Example sentences of "were already [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , access arrangements for certain categories of children in care were already under the control of the court , such as those in care under a High Court order , or a County Court order under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 . |
| 2 | When voting began at eight in the morning in Kompong Cham , the country 's most populous province , thousands of damp Cambodians were already outside the polling stations . |
| 3 | In some areas rate levels were already beyond the limits which were regarded as socially and politically acceptable . |
| 4 | He did so partly by relying on the unquestioned fact that death and violence were an integral element in many books which were already on the way to becoming children 's classics ; from a list compiled rather later in the century one might cite Grimm 's Fairy Tales , Hans Andersen 's and the expurgated Arabian Nights . |
| 5 | Their opponents , Toby Davis and Richard Inglis , were already on the green for a three , 3½ft from the pin . |
| 6 | But he had to release his hold on her mouth as he dragged her up the stairs , so she screamed at Agnes and her mother , who were already on the stairhead , ‘ He 's killed him ! |
| 7 | Opren was one of the chemical class of propionic acid derivatives , of which five were already on the market in many forms . |
| 8 | Even the height of it had to be lowered by two storeys when Ceauşescu decided thirteen storeys would be quite enough ( unlike Elena he was not superstitious ) , and no one pointed out that they were already on the fifteenth floor . |
| 9 | Engineers were already on the site when work had to stop and Patrice Clerc , Director of the French Open , in confirming the Federation 's decision to appeal , said , ‘ We had hoped to have things ready for next year . |
| 10 | By a statesmanlike not an enthusiastic appeal Buxton may have calculated on maximising pressure for policy revision and politically isolating the West Indian interest , believing that they were already on the defensive morally and ideologically . |
| 11 | Some birds were already on the move , however . |
| 12 | The early starters were already on the practice ground and the putting green . |
| 13 | Financial and business leaders were already on the list of personnel to be purged , but anti-monopoly controls were needed to prevent the re-emergence of conglomerate dominance . |
| 14 | On the Saturday at Headingley he was bowled when the plates were already on the table , though it was easier to take with a personal score of 135 . |
| 15 | It could be that the men and women of this corps were already on the streets and that , army trained , they would be better at surveillance . |
| 16 | Both Lewis and Max were already on the scene when Morse arrived , the surgeon ( incongruously suited in evening-dress ) immediately putting the chief inspector into the picture — in a somewhat flushed and florid manner : |
| 17 | The lads were already at the armoury drawing their rifles , then there was the briefing . |
| 18 | The Asiz were already at the scene of the accident , and the arrival of the company 's interpreter did much to help communication between the Asiz , the local fire brigade and the British Sergeant . |
| 19 | Dolores and her father were already at the table , and her two brothers were just washing their hands in the kitchen with young Pablo the fisherman who was Lina 's intended . |
| 20 | The women of the other crofts were already at the burn , filling their pails at the freezing cold stream . |
| 21 | Moynihan and his growing body of supporters ridiculed this proposal , and many commentators felt that the administration would find it very difficult to reject Moynihan 's demand for an immediate social security tax cut ( which would benefit all citizens ) whilst pursuing a reduction in capital gains tax which would be of chief benefit to those who were already among the most wealthy . |
| 22 | All three countries were already in a deep recession last summer , which the war has made worse . |
| 23 | The resultant backlash of unwelcome public attention forced the Government , who were already in a legislative frame of mind , to act swiftly . |
| 24 | Sam and Doone were already in the boatyard by the time I 'd found my way there , neither of them radiating joy , Sam 's multicoloured jacket only emphasising the personality clash with grey plain clothes . |
| 25 | In Staffordshire Cannock Forest was reduced to seven scattered demesne hays , and in Kinver Forest twenty-three vills and parts of six others were put out , despite the evidence of Domesday that Chasepool , Enville and Kidderminster were already in the forest in 1086 . |
| 26 | The main reason why scholars have thought that the forged passages conferring the primacy were already in the documents in 1072 is that , if they were not there , Lanfranc could not have said that these papal letters were the ultimum robur of his whole case . |
| 27 | Roman candles , squibs and rockets were already in the shops and the protesters had armed themselves . |
| 28 | A lot of the books I was asking for [ from project funds ] were already in the library . |
| 29 | This signal shows that McCreery was assuming that the forces advancing from the south were already in the process of becoming a 5 Corps responsibility . |
| 30 | In fact , as it turned out , the great majority of the 300,000 German troops reported by Schmidt-Richberg as approaching Austria on 13 May were cut off from reaching the frontier by Tito 's forces , or were already in the process of surrendering inside Yugoslavia . |