Example sentences of "who were [vb pp] [prep] be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the SPOs — who were intended to be the key link between ‘ bottom-up ’ development and strategic planning — had large managerial responsibilities and were grafted on to the developmental CMHT model rather than being key initiators of it . |
| 2 | From August onwards the newspapers were over-flowing with the exploits of the various gangs in London : the ‘ Lion Boys ’ from the Lion and Lamb in Clerkenwell ; the so-called ‘ Clerkenwell ‘ pistol Gang' ’ ’ ; the ‘ Girdle Gang ’ which took its name from Thomas , alias ‘ Tuxy ’ , Girdle ; the ‘ Somers Town Gang ’ who were said to be the pests of Euston Road and Gower Street ; the ‘ Pinus Gang ’ who infested Leather Lane and Clerkenwell ; the ‘ Drury Lane Boys ’ ; the notorious ‘ Waterloo Road Gang ’ ; the ‘ Pickett Gang ’ ; , ‘ McNab 's ’ ; the ‘ Rest Gang ’ ; the ‘ Fulham Boys ’ ; the ‘ Chelsea Boys ’ ; the ‘ Velvet Cap Gang ’ ; the ‘ Plaid-Cap Brigade ’ from Poplar ; the gangs who romped around King Street and Great Church Lane in Hammersmith and who were said to be ‘ not ‘ Hooligans ’ ’ but worse' ; and many others , including a band of youngsters who had adopted the dare-devil title of the ‘ Dick Turpin Gang ’ . |
| 3 | Each club have been fined the same amount as Arsenal , who were found to be the less culpable party in the mass scuffle with Norwich City on November 4 . |
| 4 | Delinquent subculture theory locates the impetus more specifically in the social setting of lower-class adolescent males ( who were shown to be the most crime-prone by official statistics ) : they are disadvantaged in their quest for status and achievement ( defined by conventional agencies such as the school ) and consequently construct their own , alternative criteria . |
| 5 | Strangely enough , it was Factory Records who were reported to be the front runners , but these rumours were strongly denied by Factory . |
| 6 | A right-wing group , the Committee to Save Democracy , supported by one-quarter of the country 's mayors and by armed former contras , blocked major roads with barricades in November to back demands for ( i ) a bigger role for Godoy in the government ; ( ii ) the dismissal of Gen. Ortega ; ( iii ) the withdrawal of troops from several regions ; and ( iv ) the dismissals of Lacayo , Minister of the Presidency , and Hurtado , the Interior Minister , who were claimed to be the chief architects of government policy [ see pp. 37849-50 ] . |