Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] were [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most sought after positions were at the front , where the gentry families had their seats . |
| 2 | The greatest areas of concern for tax-payers were about the Revenue 's staff 's apparent lack of authority to deal with certain problems , difficulty in getting through to the right person on the telephone , and about the time it took to resolve problems and answer queries . |
| 3 | The docks of Cardiff were at the centre of the coal-based prosperity of south Wales . |
| 4 | More than 80 per cent of deputies were from the Azerbaijan CP , while the opposition deputies from the Popular Front , the Social Democrats , the Greens and the Union of the Democratic Intelligentsia united in parliament in an umbrella Democratic Bloc of Azerbaijan . |
| 5 | The go-ahead was given subject to a ‘ weather window ’ to treat one block as a trail because , to the surprise of all involved the largest concentration of woodlice were in the roof under the roof tiles . |
| 6 | Again , the counts of Flanders were in the vanguard , with Robert the Frisian and Robert II offering protection for merchants crossing the county and their peace for the duration of fairs . |
| 7 | Perhaps the only two successful threats of action were by the water-workers in 1983 and the NUM over the Coal Board 's threat to close uneconomic pits in January 1981 . |
| 8 | Winds of 110mph were on the way . |
| 9 | inspectors from the Department of Transport were at the scene |
| 10 | From Mars it must have looked as if opposing armies of ants were on the move . |
| 11 | Various areas of reform were on the agenda ; Lini , himself an Anglican priest , was known to be concerned at the proliferation of fundamentalist sects and cults in the country . |
| 12 | And yesterday , Tom , now 76 , and the piece of bomb were among the highlights of an exhibition celebrating the Dunkirk spirit at Middlesbrough 's Dorman Museum . |
| 13 | At about 3 in the afternoon , the first newspapers announcing England 's declaration of war were on the streets . |
| 14 | As soon as one set of questions were on the way to being answered , others seemed to take their place . |
| 15 | Even the , what few bits of lorries were on the road , they had a special mask on with er a shield over the top , so that the light was n't visible up above . |
| 16 | They earned an average weekly wage of 47 colones ( US$18.8 ) : 39% of the workforce were women , and 14% of females and 16% of males were below the age of 15 . |
| 17 | It is extremely important that the trustees consider their discretions otherwise these may simply be set aside as the deeds of appointment were in the case of Turner v Turner [ 1983 ] 2 All ER 745 where the trustees simply did what the settlor stated without independently exercising their discretions ( see also Wilson v Turner ( 1883 ) 22 ChD 521 ) . |
| 18 | The Board of Trade were of the opinion that the Corporation 's permission to lay double track was not necessary . |
| 19 | The manner of his death ensured that more than the usual number of people were at the funeral . |
| 20 | By last month tens of thousands of people were on the road to the few relief centres that the government runs . |
| 21 | Such drastic action seemed a heartless waste of resources when thousands of people were on the verge of starvation . |
| 22 | Scores of people were on the scene within seconds of the collision the engine of the badly damaged car still running . |
| 23 | Only a handful of people were in the pub and they were all at the other end . |
| 24 | They describe it as a terrifying ordeal and although it was around two o'clock in the morning , they say a number of people were in the area and could help their search for the rapist . |
| 25 | Time-signals , geophysical measurements , weather reporting and the testing of chronometers were among the functions which they discharged . |
| 26 | Enclosure of common land , invasion of common rights and engrossing of farms were among the complaints put forward in the Norfolk rising , and there was also a demand for the ending of serfdom , although there is little evidence that there were still many men of villein status . |
| 27 | Furthermore , 66 per cent of respondents were against the return or even the 1967 refugees . |
| 28 | The views of teachers were amongst the matters looked into by the Sheffield University team when carrying out research for the Elton Committee . |
| 29 | Within days Tirana and the southern town of Korce were in the grip of a public transport strike , and dockers were on strike in the port of Durres . |
| 30 | She said another group of men were in the restaurant , engaged in ‘ jovial banter with the staff of the Chinese takeaway ’ . |