The rhythm of the pounding waves are calming.

All of the dogs in the neighborhood were barking.

A high tax, not to mention unemployment,  influences votes.

My friends and my mother like  each other.

The team and the band  were on the field.

Building a good marriage and building a good log fire are similar in many ways.

John or Doris write  to us regularly.

Neither Carol nor Ted are excluded from the meeting.

Either Patty or Tom were asked to lead the meeting.

Neither the basket nor the apples were expensive.

Neither the apples nor the basket were expensive

Either Maria or you  were late for class.

Either you or Maria  were late for class.

Hardest hit by the high temperatures and the drought was  the farmers.

Neither of them like  going to the show.

Each of them  have a good seat.

Everybody in the class  have tickets.

Every silver knife, fork, and spoon  have to be counted.

Each cat and each dog  have its own toy.

The committee is  meeting today.

Ten million gallons of oil  are a lot of oil.

The jury  votes today.

The number is  very small.

A number of students was absent.

Ten million gallons of oil  were spilled.

The majority of us are in favor.

Statistics is  an interesting subject. Statistics is / are often misleading.

The sheep stray when the gate is left open. Sheep stray / strays when the gate is left open.