Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Additionally , as needs changed , new words were coined for new situations and were ‘ Latinised ’ to fit more easily into the documents being called for . |
| 2 | The words were stored in various sub-dictionaries containing vocabulary words and suffixes . |
| 3 | The words were uttered with devastating sincerity . |
| 4 | He was not just ahead of his times , but a timeless figure whose prophetic words were cast as perceptive wit . |
| 5 | Both these words were used in medieval times ; and we can understand the word knacker as an equivalent for harness-maker when we learn that it comes from an Icelandic root , knakkr , meaning a saddle . |
| 6 | When we introduced lexical stress we found that all content words but only a small proportion of function words were marked for lexical stress , and that the number of word paths was reduced primarily because these function words no longer matched parts of content words . |
| 7 | He spoke in Italian , but his words were interspersed with English too , and Meredith sensed the excitement in him , her muddled brain recognising that he was about to announce something important . |
| 8 | The words were spoken with extreme bitterness . |
| 9 | And that applied whether the words were spoken on separate occasions or all together . |
| 10 | Maori tradition has it that these words were spoken by chief Ngatoroirangi when he first arrived in New Zealand from Polynesia in the great Arawa canoe : I arrive where unknown earth is under my feet ; I arrive where a new sky is above me . |
| 11 | When males and females were analysed separately it was found that different characteristics were associated with non-completion and that these differences were quite striking . |
| 12 | Other aspects were discussed in previous chapters . |
| 13 | Complexes were separated by non-denaturing agarose gel electrophoresis , dried and autoradiographed . |
| 14 | The complexes were separated in non-denaturing agarose gels , cut out , incubated at 60 C with running buffer and separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis ( 18 ) . |
| 15 | Two fans were charged with public order offences , but a police spokesman confirmed that no action had been taken against Speedie . |
| 16 | This is probably because the fans were encased in impermeable carbonate muds and also buried at considerable depth below the exposure surfaces from where the leaching solutions originated . |
| 17 | Stock solutions of test compounds were prepared in absolute alcohol and stored at -20°C until use . |
| 18 | As the Trees moved , both his arms and legs were jerked into taut , out-flung positions . |
| 19 | She was down on her knees , finishing off the doorstep ; an apron made from some coarse sacking was protecting her plain black dress , her legs were clad in thick black wool stockings and her feet were shod in heavy , much mended shoes — second-hand into the bargain , as was most of her servant 's clothing . |
| 20 | The great splayed fairings of their target 's legs were painted with ochre volcanos spraying hot scarlet lava like blood from an artery . |
| 21 | Long , muscled legs were shown to full advantage by a pair of crisp khaki shorts . |
| 22 | His legs were encased in tight black trousers that outlined his figure tantalisingly ; the light was not quite bright enough to see his full silhouette . |
| 23 | Most of the coastlands were brought under Roman rule during the Illyrian wars of Octavian in 35–33 BC . |
| 24 | The first would tell of the late Roman empire and its fate after the reorganization by the Emperors Diocletian and Constantine , until most of its Western provinces were superseded by barbarian kingdoms . |
| 25 | Forty primary and twenty secondary schools were selected at random from those thus eligible . |
| 26 | 42,000 pupils in independent schools were assisted from public funds , amounting in all to some £11m. each year . |
| 27 | Rather , groups of from four to six youngsters from the first and second years of several project schools were engaged in tape-recorded discussion , usually in a section of the library or an empty neighbouring classroom . |
| 28 | Eight escuelas normales ( for teacher training at primary level ) were created , twenty-one secondary schools were constructed with international help , along with two technical agricultural institutes . |
| 29 | In order to investigate the latter , five schools were chosen at random and from these a random sample of non-respondents ( N = 11 ) was asked to complete the questionnaire orally . |
| 30 | For example , ten new schools were opened by various local authorities in 1938–39 as barriers against substantial expenditure were lifted . |