Example sentences of "[noun sg] were [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One moment the Sergeant was screaming at his men to charge hard home , and the next he and his horse were hit by the metal gale of an exploding canister . |
| 2 | The young Aberdeen side were relegated from the first division of the indoor league , but they are better disciplined outdoors and with such a wealth of talent at their disposal they will take some shifting . |
| 3 | Paired data for laser energy per month required and for frequency of endoscopic treatment before and after radiotherapy were analysed with the Wilcoxon signed rank test . |
| 4 | The grounds of Midway Manor were transformed for the evening , with a candlelit drive leading guests up to the manor house where hot air balloons offered rides above the parkland . |
| 5 | Measures passed by those of a different political hue were described as the work of a ‘ previous government ’ . |
| 6 | Women with a history of bone disease and those taking drugs or with conditions known to affect bone metabolism were excluded from the study . |
| 7 | For years the economics of the nuclear power industry were concealed within the overall accounts of the public sector electricity industry . |
| 8 | On 6 January 1992 the Standards of Work Based Competence for the hospitality and catering industry were agreed by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications . |
| 9 | Ultimately , the British could not win the battle for civil aviation after 1945 because their economic performance and uncompetitive aircraft industry were outclassed by the size and strength of the American competition . |
| 10 | Other women who had been the subject of The Fox 's violence were described by the press . |
| 11 | Trees twenty-four kilometres from the volcano were felled by the blast , and sandy ash carried by the nuees formed deposits over thirty centimetres thick even nine kilometres away . |
| 12 | The seeds of further sexual confusion were sown by the custom , in the cinemas of Wellington , Shropshire , where I lived , of spraying the audience with perfumed deodorant during the intervals . |
| 13 | And so , as predicted , two buckets of pigs blood were poured over the two of them and they were received by hysterical laughter . |
| 14 | A few spots of blood were found near the telephone , Mr Palmer said . |
| 15 | When the pain receded , he shaded the torch with his hand and switched it on : the rusting fragments of a disembowelled car were strewn in the bushes ; he had barked his legs on the side of a door which protruded on to the path . |
| 16 | Mr Lambert said : ‘ The two men and car were seen in the area on separate occasions near the suspected time of the attack , and we need to eliminate them from our inquiry . |
| 17 | Mr McEvoy 's body and car were removed from the driveway of his home yesterday morning . |
| 18 | Claims that the IAEA inspection team had found conclusive proof of a nuclear weapons programme were denied by the government , which accused the IAEA team of exceeding its authority and engaging in espionage . |
| 19 | Letters under the privy seal were prepared by the thousand , and instructions were sent to the chief commissioners in each shire . |
| 20 | L 306 , p. 2 ) fish catches subject to a quota were charged against the quota of the state whose flag the vessel was flying . |
| 21 | Africa 's needs in the area of remote sensing were highlighted at the conference by Bernard Sikilo , director general of Kenya 's remote-sensing centre in Nairobi . |
| 22 | Two minutes later , on the concrete of a Royal Air Force aerodrome , the engines of the German bomber were dying on the light west wind . |
| 23 | Apologists for science also argued that doing science was valuable for building the character : accurate observing and truthful reporting were required of the scientist ; and so was open-mindedness and humility in abandoning preconceptions . |
| 24 | The two suites of coal samples chosen for this study were selected on the basis of their maceral analysis and maturity . |
| 25 | Thus , in a study by Abel-Smith and Townsend ( 1965 ) , a third of the poor were the aged , and almost half the old-age pensioners in their study were living below the poverty line . |
| 26 | The programmes of study were introduced in the classroom for 5 year olds in the autumn of 1989 and for 11 year olds in 1990 . |
| 27 | Papers produced by Rudolf Schaffer summarising the results of the YPS programme and by Harry McGurk discussing design possibilities for the longitudinal study were circulated to the research community and comments were invited on how the initiative should be developed . |
| 28 | Consequently , he plundered the sanctuaries of Delphi , Epidaurus and Olympia , and gold and silver were collected throughout the Peloponnese to be melted down for coin to pay his armies . |
| 29 | MORE than 40 sweeping law changes aimed at banishing the penalty-ridden , slow-coach version of rugby football were adopted by the International Rugby Board yesterday . |
| 30 | Mr McCallum continued that the decisions made by the Social Work Department were made on the basis of confidential information , and should that department reply to the Action Committee , he said , they might divulge information which should nut be revealed at that time . |