Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [verb] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conditions agreed on Dec. 16 , which were based on a set of guidelines elaborated by France for recognition of new states emerging in Europe , included ( i ) acceptance of the UN , Helsinki Act and Paris Charter commitments on the rule of law , democracy and human rights ; ( ii ) guarantees of ethnic and minority rights ; ( iii ) acceptance of the inviolability of frontiers ; ( iv ) honouring disarmament and regional security commitments ; ( v ) arbitration to decide a structure to replace the old state ; ( vi ) acceptance of the draft agreement on Yugoslavia 's future , elaborated by the EC peace conference [ see p. 38559 ] . |
| 2 | The polyps began to disappear shortly after I introduced some large blue mushroom polyps which were growing on a piece of dead coral . |
| 3 | I was fortunate enough to serve my two-year stint from 1956-1958 in the Navy , 18 months of which were spent on a frigate in the Mediterranean , happily bedded most nights , or when off-watch , in a hammock . |
| 4 | It was a form of devotion found not only among the learned but in prayers designed for the laity , as for instance , in another prayer recommended for lay folk at the elevation of the Host : or in the prayer , a fragment of which was carved on a church bench in Oxfordshire : Jesu for thy holy name And for thy bitter passion , Save us fro synne and shame And endles dampnacion . |
| 5 | ( Two years later , the tender of Samuel Foster Limited of Kempston for the nurses ' recreation room in the sum of £10,295 was accepted , despite an amendment which was put forward to postpone this project for three years , but which was lost on a show of hands . ) |
| 6 | I was attending elsewhere to an immigration problem which was based on a misunderstanding between the Home Office and the Foreign Office . |
| 7 | His figure , which was based on a tally kept by victim support groups , was criticized by other experts , who argued that a longer period would have to elapse before such a large number of people could develop cancer . |
| 8 | After the success of Jean de Florette , which was based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol , here is another dramatisation of one of his charming and sentimental takes of friendship in Provence . |
| 9 | Some of the answers are revealed in this study , which was based on a project originated by the Sheffield Branch of Cruse . |
| 10 | One inspired notion was the creation of a Biro which was worn on a thong about the neck clipped into a plastic harness . |
| 11 | She also made me a small bed , which was placed on a shelf too high for rats to reach . |
| 12 | The , main basket this year , which was displayed on a stand , won the couple second place in another local competition and contained trailing geraniums . |
| 13 | There was also a large cat , which was sitting on a chair and grinning from ear to ear . |
| 14 | She stole a white porcelain cup , edged with gold , which was standing on a table beneath the window . |
| 15 | Being light infantry , the regimental helmet-plate centre featured a stringed bugle-horn which was superimposed on a castle over which were two crossed feathers . |
| 16 | I went outside and stood in front of the police station , which was set on a hill . |
| 17 | This was toast which was held on a toasting fork and was pressed against the bars so that the bread was scorched , it was then quickly turned ninety degrees so that it finished up with a grid pattern rather like a leaded window . |
| 18 | Someone from the Vienna art gallery arrived to take a death mask , and crowds of people were soon queuing to view the body , which was laid on a bier in a black suit with a cowl over its head . |