Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [noun sg] of [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally obviously the questioners were seeking confirmation of the rituals they believed had taken place ; rituals that included real or simulated sexual acts between adults and children in the hours of darkness ; acts that included ritualistic music , dance and dress . |
| 2 | Only from roughly the middle of the tenth/sixteenth century-perhaps coincidentally with the building of two other medreses which were to form part of the altmisli class , namely that attached to the mosque built by Suleyman for his son , Sehzade Mehmed ( the Sehzade medrese , completed in 954/1547 ) , and that built by the same sultan for his father , Selim I , apparently around 955/1548 — can one discern in the biographical sources the existence of a class of medreses , comprising these and others , one rank higher than the Sahn and normally carrying a salary of 60 akce , teaching in one of which seems to have been a generally recognized prerequisite for the holding of the highest learned offices . |
| 3 | Bowyer and Southgate tried this but seemed incapable of getting their boots out of the stirrups whilst both were losing control of the reins . |
| 4 | As the people of Stockport were taking care of the repairs to the School and contributing to the Master 's salary , they requested permission to appoint a new man without the formality of an interview before the Company in London , which would necessitate an expensive and inconvenient journey . |
| 5 | When Langdale was a planner 's dream , locals were to have use of the facilities . |
| 6 | Even the hajduk leader , Stanoje Glavaš , was given command of the troops guarding the main road along the Morava valley which formed part of the imperial highway between Belgrade and Istanbul . |
| 7 | She put up her hand but whether it was to catch hold of the reins or to protect herself I do not know . |
| 8 | I would acknowledge that : ( i ) I was aware that the Board was seeking production of the documents the subject of the notice from the defendant for the purpose of its supervisory functions over the defendant , and ( ii ) if the Bank had not received the information about the subject matter of that investigation the Bank would not have issued the notice . |
| 9 | Hugh Despenser the Elder was re-appointed Justice of the Forests south of Trent in March 1308 , and , shortly after the king went north in September 13 10 to escape the Lords Ordainers , he appointed Piers Gaveston to be Justice of the northern forests for life , with wide powers to enclose and arrent the forest wastes and audit the agisters ' accounts , and unprecedented authority to remove verderers and appoint his own men in their places . |
| 10 | In October 1955 , Eden had increased the powers of the Minister marginally , and his Chief Staff Officer was made Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee . |
| 11 | Tim lost his job as the Queen 's equerry and was made commander of the Pounds 140 million frigate HMS Boxer . |
| 12 | ‘ I want a team of aggressive players but I do n't want violent men in my team ’ , was the advice he gave to Gimbert and Moscato , who made their Five Nations debuts against Wales in Cardiff , while Simon was made captain of the students side . |
| 13 | As in Irvine , whoever was first to the Kilwinning papingo was made Captain of the archers for the following twelve months . |
| 14 | He was made inspector of the baths in 1787 and between 1788 and 1792 built the Great Pump Room with its exquisitely ornamented twin colonnades . |
| 15 | On the fourth day , as the climax , the papingo was — and whoever was first to was called Captain of the archers for the following twelve months . |
| 16 | Numerous finds of statuettes include examples of Hercules , Ceres and Minerva , while a fragmentary inscription apparently dedicated to Mars was found west of the defences . |
| 17 | He was sworn clerk of the parliaments on 30 January 1610 , relinquishing his seat in the House of Commons . |
| 18 | SMITH : ‘ I think the lad deserved a medal , because they won the Cup with half a reserve side out last year — and he was taking care of the reserves . ’ |
| 19 | In 936 , King Otto I ( Otto the Great ) was crowned King of the Germans at Aachen . |
| 20 | Egbert 's grandson , Alfred , succeeded as King of Wessex in 871 , when he was twenty-two years of age , and was declared King of the Saxons and of the English . |
| 21 | On 13 March 1638 he was appointed clerk of the parliaments . |
| 22 | At the same time , Col. Leszek Lamparski was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Police . |
| 23 | In December Mr P. M. Cadell , Keeper of Manuscripts , Maps and Music , was appointed Keeper of the Records of Scotland ; his post in the Library was filled , through internal promotion , by Mr I. C. Cunningham . |
| 24 | The effect of forcing loan redemptions through revenue accounts was to link financing of the assets with accounting for them . |
| 25 | Alas , for Fergie and Johnny , enjoying a break together again after those fun days in Thailand , Bali , Indonesia and Argentina , the world was watching courtesy of a photographers all-powerful lens . |
| 26 | In December 1212 Frederick was elected king of the Romans and crowned and anointed in Mainz . |
| 27 | In 1910 he was elected president of the Museums Association . |