Example sentences of "[num] were [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of documents concerning trading contacts between the two countries in 1993 were signed at the meeting . |
| 2 | In its " final " cleanup plan announced on May 1 , 1989 , Exxon had envisaged employing 3,400 people in the operation ( but following public pressure this number was increased within a matter days to 5,000 , and a total of 12,000 were involved at the height of the operation ) and estimated that a total of US$1,300 million would be spent . |
| 3 | People arrested late in 1991 were beaten at the time of their arrest and tortured and beaten while in detention . |
| 4 | All three were initiated at the 1990 Frankfurt Bookfair Seminars where Asian participants pledged themselves to passing on what they had learnt to their colleagues . |
| 5 | John Major told the Commons at Prime Minister 's Question Time that none of the 16 arrested at the factory , where 340 were sacked at the end of January , had been a Timex worker . |
| 6 | The two were combined at the planning stage , as illustrated by the written analysis to the County Development Plan of 1962 . |
| 7 | Over 180 local industrial projects worth a total of US$6,800 million were presented at the forum . |
| 8 | Seven were announced at the company 's well attended ( 1,800 turned up instead of the expected 1,000 ) 5th annual international user group show in San Jose , California , last week . |
| 9 | Seven were announced at the company 's well-attended ( 1,800 turned up instead of the expected 1,000 ) fifth annual international user group show in San Jose , California , last week . |