Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time the tax that banks deducted from interest payments to depositors was passed on to the taxmen each quarter . |
| 2 | The Provos , he claimed , had reserves of munitions and were determined to keep going , even though a debate of sorts was going on within the Republican movement . |
| 3 | The relationship between body posture and suppressed past trauma or emotions was touched on in the section dealing with cervical reintegration . |
| 4 | Yet , not all this increase in bulk costs was passed on to the consumers in retail tariffs . |
| 5 | The problem of social role One particular difficulty which is liable to beset participant observation studies was touched on in the previous paragraph ; it concerns the social role allocated to the fieldworker as a consequence of his or her age , sex , ethnicity or other socially significant attributes . |
| 6 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |