Example sentences of "this was [verb] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was based on the antics of a crew chief John C Ford — Jack to his friends — who had some knuckled dentistry and lost a tooth during a bar-room brawl en route to England . |
| 2 | This was justified on the grounds that , since lifetime gifts were exempt from inheritance tax , there was no longer double capital taxation . |
| 3 | This was justified on the grounds that , having failed to get into grammar school , I would be educationally disadvantaged further by attending the local comprehensive . |
| 4 | This was rejected on the grounds that there was nowhere else to put the rescued artifacts , many of which were designed for the house . |
| 5 | This was rejected on the grounds that such sinister tunnels would become lurking places for thieves . |
| 6 | One aspect of this was to focus on the experiences of particular groups : the poor , women and ethnic minorities . |