Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | POWELL : Ah , ah , I , I am saying in addition that that either meant that the thing was going to be vetoed anyhow by the Falkland Islanders , and that therefore even if Britain wanted to get rid of , of sovereignty , she was n't going to get rid of it in terms of her own statement ; or that the Falkland Islanders were going to be put under so much pressure , ah — we need n't go into the details of what is meant in those connections , by pressure ; I 'm sure the Foreign Office will supply the details if requested — ah , would be put under so much pressure that eventually they would collapse and give way . |
| 2 | The firm has been at pains to correct this recently , however , and points to a ban of all flags in the workplace ( Union Jacks were seen to be intimidatory ) and its monitoring of the composition of the workforce . |
| 3 | In an effort to boost food production , office workers were reported to have been redeployed from Havana to farm jobs , and 20,000 Havana residents were said to be working shifts outside the city . |
| 4 | Carrick 's 1000 Yorkshire wickets were expected to be supplemented well before the end of the summer by 10,000 Yorkshire runs , a double achieved only by five other men in the county 's history : Haigh , Hirst , Illingworth , Wainwright and the incomparable Wilfred Rhodes ( 3597 wickets , 31,098 runs ) . |
| 5 | The Read codes were designed to be used with a computer and are therefore organised on a hierarchical structure . |
| 6 | Followers put the decline down to worries about prospects for the drinks company 's French associate , LVMH , amid reports of sharply lower luxury good sales in Tokyo.Similar pressures were said to be responsible for the decline in Rothmans ‘ B , ’ off 10 at £10.99 . |
| 7 | But the Clinton proposals were reported to be causing concern to Saudi Arabia , the world 's largest oil exporter , which may seek a dialogue with Western nations on issues of petroleum supply and taxation . |
| 8 | By March 31 Gamsakhurdia forces were said to be in retreat although railways and roads were still blocked . |
| 9 | In his view , London pubs were trying to be either video game arcades or sets for Oscar Wilde plays . |
| 10 | While the Danzig Poles were thought to be docile and largely invisible , it is clear that their slumbering sense of identity had been roused by anti-Polish policies . |
| 11 | The Burrows children were expected to be examples to the other youngsters in the corps , and had to sit in the front seats of any hall they attended , where Captain Burrows could keep his eagle eye on them . |
| 12 | Samuel , Dorothy Perkins and C and J Clark Shoes were known to be among the stores which signed up . |