Example sentences of "were [adv] [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a tough debate within the Miners ' Federation in 1911 — the miners were not united on the baths ' efficacy — some of the miners ' leaders collaborated with women activists in the labour movement and during the First World War brought out a pamphlet , published by the Women 's Labour League , promoting pithead baths , including testimony from Robert Smillie and the well-known feminist Kathryn Bruce-Glazier . |
| 2 | Watkins found crossroads falling on leys with amazing frequency , even though the present-day roads were not aligned on the leys . |
| 3 | Nalgo , whose Stockton branch chairman Steve Matthews said members were not consulted on the proposals , is seeking an urgent meeting with council leader Bob Gibson over moves to axe 38 jobs in a bid to avoid being rate-capped . |
| 4 | In , In Holland when we were there motor cars were not allowed on the roads ! |
| 5 | Motor vehicles were not allowed on the grounds . |
| 6 | These were broadly based on the recommendations of the 1976 Stevens Committee Report on Planning Control over Mineral Workings , which proposed that mineral permissions should be reviewed periodically and modified , where necessary , to bring them up to date . |
| 7 | Scientists were deeply split on the uses to which the discoveries of atomic physics were being put . |
| 8 | But members of the largest suffrage organization — the non-militant National Union of Women 's Suffrage Societies — were deeply divided on the merits of the war . |
| 9 | The opening moves were automatically registered on the screens , then the lights over one game failed , the press room photocopier jammed and the typewriter refused to function . |
| 10 | Restrictions were also lifted on the activities of US non-governmental and non-profit organizations carrying out humanitarian work in Vietnam . |
| 11 | The magistrate could then decide the case on the spot , though postponements were often granted on the grounds that witnesses were missing . |
| 12 | Several of my old shipmates from earlier years were now established on the cutters and were building up reputations as excellent navigators , boat handlers or engineers , as well as hitting the headlines occasionally with notable seizures or rescues at sea . |
| 13 | These proposals were invariably rejected on the grounds of being impractical ( in reality because France or Germany wished to protect a state-owned operation : German coalmines , Air France or Lufthansa ) . |
| 14 | More than 100,000 refugees from the fighting were reportedly stranded on the banks of the Oxus river , between Tajikistan and Afghanistan ; relief agencies said that people were dying of cold in the freezing conditions . |
| 15 | Rabbits , foxes and other woodland creatures were regularly seen on the lawns while the frequent sea frets which softly curled around her sash windows were evidence that the Norfolk coast was only six miles away . |
| 16 | At first , clothes were even made on the premises . |
| 17 | Three centuries of colonialism were then imposed on the peoples seized from Africa to work on its plantations . |
| 18 | They took over the main Fleetwood service from the old Company cars , which were then used on the short-workings . |
| 19 | Stone-throwing attacks were subsequently reported on the houses of the Indian-born magistrate and defence lawyer . |