds and their droppings on top . |
| 12 | Is it because of this herb 's insect-repelling oils and if so , were the birds attracted by its smell ? |
| 13 | What were the birds doing ? |
| 14 | Many other films released at this time showed how widespread were the skills developed by Hepworth . |
| 15 | The Met , Signals and Switchboard girls all worked on the same ground floor , next to each other , and at the end of the corridor were the girls in the Intelligence office , although they did n't mix with us so much . |
| 16 | Whilst he was chasing girls ( or were the girls chasing him ? ) and always looking for an easy pound or two , I was deeply concerned by the deteriorating political situation . |
| 17 | Upstairs were the girls , from the similar ages and and one wing of this big school was infants . |
| 18 | and when were the pyramids built ? |
| 19 | Heat treatment , self-help on the patient 's part , and rehabilitation of the affected muscles by massage and exercise were the tenets of her faith — and I had to admit that a great deal of what she practised depended on scorn for the accepted methods of treatment with splints , braces , and corsets which only assisted the patients in coping with unhealed limbs , not in any actual sense curing them . |
| 20 | On the one hand there were the beliefs in the nature and extent of the clergy 's political religious power and how that power was to be exercised in the state . |
| 21 | Will the Minister tell us whether any such discussions have taken place and , if so , what were the conclusions ? |
| 22 | His Chief of Staff ( Ops ) did not even seem to know what were the boundaries of the various corps under command ; there was no map of troop positions , and no one could state just what orders had been issued . |
| 23 | So were the compositions demanded for grants and privileges , particularly by James IV and V. In the same period , royal rents were increased as the crown converted its grants of land to feuferme , hereditary tenure for which its tenants paid heavily . |
| 24 | There were the spotlights , the ambulance , the cars , the officials . |
| 25 | At the bottom of the scale were the penestai , serfs . |
| 26 | How were the employers persuaded to introduce this through threatened |
| 27 | We were sent out in pairs after 6 pm in the evening when all the paterfamilias who were left might be at home , to make a thorough census of the district and ask who might be in a house , when , and what were the provisions for even more serious raiding . |
| 28 | The other group were the physicians who felt that this was an unwarranted and unseemly intrusion of government into a relationship that is a very private and personal one , the patient-physician relationship . |
| 29 | Were the markings on it caused by beak-blow ? or tooth-nibble ? |
| 30 | The report suggests that Europe 's universities , which were the venues for the bulk of research biochemical use in 1990 , will find that this will decline due to limited funding and greater emphasis on teaching . |