Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [noun prp] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was posted to London on promotion in 1953 and was replaced the following year by R. B. Wilson on transfer from the field staff in England . |
| 2 | Reference was made to Gloag on Contract ( 2nd edn ) , pp 617 and 618 , which respectively state : ‘ Stipulations as to time of payment are not treated as material conditions of the contract , except in very special cases ’ , and , ‘ [ The ] question is whether the conduct of the party in default is such as to indicate that he intends to repudiate his contractual obligations . ’ |
| 3 | A 13-point plan of " urgent measures to protect the territorial and political integrity of the country and the unhindered functioning of the law-governed state on the whole territory of Yugoslavia " , was presented by Jovic on behalf of the Presidency to the Federal Assembly ( parliament ) on May 28 . |
| 4 | Ever since the first public park was opened at Ormeau on Easter Saturday 1871 , the commitment to providing public open space has been on the increase . |
| 5 | With term approaching fast , it was quite likely that Andrew was coming to London on department business , and had seen his opportunity to call in the debt . |
| 6 | The general public prosector has ordered the release of Mr Wolfgang Vogel , a prominent lawyer and former close aide of Mr Honecker who was detained on Tuesday on suspicion of ‘ criminal blackmail ’ . |
| 7 | Des was chatting with Macca on football focus in the morning , and then he said the same thing . |
| 8 | THE body of a 53-year-old French Catholic priest who was murdered in Brazil on Christmas Eve has been flown back to France , amid a row between the church and police over the investigation of his death . |