Example sentences of "reply were [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The formal shouts of challenge and reply were made between the guards on the watchtowers and the approaching horsemen , and a moment later there were hooves clattering in the yard . |
| 2 | England in reply were dismissed for 454 , with Les Ames ( 137 ) and ‘ Gubby ’ Allen ( 122 ) putting on an eighth-wicket partnership of 246 , which still stands as a Test record for that wicket . |
| 3 | Four correct replies were given by 70 ( 19% ) of the 372 patients instructed by general practitioners and 25 ( 50% ) of the 50 instructed in community family planning clinics . |
| 4 | Gran Gelato Ltd v Richcliff Group Ltd held that misstatements by a landlord 's solicitors in replies to inquiries could not result in an action ( of negligence ) against the solicitors , but that such replies were given on behalf of the landlord . |
| 5 | An astonishing 6400 replies were received , more than 90 per cent of them supporting the creation of the sanctuary , while 80 per cent wanted a total or seasonal ban on set-netting within the sanctuary area . |
| 6 | Two replies were received from the Labour Party |
| 7 | They also wanted to talk about Mr Lee 's policy for dealing with the action group , and asked that a meeting should take place as quickly as possible ; no replies were received to these letters , and the requests were made repeatedly . |
| 8 | Replies were received from 60 per cent of the people contacted : 830 of the 1384 male applicants and 260 of the 412 female applicants . |
| 9 | In this survey , replies were received to this effect from three such businesses . |
| 10 | Some 2,000 replies were received . |
| 11 | In pursuance of this , 8,000 letters were sent out in 1898 and nearly 3,000 replies were received within a short space of days . |
| 12 | With the help of the European Commission Pilot Project : Community Languages in the Secondary Curriculum , we therefore conducted a second survey amongst a sample of LEA coordinators of community language provision in order to discover how they were attempting to meet locally perceived needs : thirteen replies were received . |
| 13 | One hundred and twenty-nine replies were received — a good response which has proved very useful . |
| 14 | Thirteen replies were received ( 6 from Latin America , 4 from Asia , 2 from Africa , one from WCC ) . |
| 15 | The subject 's replies were recorded on tape , whilst moves made during the program runs were stored in a data file . |
| 16 | Mr Telford , of Wheatley , Doncaster , could hear appeals to give himself up — but his replies were drowned by the noise of air rushing down the shaft . |
| 17 | Wherever possible , replies were coded on the questionnaire in order to simplify the computer reporting system . |
| 18 | The draft reply contained one threat to report I M R O to the Securities and Investment Board for excessive enquiries er and for an unreasonable attitude and the other er bit of the reply was effectively a form of covering up presenting full financial information and disclosure to I M R O. Those replies were drafted by people inside the Maxwell organisation and you may want to comment on er the position , although I should stress at this stage that I like you have not seen the final version of any reply and I do not know whether I M R O persisted . |