Example sentences of "[num] of [noun] were [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the same day Baasam Abu Sharif , senior adviser to Arafat , claimed that 210 Palestinians had died in Kuwait under torture , and by shooting and hanging , and that hundreds of Palestinians were being held in police stations and were being tortured " in indescribable ways " . |
| 2 | The report said that at least 50 people were being held without charge in " preventive " detention , and further stated that many hundreds of people were being held without proper trial , among them at least 90 political prisoners who were tried by special courts , over half of whom had been sentenced to death . |
| 3 | He claimed that millions of dollars were being spent by the SADF to promote " moderate " black parties and organizations including churches , so as to help ensure continuing white minority domination in post-apartheid South Africa . |
| 4 | To be concerned about the fate of historic buildings when thousands of people were being uprooted was not necessarily to pity the plumage and forget the dying bird . |
| 5 | According to a report by the non-government Human Rights Commission of Pakistan released on Aug. 18 , thousands of children were being forced into bonded labour , especially in the country 's brick-making and carpet-weaving industries . |