Example sentences of "and [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of countries which were suspected ( principally by the USA and other Western countries ) of developing chemical weapons-including Libya , Iraq and Syria-were among a total of 22 countries taking part for the first time in the committee 's deliberations since the opening of the spring session , albeit as observers . |
| 2 | Norwich also had their injury problems and were without leading scorer Fleck , whose broken ribs have still not fully healed despite his appearance in last Sunday 's FA Cup semi-final defeat by Sunderland . |
| 3 | Naturally CZECHOSLOVAKIA have been more than pleased with the unexpected bonus of reaching the quarter-finals at the expense of Tunisia , who have several players featuring in French club rugby and were without a doubt one of the more stylish sides in the tournament . |
| 4 | In November 1872 , the Board received an application from Cambridge Medical School for the bodies of paupers who had died in the workhouse , and were without funds or relations , to be sent there for the study of anatomy . |
| 5 | For young workers such as H.G. Wells ' Miss Milton and the draper , Hoopdriver , who had money in their pockets and were without as yet the cares and responsibilities of family life , unchaperoned excursions in the countryside provided opportunities for encounters with the opposite sex . |
| 6 | Corbett and Ranulf immediately took their leave and were through the abbey gates travelling north to Leith just as the sun rose . |
| 7 | While the domination of the criminal market was well known within the profession nothing was done for two main reasons : first , solicitors were making a handsome living and were under no pressure to find or create alternative sources of income : and second , there appeared to be no way in which these cartels could be broken by ethical means : |
| 8 | The United States expert sought to re-assure the Commission that pre-trial discovery procedures in his country were all after the commencement of proceedings ( the relevance of this being , presumably , that it picks up the requirement of Article 1(2) of the Convention ) and were under the control of a judge . |
| 9 | They had broken covenant with God by disobeying his laws and were under sentence of death . |
| 10 | The Chelsea Waterworks Co. were authorised by statute to lay mains and were under a statutory duty to maintain a continuous supply of water ; it was an inevitable consequence that damage would be caused by occasional bursts and so by necessary implication the statute exempted them from liability where there was no ‘ negligence . ’ |
| 11 | Lord Hope did not accept the first submission on behalf of the pursuers , which was to the effect that when the completed application form was sent to the building society the pursuers had accepted an offer made by the society to consider the application , as , unlike in Hunter v General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Co , 19O9SC ( HL ) 3O , the building society in the present case had not given any undertaking to consider the application and were under no obligation to do so . |
| 12 | You see , to let you understand , this was maybe about four or five years after nationalization and prior to nationalization of course , was under the L M S , Street Station and were under the L M S and was under the L N E R. But when I arrived at , I heard them talking about the Callie see , the Callie railway . |
| 13 | The horses belong to a stud farm and were worth tens of thousands of pounds . |
| 14 | They swam , they talked , they wrote their diaries and stories , and were at ease in a succession of remote and sticky places . |
| 15 | These unfavourable contrasts were commonplace at the beginning of the decade and were at the heart of the centrist critique of two-party politics as then played . |
| 16 | They had escaped from Sebastopol and were at large in the Black Sea . |
| 17 | But once they had left the house , and were at last too far away to hear her aunt 's and uncle 's farewells , or to see them as they stood outside in the yard , silhouetted against the lighted kitchen , excitement began to creep into Ruth and her spirits began to lift . |
| 18 | The plates have a long and illustrious history , being passed from print dealer to dealer and were at various times published by Watelet , Basan and Jean . |
| 19 | Clearly such arrangements were not ideal — they could be exhausting for children and were at best a compromise among the law , the need for education , and the reality of poverty . |
| 20 | We said good-bye to Stoyaeka and were at the warehouse at 07:30 where we were introduced to Josef who would co-ordinate the unloading of the trailer . |
| 21 | They came into existence along with democracy — with the development of parliaments and elections — after the American and French Revolutions , and were at first ‘ parties of notables ’ , that is to say , relatively small electoral committees composed of individuals who had prestige and wealth in their own constituency or electoral district . |
| 22 | The United States and Japan , who spent less than 0.04 per cent and 0.07 per cent respectively on ODA to LDCs and were at the bottom of the league table of aid donors , undertook to increase their aid . |
| 23 | Because they had arrived independently and in twos and threes they had outstripped their organizers and were at a loss what to do . |
| 24 | They heard the siren and were at the entrance ready to take over as soon as the boy was carried out of the ambulance . |
| 25 | During the war the Savoy Players were the resident drama group , and were at the theatre for the duration of the black-out . |
| 26 | The existing shares took the news well and were at 183p . |
| 27 | Two years later , by the time the second edition was published , most of these had been rescued and were off the danger list . |
| 28 | They were n't very conventional , they were mostly younger and were into being public and talking about it . |
| 29 | Bright Yorkshire prospect Adil Ditta scored 58 for Middlesbrough but they too had to fight hard for runs and were into the last over before they achieved their win by a four wicket margin . |
| 30 | Sensible , practical and tireless , they got on well together and were beyond praise . |