Example sentences of "[adj] were [art] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were the first large-scale arrests of government opponents since a program of political reforms started in 1989 . |
| 2 | Originally , the lymphocyte function associated LFA-3 ( CD58 ) glycoprotein was identified as the CD2 ligand ; these were the first two molecules shown to be involved in heterophilic adhesion and their interaction is likely to be a paradigm for adhesion interactions within the IgSF . |
| 3 | A systematic search for the pair of NTPs that led to the formation of stable initiated complexes ( to be shown and discussed below ) indicated that only the simultaneous presence of GTP and UTP could give rise to stable complexes , indicating that these were the first two NTPs incorporated at both promoters . |
| 4 | — these were the first decent UG plates to appear in the hobby , and I have always stuck to them , having no cause to complain after 15 years of use . |
| 5 | These were the first court-ordered executions in Chad for many years . |
| 6 | These were the first three of five rules pronounced by the Fowler brothers , and with these three Quiller-Couch agrees . |
| 7 | These were the first multiparty elections to be held in the Soviet Union , the Lithuanian Supreme Soviet having in December 1989 abolished the constitutionally guaranteed communist monopoly of power [ see p. 37129 ] and having earlier in February passed a new law regulating the establishment and functioning of new political parties ; in fact new or revived political parties had been emerging in Lithuania since the beginning of 1989 [ see pp. 36487 ; 36854 ] . |
| 8 | These were the first nuclear stations to be built anywhere in the United Kingdom for some time , and they attracted special attention . |
| 9 | These were the first contested presidential election since independence in 1960 . |
| 10 | In 1905/06 Reggie Schwartz , Bert Vogler and Aubrey Faylkner — wrist-spinners — all were the first three bowlers used by South African skipper , Percy Sherwell , against England . |
| 11 | Those were the last human voices I heard all day . |