Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] were [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fingers en route and for the purpose of being chilled were placed in a packet of ice lollies ! |
| 2 | Ten years ago , applications for cases to be heard were dealt with relatively swiftly , but a dramatic increase in their work load has produced a situation where despite the appointment of more judges to the Official Referee 's court , applicants are having to wait up to two or three years to have their cases heard . |
| 3 | There is , however , no way of overcoming the objection that analyses of Seascale data for this period are not amenable to any rigorous statistical evaluation because the area , age group , and types of disease to be studied were selected as a result of the observed clustering of cases . |
| 4 | The only Armenian remains to be saved were found in the desert around Deir Ez-Zohr . |
| 5 | Many of the units to be withdrawn were expected to be sent to join US forces in the Gulf region . |
| 6 | As explained in the introduction , the diagnostic groups , age groups , calendar periods , and areas to be analysed were agreed in advance of the analyses being carried out . |
| 7 | Those monuments to be protected were included in a list or Schedule attached to the Act , and this is how the term ‘ scheduling ’ was born . |
| 8 | Five of the eight prisoners due to be released were convicted of terrorism and sentenced for life in the famous Rivonia Trial of 1964 . |
| 9 | Appeals by defence lawyers for the charges to be dropped were rejected by the prosecution , and federal judge Royce Lamberth , who had presided over the initial trial , set Oct. 19 as the date for George 's re-trial . |