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were subjects
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In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.
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Far more important to those surveyed were subjects like education, auto insurance and taxes.
Vanessa Redgrave and Alec Guinness were subjects he revisited with particular pleasure.
Two other companies acknowledged yesterday that they were subjects of regulatory investigations.
Two other bon viveurs were subjects of biographies this year.
Ghosts and hauntings were subjects Mr. Herbert often revisited.
Most lived for decades in government-owned or financed laboratories, where they were subjects of biomedical research.
But two of the highest-ranking officials who were subjects of the investigations will apparently escape penalty.
Talking to her, you got the sense that there were subjects you didn't dare broach.
All of these were subjects that the actress Jennifer Lawrence breezed right into over breakfast recently.
It said: "It is deeply worrying that anyone who is subject to a Tpim, or those who were subjects of control orders, can abscond with relative ease.
Baronesses and beggars, saints and washerwomen: all were subjects of the 18th- and 19th-century Spanish artist Francisco José de Goya.
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