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1) Intervening phrases:
2) Indefinite pronouns:
3) Compound subjects
Example: Neither the coach nor the managers were prepared for the
strike.
Neither the managers nor the coach was prepared for the strike.
Example: Along the table beside the wall were my keys. [Keys is the
subject of the sentence.]
Collective nouns:
Example: The last act featured was the singers and dancers.
11) Verbs in clauses that follow one of those are almost always plural.
If one adds the only to the phrase, the clause becomes singular.
Example: This is the only one of those assignments that requires
research in the library.