Example sentences of "they were [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When these pictures were issued they were indeed contemporary because they were based on the evils of the day . |
| 2 | One must beware especially of solutions that are presented as if they were based on the results of rigorous experimental tests and bear the stamp of proof . |
| 3 | Post-Darwinian geologists had assigned vast tracts of time for the operations of forces still believed by us to have shaped the Earth ; but they were challenged on the grounds that thermodynamics could demonstrate that the Sun and the Earth could not be much more than fifty million years old . |
| 4 | They were painted on the walls of many private houses whether the occupants wanted them there or not . |
| 5 | These were the only elements on the council between which there is any contemporary suggestion of hostility and it is thus significant how evenly they were balanced on the commissions . |
| 6 | These were the only elements on the council between which there is any contemporary suggestion of hostility and it is thus significant how evenly they were balanced on the commissions . |
| 7 | When Richard was a young man there was reckoned to be a tournament about once a fortnight on the Continent ; in England they were prohibited on the orders of Henry II . |
| 8 | And h Well , no , they were put on the wagons actually . |
| 9 | They were judged on the criteria laid down by the EC Directive — that they should be unbiased , should properly examine alternatives , and should detail the measures that would be taken to mitigate any environmental damage . |
| 10 | And yet they were founded on the theories and practices worked out by UNESCO ‘ experts ’ . |
| 11 | But they were rebuffed on the grounds that the society was not concerned with clinical research . |