Example sentences of "[was/were] in these " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a comment not just on poetic style , but on the substance of the political alternative that Tate and some fellow Southerners were in these years trying to put together , to challenge the industrial capitalism of the restored Union . |
| 2 | The distribution of the District 's activities was beginning to reflect the efforts being made in Essex and Norfolk by Hampden Jackson and Douglas-Smith and in that year some 20% of the District 's classes and enrolled students were in these two counties . |
| 3 | This provided not only an overview of the stated intentions of Major Project schools but also some kind of check that the six schools chosen as the focus for our study were in these terms not atypical . |
| 4 | But er that was one of the things er he kep it was an enjoyable trip and the roads were in these days , er you get the motorways today , I just think on the roads , what they were in these days , there was even some places we went through a ford in the middle of the road , with the water about two or three inches deep . |
| 5 | But er that was one of the things er he kep it was an enjoyable trip and the roads were in these days , er you get the motorways today , I just think on the roads , what they were in these days , there was even some places we went through a ford in the middle of the road , with the water about two or three inches deep . |
| 6 | CCA was in these figures for just three months and fine art contributed £849,000 of profits , up from £156,000 . |
| 7 | It was in these years that the main contours of ‘ Thatcherism ’ as a phenomenon were firmly established . |
| 8 | I 'd stand in the lunch queue at school in my pegs while everyone else was in these horrible big flares . |
| 9 | It was in these very multi-ethnic areas with their myriad problems that ‘ political agitators exploit civil liberties issues , and play down the issue of communal security … individual liberties are important , but we must not become so obsessed with them that we overlook the importance of communal freedom . ’ |
| 10 | The hours devoted to farm work by the part-time farmers was fairly high and it was in these predominantly part-time farm areas that the discrepancy between hours required and hours worked was highest . |
| 11 | It was in these smaller and older streets that urban life existed in all its jostle and bustle . |
| 12 | It was in these few rooms that the last act of the drama took place , for the rest of the building remained unused except for those rooms near to the Empress 's apartments where her few attendants camped out , sleeping on improvised beds and working , when necessary , on the corners of tables hastily cleared to provide space on which to write . |
| 13 | It may seem odd to begin a description of Roland Michell with an excursus into the complicated relations of Blackadder , Cropper and Ash , but it was in these terms that Roland most frequently thought of himself . |
| 14 | It was in these circumstances that Blackpool bought six open-top trams from the London United Tramways Company in July 1919 . |
| 15 | Other special Air Force camps were built in different parts of Germany and it was in these that I eventually spent my rime as a prisoner . |
| 16 | It was in these tumours that the peptide , called human pancreas growth hormone releasing factor , or hpGRF , was discovered . |
| 17 | It was in these countries , and also in Catalonia , that the most radical solution to the problem of multiple homage was attempted . |
| 18 | It was in these circumstances that the LDDC had to go to the Treasury for more money in 1989/90 , and again in 1990/91 , and was very successful in getting what it wanted . |
| 19 | Sex and sin were , to her , synonymous , and she wondered how on earth she was going to convey tastefully to her audience how much sin was in these volumes . |
| 20 | As we shall see , it was in these two schools that the largest measurable changes of attitude and option choice occurred . |
| 21 | Important as it is to the understanding of the world today , it was in these years only occasionally decisive for Europe . |
| 22 | Memory-snatching was in these august circles a supposedly favourite trick of witches . |
| 23 | It was in these areas that the depressed level of grain prices caused most hardship . |
| 24 | It was in these conditions that Marxist ideas began to gain currency . |
| 25 | While I was in these fine showrooms I saw exquisite pieces of antique furniture , old silver , paintings , porcelain , figures , antique clocks , masses of objets d'art , and the most fabulous coral and white Meissen porcelain dinner service — I just stood and gazed at it with sheer enjoyment ! |
| 26 | And it was in these places that Nazarean tradition was to continue . |
| 27 | Inland , the whole landscape is essentially a domesticated one until on its northern and western fringes the Highlands begin to lift their stern shoulders ; yet it was in these desirable lowlands that many of the most violent deeds in Scottish history were planned or carried out . |
| 28 | Alfonso II , himself a troubadour and patron of troubadours , was in these years bidding fair to become " Emperor of the Pyrenees " . |
| 29 | It was in these unpromising circumstances that the great cholera controversy , which had been smouldering for some time , at last burst into flame . |
| 30 | Isabella had sought the removal of the Despensers , which had been achieved , yet Edward 's whole reign had shown how resilient he was in these circumstances , and recent years had demonstrated the extent of his power and the ferocity of his vengeance . |