Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [verb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The footsteps which were heard passing in the alleyway were of men walking not running in panic . |
| 2 | Desmond Fairchild and Dotty Blundell were heard arguing in the corridor , though no one could be sure what was at issue . |
| 3 | Thus her choice of the quaint word , ‘ sweet ’ is no coincidence ; sweetness is the quality Victorian men were taught to prize in a woman above all others . |
| 4 | Normally after offering their silent prayers all three children were dismissed to play in the garden and were not recalled until the offertory food was removed from the altar at the end of the ceremony and eaten along with other dishes at a festive family supper . |
| 5 | Furthermore as nationalised industries were intended to operate in the ‘ national interest ’ , it was claimed that this should lead to improved industrial relations , as the strife between labour and capital , associated with capitalist ownership , was reduced . |
| 6 | Doctors were expected to decide in the next few hours whether Nicola would be allowed home today . |
| 7 | As a crucial feature of their role in cultural reproduction , schools were expected to inculcate in the nation 's children a proper sense of patriotic moral responsibility . |
| 8 | However , those who came to Remaisnil for meetings could not but be struck by a paradox ; they were expected to remain in the château for meals and afterwards , until they retired to bed . |
| 9 | These were similar to those signed with Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland in June 1990 [ see p. 37535 ] , which were expected to result in the signature of free trade agreements with EFTA in the first half of 1992 . |
| 10 | The actual sales were expected to begin in the second half of 1991 . |
| 11 | Almost 3,000 delegates attending the opposition Labour Party convention in Jerusalem on Nov. 18-21 voted on a number of policy issues which were expected to figure in the general election due by November 1992 . |
| 12 | These quite explicitly linked vocational education with the low status black people were expected to occupy in the social hierarchy . |
| 13 | Together these factors have put new pressures on the international monetary system and on institutions such as the IMF which were designed to operate in a different economic environment . |
| 14 | When O'Neill returned from a meeting with Harold Wilson in London , he reacted in a manner guaranteed to confirm the Free Presbyterians ' claims that O'Neill 's policies were designed to achieve in the political sphere what the ecumenical movement was trying to do in inter denominational co-operation . |
| 15 | The aptly named Extraordinary Dancers who were booked to appear in the highly sophisticated Folies-Bergère and then went on to tour the world |
| 16 | Although some of these sites were reported destroyed in the early stages of the air campaign , the mobile facilities in particular proved difficult to detect . |
| 17 | Seven people were reported killed in a series of pre-dawn air raids on two Croat villages , which Yugoslav army commanders said were in retaliation for attacks on an air base in the regional centre of Mostar nearby . |
| 18 | A total of 13 government troops were reported killed in a clash with FARC guerrillas on March 5 , but the Army claimed to have killed an important FARC commander , Alonso Cortes , in Cauca department on March 15 and were reported to have killed 30 FARC and EPL guerrillas in a clash on April 26 destroying 16 of their camps . |
| 19 | The level of violence in Kashmir appeared to be rising , one of the worst incidents taking place on Aug. 11 when 28 militants were reported killed in an attack on a military convoy . |
| 20 | On the same day 45 soldiers were reported killed in an LTTE ambush , and on May 5 an LTTE suicide commando attacked a government naval vessel , killing the five crew members . |
| 21 | Up to 20 people were reported killed in the fighting , including a senior Army officer , Brig. |
| 22 | At least 15 people were reported killed in the course of the month . |
| 23 | In May at least 20 were reported drowned in a similar incident in heavy seas . |
| 24 | Under the traffic restrictions , only taxis , buses , foreign cars and those carrying at least four people were permitted to travel in the central part of the city . |
| 25 | TWO Liverpool schoolboys were caught dealing in the sick horror videos , it was revealed today . |
| 26 | AD 793 ‘ In this year , dire forewarnings came over the land of the Northumbrians , and miserably terrified the people ; there were excessive whirlwinds and lightenings , and fiery dragons were seen flying in the air . ’ |
| 27 | It would be easier to convince senior managers that Unix is a viable platform if all systems were seen to work in the same way , regardless of what was underneath . |
| 28 | But significantly younger people were seen chuckling in the wings . |
| 29 | They tend to be out on their own , away from towns or villages , for they were built to stand in the midst of their acres . |
| 30 | The big show-piece cinemas were built to pull in the fashionable trade but they were not designed for the exclusive use of a social elite ; rather they were provided for all those groups who were prepared to pay money for the movie entertainment that was being provided as part of the delights offered by the down-town city . |