Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [was/were] [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A variety of opinions were aired on the matter by the politicians present , and there seemed to be a definite acknowledgement that at least some of those present held shares in Anglo United , the mother company of IBM . |
| 2 | Even baskets of oddments were placed on the pavement , a practice which would be frowned on today , but the footpaths were kept spotlessly clean by each trader . |
| 3 | The present-day National Union of Seamen was founded on the north east coast , which was also a major centre for the Seamen 's Reform Movement which recaptured the union for the rank-and-file in the mid-1960s . |
| 4 | ( iii ) Prior to take-off no concentration of birds was seen on the airport by that aircraft crew or by ATC personnel in the tower . |
| 5 | It is clear that many of these kinds of views were based on the evidence that in some areas of employment , and in particular on production lines involving speed and pacing , problems began as early as the mid to late forties . |
| 6 | A pair of slippers were balanced on the rim of the stage , alongside a keg of beer and two huge loaves of bread . |
| 7 | Some 64,186 tonnes of insecticides were used on the republic 's cotton crops in 1975 ; this fell to 30,083 tonnes in 1985 , as the environmental implications of their use became evident , and to 2,586 tonnes in 1991 , following the end of the centrally planned system . |
| 8 | 1963 ) and a number of studies were done on the reduced sexual responsiveness to familiar members of the opposite sex in rodents ( reviews in Dewsbury , 1982 ; D'Udine & Alleva , 1983 ) . |
| 9 | Traces of explosives were found on the clothing of the three accused , two of whom were in the back seat of the vehicle and one in the front passenger seat . |
| 10 | The diagnosis of PSS was based on the preliminary criteria of the American Rheumatism Association . |
| 11 | Seeds of biennials were sown on the programme in June , and many have made fine plants to fill borders , windowboxes and containers , which will grace our first programmes come next spring . |
| 12 | The Maclean coat of arms was repainted on the funeral banners and his shield . |
| 13 | A series of degradations were performed on the lattice produced such that the worst quality lattice , Q50 , retained just 260 of the correct words as alternatives . |
| 14 | An encampment of tents was constructed on the dry , high plateau of Paris by the French decorator Jansen . |
| 15 | A series of tests was developed on the following topics : number , money , measurement , tabular data and spatial concepts . |
| 16 | A number of choices were made on the introduction of legal aid after the Second World War , which have affected its development . |
| 17 | In addition , an elevator for discharging grain from ships was completed on the South side of Edinburgh Dock and connected to the warehouse by a large conveyor band erected on brackets hung from steel principals of a long iron shed . |
| 18 | A request by opposition parties to allow a transitional period during which the newly formed parties could prepare for elections was refused on the grounds that the election dates were specified in the Constitution . |