Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] were [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 solo performers or groups were signed to major record companies .
2 Bowlers & brollies were added to this outfit — and in out-of-synch areas far from London , kids wore mixtures of suedehead hair , check shirts , Sta-Prests , boots , bowlers & brollies .
3 At this point various drugs or vehicles were added to the incubation media .
4 The sun was falling towards the horizon and birds were hurrying to their evening roosts .
5 During the year under review information and opinions were given to :
6 During the year under review information and opinions were given to :
7 In the meantime , maintenance equipment and personnel were relocated to Renfrew from Abbotsinch and began preparing the Spitfires for transfer to the docks .
8 Amplifications were carried out using Vent polymerase and reactions were subjected to 15 PCR cycles at 94°C for 1min , 60°C for 1min and 72°C for 1min .
9 Each head of faculty 's final report was duplicated and copies were given to each faculty member , the headteacher , and the appropriate deputy head .
10 The results of the travel survey have been published in the June issue of C and B News , and copies were sent to the local councillors , Hugh Fraser ( Region ) and Beth Brereton ( District ) .
11 A brochure was produced detailing the professional interests of staff and proposed topics for courses , and copies were distributed to all regional authorities in Scotland and to head teachers of local schools .
12 She was turned on to her stomach and handcuffs and thumbcuffs were applied to her , ’ Mr Williams added .
13 He had fasted and prayed , desperately seeking the answer to why men such as Implexion succeeded in life , at the expense of others , and noble men such as Dauntless 's peers and superiors were doomed to failure .
14 The earliest mention of the church is in 1115 when the church and titles were given to the Abbey of St Martin in York .
15 This Act was repealed by the new Labour government in 1974 and in legislation in 1975 and 1976 , further rights and immunities were granted to trade unions .
16 The days of the Prize Ring were such a brutal business , fought under rules which enabled men to inflict terrible injuries on each other , and fights were fought to a finish when a man was downed and had been battered into insensibility .
17 The aeromagnetic database was augmented by the incorporation of a number of digital survey sets , and improvements were made to its structure in order to accommodate different map projections and additional magnetic field parameters : all records now include locations expressed as geographical coordinates as well in a local grid system .
18 Yesterday , the stock stood at 298p as the annual report and accounts were sent to investors .
19 To mark the 10-year anniversary , staff and associates were invited to a buffet lunch aboard 's historic sailing barge Ena , where , chief executive of the Ipswich Port Authority , presented Grain Terminal chairman , with a watercolour painting to commemorate the occasion .
20 Both imports and exports were shown to be growing at a similar rate .
21 Both imports and exports were shown to be growing at a similar rate .
22 Rostov realised that signs and shrugs were going to be inadequate .
23 Political activity was banned and Koreans were subordinated to Japanese at all levels of administrative activity .
24 The Don canal was made to connect Sheffield with the Humber estuary , and various branches and inter-connections were made to the system before the coming of the railways , to make those canals serving the coal-mining and iron and steel industries some of the busiest commercial waterways in the country .
25 During a recent promotion , the Great Central Railway has undertaken the 1992 visitors survey and questionnaires were given to visitors and passengers arrival with a closing date of August 7 .
26 Investigators and subjects were blinded to insulin type and the insulins were given in random order .
27 The camera was placed at 1.0m from a masked wall , and subjects were fixed to this wall in the case of cards , immediately in front of it for plants .
28 Enormous bonuses and premiums were offered to farmers .
29 When he became Minister of the Interior and thus boss of the Securitate , its various intelligence activities and methods were explained to him .
30 Such cultic shedding of blood was regarded as the means of connecting with the Godhead , and animals were brought to the priests for sacrifice as sin- and thank-offerings , for purging ritual impurity , covenanting and redemption of both the individual and the nation as a whole ( Lev .
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