Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why there is so much stress in Luke 's account of the life of Jesus that his deeds and words were at the inspiration of the Spirit ( Luke 4:1,14 ; 10:21 ; 23:46 , etc . ) . |
| 2 | The stables were at the back of a courtyard and there was a crowd outside the door . |
| 3 | It was also during this period that we had the strangest set of photographs taken of us , by Peter Christopherson who worked for a design company , Hipgnosis — whose offices were at the back of our Denmark Street HQ — and who later joined Throbbing Gristle , a band best known for tabloid spreads on their occult practices . |
| 4 | The exclusion of certain clergy is less easy to justify ( a relic of the time when religious disputes were at the heart of national affairs ) , as is the exclusion of 18- to 20-year-olds : when the voting age was lowered in 1969 , the age of eligibility for candidature was not . |
| 5 | I planted the polystyrene marker , scattered some flake maize , sweetcorn and broken lobs around it , then headed back to shore where my two rods were at the ready for casting out . |
| 6 | Paramedics were at the scene in four minutes of the emergency call and took over from officers who had been trying to stem the flow of blood . |
| 7 | The books were at the auditors and I did n't want to hold up the minutes and , as you 'd all mostly seen them anyway , I felt that perhaps I could let them go . |
| 8 | The only two working models were at the ‘ Ideal Home Exhibition ’ , and there they were working only from signals generated by a personal computer . |
| 9 | my concerns is , my concerns were at the time that we , we might not be able to continue with that statement because it might become inaccurate |
| 10 | But after the new season 's first frantic flush , Rovers were at the foot of the Second Division . |
| 11 | We used to work eight hour shifts — morning , evening and night — and of these the night duties were at the same time the most boring and the most exciting , depending on whether there was anything ‘ on ’ . |
| 12 | The Daily Mirror revealed three years ago that four judges were at the centre of gay rumours . |
| 13 | The gardens were at the back . |
| 14 | Now the thing about this crew and the crews that you were talking about from the Hundredth Bomb Group , the , I guess the most famous crew from the Hundred Bomb Group is with the Roses Rivetus Now our crews were at the same time . |
| 15 | The question of how to deal with errors was at the heart of the debates in the central commission in the twelve months that preceded the Council . |
| 16 | The privatization of up to 40 state-owned companies was at the centre of the governments economic recovery plan . |
| 17 | The only remaining seats were at the front . |
| 18 | The loss of their lands was a blow not just to episcopal prestige and income but also to episcopal management and the pastoral care of a diocese ; it can not have been reassuring to any bishop to see how often temporalities were at the risk of malicious accusation or expedient suspicion . |
| 19 | It was odd when he came to think about it , but every now and again one or two of them would be posted , yet the five men who had accompanied him from Cranwell , and whose beds were at the far end of the hut , were still here . |
| 20 | Above all , use was made of the great lake in front of the palace , the famous Étang des Carpes , where some of the fish were reputed to have been swimming since the days of Francis I. All sorts of pleasure boats were at the disposal of the guests , ranging from a Venetian gondola to a miniature frigate of the French navy — the latter the pride and joy of the Prince Imperial . |
| 21 | Royalbion 's most important guests were at the hospitality unit today , hoping for a smile from the Princess . |
| 22 | A large group of invited guests were at the opening yesterday where they heard the mayor of Darlington , Coun Rita Fishwick , formally wish Buzz every success . |
| 23 | The quality of those troops was at the heart of the Duke 's real worries . |
| 24 | It sounds like politics of the Nineties but in fact these topics were at the forefront of public debate in Middlesbrough 120 years ago . |
| 25 | She would see out the contract if they would have her , and then consider how things were at the end of it . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm just trying to explain how things were at the time . |
| 27 | Vern Zelmer , now managing director of Rank Xerox ( UK ) Ltd , recalls how things were at the time . |
| 28 | One autumn day towards the end of 1973 , Bernard was driving through Oxford and , as was his wont , stopped off to see how things were at the local shop . |
| 29 | These firms were at the time of out visit listed over each block of filing cabinets . |
| 30 | This only illustrates how very scarce male dancers were at the time . ’ |