Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] of [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leicester , one of the better teams in the division , made only one significant mistake and were mugged of the points by resourceful opponents who did not make any . |
| 2 | Motoring journalists were reminded of the values that GT used to stand for when reviewing the 164.0 Cloverleaf . |
| 3 | Probably few of the most stout defenders of direct state welfare provision , once they were apprised of the costs and failings of the asylums in question , would have argued against strategies for their rationalization . |
| 4 | As more details were revealed of the atrocities committed by the occupying Iraqi forces , there were further reprisal attacks . |
| 5 | Elsewhere , significant explorations were made of the types of cooperative support that could be developed , between schools and teachers from different schools , and between a variety of other educational institutions such as colleges , polytechnics , universities and that peculiarly British innovation , the teachers ' centre . |
| 6 | It is understood that early this year both local gardai and Catholic Church officials were told of the allegations ; the health board became involved and the priest received counselling . |
| 7 | Today , The Test And County Cricket Board 's disciplinary committee at Edgbaston were told of the events which lead to Stemp providing a positive sample during a match with Middlesex at Uxbridge in July . |
| 8 | No such sacrifices were demanded of the participants at the Day School . |
| 9 | In certain regiments , however , qualifications beyond the strictly medical were demanded of the surgeons , for in Highland regiments knowledge of the Gaelic language appears to have been more seriously demanded of medical officers than of the combatant officers . |
| 10 | Sir : How sad that on the day details were announced of the incentives available to investors in water authorities the Government gave virtually a vote of no confidence in the industry 's product . |
| 11 | The court heard the social services department received complaints of Mr Jones ' ill-treatment and photographs were taken of the injuries . |
| 12 | Laminate production started that afternoon and completed tubes were rolling of the machines by Sunday morning . |
| 13 | ( Kenny does not add that if we were talking of the perceptions of fish or bees , our judgements might lack the confidence of those made of cats or apes . ) |
| 14 | We were talking of the boys you know one time she used to go with Richard and |
| 15 | We really were thinking of the Russians . |
| 16 | Two lower-ranking officers were convicted of the murders on Sept. 28 , 1991 , while seven were acquitted [ see p. 38414 ] . |
| 17 | The local police were informed of the whereabouts of the statues , just incase anyone mistakenly reported an attempted break-in . |
| 18 | His feelings were cleansed of the poisons of revenge , contempt , self-hatred , envy and avarice which had worked him into a hellish turbulence of vicious thoughts . |
| 19 | But it was to be some considerable time before any more was heard of the letters or of Sir George . |
| 20 | Hence debates had an antiquarian tone : little was heard of the rights of man , a great deal about the rights of the crown of Aragon , of the Councils of Toledo and Leon , of the Goths as founders of liberty . |
| 21 | But strangely , nothing further was heard of the islands for several hundred years until the famous Dutch explorer Willem Barents rediscovered Svalbard in 1596 . |
| 22 | This hundred name petition against the dump concludes that not enough notice was given of the plans . |
| 23 | A retrospective analysis was undertaken of the results of the first attempt at in vitro fertilization ( IVF ) treatment to evaluate the effects of cigarette smoking by either partner in events preceding and during oocyte recovery , fertilization , implantation , and early pregnancy in a group of patients undergoing IVF-ET . |
| 24 | The use of the contract army , however , placed the king in the position of debtor to the military captains , most of whom were members of the titled nobility , and the sums owed by the crown to individual nobles might often be very substantial : in 1386 , for instance , the Earl of Northumberland reached agreement with the Exchequer whereby in return for £700 he discharged the king of all debts owing to the earl ‘ from any time past until the making of this indenture ’ , and the earl was discharged of the debts he incurred when he held the office of Admiral . |
| 25 | Charles was reminded of the wars of the Spanish Succession when the mellow red brick of Flemish farm houses exactly like this one , housed the dandified officers , all feathers and lace , of the Spanish Imperial Army . |
| 26 | He was reminded of the statements of the stableman who had joined him for a drink at the Bull , situated at the end of Cross Street , and of the café owner where he had stopped for a fried breakfast . |
| 27 | I was reminded of the techniques of early home-construction by a piece in Radio Bygones , a magazine devoted to the radio art of the past . |
| 28 | This was because of past history when it was expected of the womenfolk , and the close family structure where others could be called on to assist if necessary . |
| 29 | Eliot , who was tolerant of eccentrics as long as he was not expected to join their ranks , sometimes deplored the degree of ascetic zeal that was expected of the supporters . |
| 30 | The position at the moment is that the defendant tells me he would like to acquire the premises because erm a low criticism has , was made of the premises as being suitable for the carry on of the doctors surgery in partner , a doctor 's surgery in partnership because no doubt the space and other matters , er the defendant tells me that erm they are perfectly suitable for as it were a sole petitioner to carry on his practice from them and that is why he would like to acquire it . |