Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [prep] the various " in BNC.
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| 1 | Due to the greater degree of nationalisation which had taken place throughout Western Europe since the end of the war , it was discovered , in 1960 , that approximately forty per cent of the labour force was employed by the various governments . |
| 2 | In the confused political and religious climate of the 1640s and 1650s , a wide range of doctrinal and liturgical practice was displayed by the various different religious groups which now had the freedom to worship openly . |
| 3 | During 1905 , work was commenced on the various lines which were to form the South Metropolitan system , starting first on the Selby Road ‘ Robin Hood ’ Penge High Street section , then the Mitcham Light Railways . |
| 4 | Bob was taken round the various barns which held the winter fodder and together he and George rode the most advantageous trails , which would get the ewes down from the heights most speedily . |
| 5 | Derry 's allocation of tickets was distributed to the various clubs in Maghera last night where there was an unprecedented clamour for the precious pieces of paper . |
| 6 | During the Tokugawa period the position of an individual was governed by the various groups of which he or she was a member , and this remained true in the post-Restoration years . |
| 7 | A quick survey was made of the various functions in the 1992–93 calendar of events and some allocated to different members of committee . |
| 8 | A quick survey was made of the various functions in the 1993 -93 calendar of events and some allocated to different members of committee . |
| 9 | The description of Jemmy Lirriper 's model railway is a humorous epitome of the early history of the railways , with their accidents , the way in which the public was treated by the various interests , parliamentary and private , early experiments in signalling , ‘ mushroom ’ railway undertakings , worthless railway shares during the mania of the 1840s , starting trains behind time , and surveying for new lines ; summarized as ‘ everything upside down by Act of Parliament ’ . |
| 10 | One pointer was the way that a growing percentage of the work-force was employed in the various activities of tourism , much of it of necessity on a shortterm or seasonal basis . |
| 11 | Alexander was escorted to Rome by Christian of Mainz , and Frederick 's imperial power was recognised by the various factions . |