Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [noun pl] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During a provincial tour of the south-west , Koirala 's motorcade was stoned by demonstrators on April 27 and some of his staff were injured . |
| 2 | The second model ( Fig 12.4 ) illustrates a systemic view of the pre-ERA situation , assuming that , although the primary aim was to deliver education to meet statutory requirements and local needs , the provision of the necessary resources was constrained by limitations on finance , in turn influenced by the requirement to ensure parity of resources in all Colleges controlled by the LEA . |
| 3 | The Mercury stated shortly afterwards that ‘ Three persons were took up on suspicion ’ and later that ‘ Ambrose Strange , who killed him , was hanged in chains on Tyler 's Heath for it . ’ |
| 4 | Cardwell was interviewed by police on February 20 and released on bail . |
| 5 | It was thought in mediaeval times to have magic associations and was hung over doors on Midsummer 's Eve to ward off evil spirits . |
| 6 | In Rutland at least demand for wage labour was curtailed by restrictions on com growing imposed by the lack of means of shipment , as in Leicestershire , where labourers seem to have been even thinner on the ground ; much effort went into stock rearing , many farmers kept above-average flocks of sheep , and there was abundant fatting pasture in the Vale of Catmose . |
| 7 | At Bad Honeff the tomb of Konrad Adenauer , West Germany 's first post-war Chancellor , was daubed with swastikas on Oct. 5 . |
| 8 | INSIDE STORY : MULES looks at women who smuggle drugs and THE PRISONER looks like was made by men on drugs . |
| 9 | It may well be the oldest crane in Britain , and it was operated by men on treadwheels . |
| 10 | The problem was minimised in measurements on cells and tissues in vitro , however , and in small animals in vivo , by the ‘ flooding dose ’ technique , in which all amino acid pools are rapidly equilibrated to similar enrichments . |
| 11 | Prestel was used for ideas on screen presentation and demonstration materials were used offline and on-line . |
| 12 | The preliminary text of a new good neighbourliness and mutual co-operation treaty with the Soviet Union was agreed at talks on Nov. 5-6 . |
| 13 | Yet attendance could not have been derisory , since a quorum of 6000 was needed for decisions on citizen rights and the ostracism ( temporary banishment ) of individuals , and such decisions were not uncommon . |
| 14 | The imposition of an additional levy on alien exporters in 1303 had led to English merchants playing a major part in handling wool shipments later in the century , but it was Edward III 's war taxation for his French campaigns , much of which was derived from levies on wool exports , which did most to promote the development of cloth manufacture in England , by creating a tariff barrier which raised the costs of the raw material to the foreign manufacturers . |
| 15 | The attack on Kirkuk — a straightforward economic target — was accompanied by others on Baghdad itself , where the Daurah refinery was hit in September 1980 . |
| 16 | The fundraising part of the campaign was accompanied by items on television , in magazines , and on radio . |
| 17 | The following day Gary Burn was arrested by police on suspicion of murder . |
| 18 | The resulting cloud was observed by instruments on satellites and aircraft , as well as from the ground . |
| 19 | Its financing was switched from levies on member states to the Community 's own resources , and it was set two broad objectives : firstly , to facilitate the employment adjustment resulting from Community policies , and secondly , to help overcome the structural problems experienced by certain regions or target groups , i.e. migrant workers , young job-seekers , women and the handicapped . |
| 20 | Her main criticism was directed at workers on strike since July 22 at the FSM small car plant at Tychy who , she said , were jeopardising the plant 's proposed new contract with Fiat of Italy , without which no pay rises would be possible . |
| 21 | Her main criticism was directed at workers on strike since July 22 at the FSM small car plant at Tychy who , she said , were jeopardising the plant 's proposed new contract with Fiat of Italy , without which no pay rises would be possible . |
| 22 | It also has a strong international dimension , for the abandonment of full employment policies was associated with policies on exchange rates and interest rates which greatly increased the UK economy 's openness to international competition . |
| 23 | Another journalist , the Batman-based correspondent of the Yeni Ulke newspaper , was killed by gunmen on Feb. 24 . |
| 24 | This improvement was achieved despite losses on Hurricane ‘ Andrew ’ totalling $65m net of external reinsurance , $20m of which came in the final quarter . |
| 25 | In the eastern town of Douala a crowd of about 50,000 demanding the overthrow of Biya was confronted by troops on May 16 , but refused to disperse . |