Example sentences of "was [verb] on [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emphasis was made on explaining the benign nature of this common problem . |
| 2 | Most new industrial development from 1950 to 1963 was based on mobilizing the reserve army of female labour both in manufacturing ( particularly clothing ) and in white collar services . |
| 3 | The earlier work of historical demographers of households was concentrated on examining the simple measure of household size , and they were able to establish by a variety of evidence that the average size remained remarkably consistent between the seventeenth century and the twentieth . |
| 4 | Fifty pounds was spent on victualling the Spanish crew during their enforcedly long stay . |
| 5 | He was concentrating on demolishing the last of the lime and liquorice sweets he had brought with him in his haversack from Partick , and he trod purposefully on the wet red leaves with his hiking-boots as he strode along . |