Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [noun pl] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they were the originals of these were made in a place called in Germany . |
| 2 | He divided his force into three , one division under Fraser to sack the village and set it on fire ; one under the Border chiefs to round up all the cattle and stock they could find in the vicinity — they were the experts at this ; and his own grouping to encircle the castle and at least present Dacre and Balliol with a challenge . |
| 3 | However , this extension of the welfare state was double-edged , because as well as offering services it also involved a measure of control over those who were the recipients of those services . |
| 4 | What were the sources of these predictions ? |
| 5 | Then , too , the Garfields of KILSBY and ASHBY ST LEDGERS were the forefathers of another president , James Garfield , whose tenure , however , was one of the briefest in American history ; his term was cut short by an assassin 's bullet just a few months after his inauguration . |
| 6 | First to suffer were the relatives of those who had been kidnapped by the Joint Command . |
| 7 | But according to the earliest Church historians , the James and Jude of the second century were the grandsons of another , older Jude , who was Jesus 's brother . |
| 8 | Were the wishes of those they commemorate taken into consideration ? |
| 9 | Thus , in his study of seventeenth-century German Baroque tragic drama , ruins , relics , and deathheads were the elements of such allegories . |
| 10 | no , we never got it right , what were the answers on that ? |
| 11 | Last week Town were the stars of this thriller at Peterborough . |
| 12 | The only centres of learning were the monasteries in those remote areas , and it is in one of these , founded in 682 at Jarrow by a wealthy Northumbrian nobleman turned monk , Benedict Biscop , that we find ‘ the first scientific intellect produced by the Germanic peoples of Europe ’ . |
| 13 | So dramatic were the claims for some of these anti-ageing products that there were rumblings to the effect that such powerful preparations ought to be classified as ‘ drugs ’ . |
| 14 | The breasts were the apples of all eyes . |
| 15 | Yet we were the ones with all the flash gear . |
| 16 | Inside the excavation were the bones of some huge creature . |
| 17 | The maintenance of such records in departments was traditionally seen as enabling them to see who did what , when , where and why , and what were the effects of these actions . |
| 18 | So powerful were the effects of this philosophy that to those who looked down from a higher level in society , the suffering became invisible ; or if not invisible , then transparent , and their view was not arrested by it but looked through it at what they took to be economic verities beyond . |
| 19 | Supreme in this field were the members of another branch of the Titford family , at that time recent arrivals in London from their home in Wylye , Wiltshire . |
| 20 | He had numerous sons and daughters , legitimate and illegitimate , some of whom were the progenitors of many of Scotland 's leading noble families . |
| 21 | Nor were the adherents of this strategy reticent about their heritage , with one Thatcherite Cabinet Minister acknowledging in 1982 , ‘ I am a nineteenth century Liberal . |
| 22 | Since the Articles of the EC Treaty have direct effect , they are capable of enforcement by individuals within member countries , just as if they were the laws of that country . |
| 23 | If war was a means of achieving peace , or social and political harmony and order , how compatible were the activities of many soldiers with that aim ? |
| 24 | The exceptions were the teachers in such subjects as physical education , art , and the crafts . |
| 25 | Or they were the wings of that sweet-faced Gabriel who appears in so many pictures , whose scarlet plumes brush the ceiling of the bedroom in which he has alighted ; whose shadow fills the whole of the bedroom wall , whose robes cover half the bedroom carpet and whose single , beckoning finger silences the virgins of history , making them forget the books which they have been surprised reading , and sends them sinking to their knees . |
| 26 | Arguing once more from the personal to the universal , he concluded that those who had done such a thing to him were the enemies of all civilised society . |
| 27 | Travelling ( usually on public transport ) , blue tunics and a great deal of fun were the hallmarks of those early days , as small groups of class members ( and sometimes their children ) went with Peggy or Molly to lecture , demonstrate and promote Medau . |
| 28 | Furthermore , the whole street and most of the homes within were kept in a remarkably high state of cleanliness , owing to the fact that these were the homes of many professional people , such as doctors , dentists , teachers , rabbis and Church of Scotland ministers . |
| 29 | How large were the , were the classes with these influx of all these , di did it boost up the numbers in the ? |
| 30 | How much were the repayments on that thing ? |