Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tens of thousands were reported back on the streets in Timisoara yesterday , defying a state of emergency , a curfew , and a ban on assembly of more than five persons imposed on the region . |
| 2 | So inflexible was this masterplan that when New Scientist attempted to introduce someone who knew nothing about computers to the machine ( it is claimed to be very easy to use ) we were turned down on the grounds that ‘ this would upset the timetable ’ . |
| 3 | Invitations were turned down on the grounds that ‘ we would only have to ask them back ’ . |
| 4 | Other classes — peasants and now workers — were accepted only on the terms laid down by the leaders . |
| 5 | At the outset , five hypotheses were selected prospectively on the grounds that they were refutable within the context of the study design , that they were of relevance to current duodenal ulcer research , or that they were of potential importance for both ulcer healing and ulcer recurrence . |
| 6 | Bearded seals were hauled out on the ice-floes here and there and there were occasional puffins and guillemots in the bits of open water . |
| 7 | The documents were handed over on the grounds that this could be compelled under section 2(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 . |
| 8 | Elsewhere , the forces were based historically on the counties . |
| 9 | The stories of Sigurd and Wayland seem to have been particularly popular , and while , as R.N. Bailey has argued , such carvings could have been attempts to link pagan with Christian belief , one is still driven to the conclusion that they " may have appealed to tastes and interpretations which were based more on the traditions of Scandinavia than the Christian Fathers " . |
| 10 | Demands for action to clean up sulphur dioxide emissions from power stations , widely believed to be responsible for the ‘ acid rain ’ that was killing forests , lakes and rivers — not just in Scotland , but as far afield as Germany and Scandinavia — were brushed aside on the grounds of inconclusive evidence ; a similar attitude was taken towards the radioactive discharges from the nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield . |
| 11 | He was now studying the crayoned pictures of the nativity by local children which were taped up on the pillars . |
| 12 | The headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party ( PSOE ) was searched by court officials and police on Nov. 19 ; papers were taken away on the orders of a judge investigating allegations that the PSOE had received illegal funds . |
| 13 | Some of the wealthier natives brought picnic hampers in the European manner , and their servants would unroll splendid carpets on the green sward ; while their banquets were spread out on the carpets they could watch what was going on through telescopes and opera-glasses which they had had the foresight to bring with them though what they saw , as they swept the ramparts of the Residency and banqueting hall can hardly have looked very impressive to them : just a few ragged , boil-covered skeletons crouching behind mud walls . |
| 14 | ‘ Sums were worked out on the backs of envelopes , it was chaos , ’ recalls one former member of his Household . |
| 15 | But the one that were carted out on the fields , they were left with the leaves on because the cattle ate the leave as well . |
| 16 | The two judgment tasks were practised twice on the roads preceding the actual test route , once when turning left at a large roundabout and once when turning right at an unsignalized T-junction . |