Example sentences of "[prep] [det] were [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the Indian Mutiny of 1857 they remained steadfastly loyal to the Crown , and for this were accorded a permanent 15-gun salute by the Viceroy . |
| 2 | Most of these were accorded the right to establish elected " national local administrations " for self-government , or to join with neighbouring nationalities to do this . |
| 3 | To this were added the effects of the transformation of the social structure by industrialization and urbanization in the more advanced areas ( Austria , the Czech lands , etc . ) . |
| 4 | If to this were added the effects of a special pension at 60 for those who were unemployed , a new invalidity pension , the raising of the school-leaving age to sixteen and a uniform forty-hour week , a total of 2,000,000 jobs would be redistributed to the unemployed . |
| 5 | Here a few fragments of painted stucco still remained and on these were painted a tangle of trailing flowers : roses , tulips and irises , some cut , some growing from the ground , others emerging from cornucopias — ancient symbols of fertility and plenty , merging and tangling with the real creepers of the jungle . |
| 6 | There were the usual arguments about freedom of choice and to these were added the less usual one about equity , allowing local authority tenants to share in the economic benefits of owner-occupation . |