Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [be] several " in BNC.

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1 Inscribed Bibles were presented to them and among the recipients were several members of Edenderry .
2 Among the applicants were several candidates for the priesthood or diaconate of the Russian Orthodox Church .
3 Trying mine on , I found that the trousers were several inches too short , the shirt was missing most of its buttons and the beret was like a sleeping bag .
4 With me on the battlements are several nuns and Dominican monks .
5 In some places the needles were several inches deep and easier to rake than autumn leaves on a tended lawn ; elsewhere they were saturated and packed , or buried among tangled creepers and virulent , shining ivy .
6 But top 10 player Chris Walker warns : ‘ If they turn us down , the chances are several more England players could join the boycott . ’
7 Not only that , on the stage was a long table , and yes you 've guessed it , among the dignitaries were several men .
8 The small ones show mythological scenes , but from the temples are several groups of lions pulling down bulls : terror-symbols analogous to the Gorgons and leopards at Corfu .
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