Example sentences of "these [noun] [was/were] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The labelled probe used in these assays was a sequence derived from the herpes simplex virus immediate-early 1 gene which we have previously shown to be a high affinity binding site for octamer binding proteins ( 18 ) . |
| 2 | No one should be in any doubt that these bombs were the IRA 's response to Sinn Fein winning seven extra council seats in Ulster . |
| 3 | These objects were the subject of a study in 1923 by Michael Rostovtzeff . |
| 4 | Among those who would join the commandos in probing these defences were the men of the Small Scale Raiding Force ( SSRF ) , responsible jointly to Lord Mountbatten and SOE . |
| 5 | Lady Eleanor 's absence from Compline and the presence of these riders were no coincidence . |
| 6 | In none of these cases was an alternative worker seen as possible . |
| 7 | These meetings were a dress-rehearsal for the first session of the Council . |
| 8 | Er , summertime , good weather , the these meetings were a feature of er the you know the political lie , er in the wintertime , similar meetings and activities were undertaken er in the public hall , er in in in the local hall . |
| 9 | All these artists were the height of fashion in the middle years of the 19C . |
| 10 | Far from being impossibly Utopian , these attitudes were a survival necessity and eventually flowered into the extraordinarily peaceful and creative Minoan civilisation of ancient Crete . |
| 11 | Lenin 's explanation of these set-backs was the dependence of the new regime on the personnel of the old . |
| 12 | Implicit in these views was the fact that child abuse was considered to be only one of a range of problems that many families who come under the system 's microscope were experiencing , and that there was a need to respond to all the problems including child abuse , rather than of necessity giving it priority . |
| 13 | Separate from these groups was the large mass of youth whose clothes were chain store versions of traditional styles . |
| 14 | The most important and all-embracing of these groups was the ‘ family state ’ , which figured prominently in the official political ideology . |
| 15 | The most influential of these groups was the Bhutan People 's Party ( BPP ) , which organized a series of large demonstrations in southern Bhutan in September 1990 to protest against Drukpa domination and to demand political reforms [ see p. 37711 ] . |
| 16 | Given the bishop 's close contact with the court of Dagobert I , it is inconceivable that these activities were a usurpation of secular authority . |
| 17 | To protect itself , Company A , at the instigation of Company B , its parent company , falsely asserted that these accounts were the responsibility of the plaintiffs and wrongfully seized certain metal warrants belonging to the plaintiffs . |
| 18 | One of the most important of these institutions was the workers ' council , which made its appearance in the early part of this century as a method of establishing direct working-class control of production , in opposition to both capitalist ownership and centralized state control . |
| 19 | Although the enclosure movement in all these forms was the last great revolution in the English landscape , radically changing much of the countryside as it took place , it also gave us a landscape which is aesthetically much more pleasing to most people . |
| 20 | The source of these conflicts was the differing measures of willingness or otherwise of individuals or groups to suppress and control the inborn tendencies to satisfy the evolutionary appetites . |
| 21 | But underlying all of these reasons was the uncertainty of being able to cope : " What about discipline ? " . |
| 22 | The first meeting at Downing Street to discuss these proposals was a dramatic one . |
| 23 | Paramount in these operations was the Noorduyn Norseman . |
| 24 | The premature release of these plans was a source of embarrassment and irritation to ministers as it might stir up greater opposition to what they wanted to do . |
| 25 | These plans were an invaluable tool which increased the accuracy and the efficiency of the project . |
| 26 | Theoretical research in the United States confirmed that these instabilities were a natural characteristic of the system . |
| 27 | Someone who occasionally joined in these discussions was a pupil of Lewis 's , Alan Griffiths , who had also become a friend . |
| 28 | Outside these courts was the court of the gentiles . |
| 29 | The only machine used by these craftsmen was a pole-lathe , the earliest device invented for turning wood . |
| 30 | Some say the stone from these quarries was the hardest of the Dartmoor granites . |