Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence , at a time when growing numbers were seeking houses the capacity of the cities to cope was being tested . |
| 2 | The land into which the Russians advanced was similar in many ways to Canada in terms of terrain , climate and natural vegetation . |
| 3 | Fifteen years ago , many of the cases SAVE was involved with caused ridicule amongst our critics . |
| 4 | That subletting was widely practised can not be doubted , for not only in the cases examined was the number of proven freeholds relatively small , but , even in regions where they were most numerous they still formed a minority of all holdings . |
| 5 | An interesting discovery which would certainly have brought the Hunters running was unearthed at Danbury , Essex , in October 1779 . |
| 6 | Thus , for 19 randomly selected larger firms the average amount of the variance of the returns explained was 52 per cent ( for 16 smaller firms over the same period the degree of explanation was 56 per cent ) for the period January 1934 to December 1938 , significantly higher than in the post-war period . |
| 7 | What the kidnappers wanted was not specified . |
| 8 | ‘ The document the kidnappers want was written by Vicente Ortiz , ’ said Charlotte in a rush . |
| 9 | The first thing the researchers discovered was that special infrared cameras , designed to pick up the heat given off by warm-blooded animals , failed to detect polar bears — the insulation provided by their coats is too efficient . |
| 10 | Well , in this particular experiment , what the experimenters did was , when the parental birds left the nest , they stuffed the erm , the chicks as full with worms as they could possibly stuff it . |
| 11 | Liverpool 's desire to score the goals required was resulting in a glaring lack of composure , playing into Spartak 's hands . |
| 12 | A recording of police officers chasing the vehicle through Milton keynes , demonstrates how dangerous the teenagers driving was , with the stolen car mounting a pavement and crashing though roadwork cones : |
| 13 | The only common characteristic of all the schools visited was the willingness of the people interviewed to be involved in the research . |
| 14 | The key change that could be identified in all the schools visited was that of a rethink about departmental allocation , As a result of devolution , capitation seemed to be allocated to departments using criteria that were more public and in most cases fairer ; for example , a formula based on pupil and subject weightings , or a system of bidding or , inevitably , the use of last year 's figures plus an allowance for inflation . |
| 15 | How much of what the informants said was discarded by the interviewer because he did not find it useful — and by what criteria did he decide what was useful and what was not ? |
| 16 | What the traces showed was , as we would have anticipated , a steady background buzz of the spontaneous firing of the cells of the IMHV . |
| 17 | Tonight , police said one of the drivers killed was from Northampton . |
| 18 | And when we got to the other end one of the lads actually walked in and did a waltz into the school with it which the kids thought was great . |
| 19 | It was a difficult show to view nonetheless as the visual scale of some of the subjects portrayed was not always comfortably accommodated within this size ( 3″ ×5″ ) . |
| 20 | A description of the methods used was later revised and issued by the Centre for Library and Information Management . |
| 21 | The Scots fielding was mostly very good , though Kennedy and David Orr put down catches , and there was a controversial moment at the end of the 33rd over when Bergins was adjudged lbw . |
| 22 | She thanks her lucky stars that none of the parties involved was given to temper tantrums . |
| 23 | Their Holden Racing Team ( HRT ) Commodore V8 , which the pundits claimed was dated and slow , outlasted a pack of Ford Sierras and a Nissan Skyline GT-R to take the flag a mere 15sec ahead of Paul Radisich and Jeff Allam , driving Dick Johnson 's second Shell Sierra Cosworth . |
| 24 | He was aware that what exactly the words meant was in a curious way less urgently important than the necessity of uttering them . |
| 25 | Within the narrative of Greenblatt 's book — opening with him considering the ‘ magic ’ of Shakespeare revivifying the dead in Greenblatt 's own voice , concluding with Greenblatt considering Shakespeare as substitute fetish for the book which the natives believed was stealing their life — this latter story also stands as a type of anecdote or fable about part of New Historicism 's critical enterprise . |
| 26 | The range from the firing point to where the rounds impacted was between 35 metres ( the shot that hit Barling ) and 30 metres ( the ones that hit the pillar ) … ’ |
| 27 | One of the dualities noted was that of hard/soft ; another was that of difficult/easy . |
| 28 | One of the sites chosen was a particularly spectacular peak called Mullwharchar in the Galloway Hills of South Ayrshire , whose barren , windswept slopes rose to the south of the bleakly named Loch Doon . |
| 29 | The woods of Lothlorien where the Elves dwelt was a wonderful place but now it will wither . |
| 30 | What the planners ignored was the effect of competition on profitability . |