Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some 46 years after its fiery end , the remains of Spitfire R6644 were excavated by the Malvern Spitfire Team , the parts restored and a memorial to the pilot erected . |
| 2 | Overall 1586 ( 66% ) were traced through the NHS central registry at Southport , and 693 had died between 1 January 1951 and 31 December 1990 . |
| 3 | It was against expectations and conceptions such as these that two of the early surveys were developed in the United States — the market research survey and the pre-election poll . |
| 4 | While at Charlton Works , they were repainted in the L.C.C . |
| 5 | The first AA telephone boxes were erected on the Ashford to Hythe ( Kent ) road in July 1912 . |
| 6 | The march eventually reached its destination but , on the same night , barricades were erected against an RUC raid on the Bogside . |
| 7 | On oxyntic tissue sections , argyrophil endocrine cells ( mainly ECL cells ) were stinaed with the Grimelius silver impregnation technique . |
| 8 | When [ in 1990 ] the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center and its director were indicted in the Mapplethorpe case and needed money for their defence , we raised about $50,000 for them in about two days . |
| 9 | One witness had disappeared , two more had been intimidated ; doubts were aroused about the ANC 's commitment to the rule of law . |
| 10 | LOW PRICES were realised at the Rick Cole Reno Auction on September 18/19 . |
| 11 | More generally in relation to external dealings , the advantages which the City of London possesses as a major international financial centre were listed by the Wilson Committee : its historical role as centre of the pax Britannica economica ; its geographical position close to Europe and between America and Asia ; the overlap of its working day with those of both Europe and Asia ; political stability ; a high degree of integrity ; a flexible regulatory system ; a concentration of ancillary and cognate services ; and the universality of the English language . |
| 12 | By April 24 Tofilau Eti claimed that 30 members of the Fono had pledged support for his administration , while 16 were aligned with the SNDP and one remained an independent . |
| 13 | THREE yachtsmen were plucked from the Atlantic yesterday after they 'd clung for seven hours to the hull of their overturned racing sloop . |
| 14 | The effectiveness and influence of his paper were recognized by the Cape prime minister , Mr Sprigg , who attacked Jabavu in Parliament , describing him as : |
| 15 | All the planning , training , and pre-production work began to culminate in early December 1968 when the first filmed scenes were completed aboard the USS Yorktown , playing the role of the Japanese carrier Akagi , cruising off the California coast . |
| 16 | IT TOOK an average of 106 months to build the six nuclear power stations that were completed in the US last year . |
| 17 | To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many dwellings for general needs housing were completed in the Monmouth constituency by Monmouth borough council and by housing associations in 1981 and 1991 . |
| 18 | The key messages of our submission to DTI were publicised in the AEA Times bulletin . |
| 19 | I knew she had not been asked to the service at which her husband 's ashes were placed in the Spencer vault . |
| 20 | The investments were extremely profitable , however , and the companies were among the most successful in the country when they were nationalized into the NCB in 1947 . |
| 21 | In those days the names of intelligence chiefs were guarded by the D-Notice system so British newspapers tended not to publish them . |
| 22 | The proceeds were given to the Croydon branch of the Infantile Paralysis Fellowship , the fare being 5 shillings . |
| 23 | Seven 50 minute Medau sessions were given at a Kent County Council Fun Day for girls , part of the ‘ Ever thought of Sport ’ campaign at Buckmore Park Activity Centre , near Maidstone . |
| 24 | An idea of the costs involved were given in a Coventry officials ' confidential report to councillors and fellow officials in the seventies . |
| 25 | Subsequently , while the total number of 110mph trains was retained some were withdrawn from the Glasgow service in favour of key Manchester and Liverpool business trains . |
| 26 | Soering applied to the European Commission of Human Rights on the grounds that there was a serious likelihood that if he were extradited to the United States he would be executed . |
| 27 | Two bilateral United States-Soviet treaties , the Threshold Test Ban Treaty signed in July 1974 [ see pp. 26614-15 ] and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty signed in May 1976 [ see pp. 27813-14 ; 36060 ] , limiting underground explosions to 150 kilotons or less , were ratified by the USSR Supreme Soviet on Oct. 9 , having been ratified by the US Senate on Sept. 25 . |
| 28 | Problems of declining care and vandalism at one of the earliest Edward I castles in Wales were highlighted in a Commons Select Committee Report . |
| 29 | Two Hurricanes of ‘ B ’ Flight were on patrol and were vectored towards the Stukas , while other Hurricanes were hurriedly scrambled . |
| 30 | The EC measures , which were criticized by the ANC , appeared to clear the way for a resumption of exports of iron , steel and krugerrands . |