Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] were [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten of the twenty four who died were in a block of three storey flats ; children were among them , their bodies found in a nearby field . |
| 2 | The result of a ballot announced yesterday showed 78 per cent of parents who voted were in favour of Helena Romanes school in Great Dunmow opting out . |
| 3 | A ballot organised by parents found that 94.3 per cent of those who voted were in favour of retaining the ILEA ; and 51.6 per cent of those entitled to vote rejected abolition . |
| 4 | An estimated 70 per cent of those who voted were in favour of the new constitution which enshrined a unitary state and reduced the powers of the president . |
| 5 | At 46 per cent the turnout was too low ( due to an opposition boycott ) to allow the required 50 per cent of the 7,000,000 voters in Serbia to approve the constitutional amendment , although 95 per cent of those who voted were in favour of early elections . |