Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The match in Ireland ended under something of a cloud when the reigning American Club Professional Champion Larry Gilbert ( right ) was withdrawn from the singles on medical grounds . |
| 2 | Similar , though slightly more muted , approval was given to the propositions on Christian education , discussed from 17 to 19 November , and on the latter date the Council turned its attention briefly to recommendations to simplify marriage legislation and end discrimination against non-Catholic partners in mixed marriages . |
| 3 | The passenger whom I picked up informed me that , throughout the journey , no information regarding delays was given to the passengers on the train . |
| 4 | That narrow smile was pressed to the scars on Justine 's throat . |
| 5 | On 6 August 1945 , the first atomic bomb was dropped by the Americans on the town of Hiroshima in Japan . |
| 6 | The great German superiority in artillery made the outcome inevitable : the Russians abandoned Warsaw and the city was occupied by the Germans on 5 August . |
| 7 | A total curfew was imposed throughout the territories on Feb. 23 after the expiry of the deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait . |
| 8 | Postal notice of confirmation was made to the owners on 1st April . |
| 9 | Postal notice of confirmation was made to the owners on 1st April . |
| 10 | This preventive action was castigated by the judges on the Queen 's Bench . |
| 11 | The output of the southern fields was exported through the terminals on the Gulf which were to be demolished by enemy action at the outbreak of war . |
| 12 | Her eye was drawn to the models on the benches . |
| 13 | He moved to Louth in 1938 and was based at the maltings on Leakes Row . |
| 14 | The agreement was geared to the details on the prevention of nationalization and left little room for re-negotiation ( cited in West Africa , 1980 , p.573 ) . |
| 15 | The plaintiff was employed by the defendants on the construction of a railway . |
| 16 | On Friday the traditional conference photograph was taken and the afternoon was spent by the ladies on a visit to Bowhill and then along to the Selkirk glass factory . |
| 17 | In the Court of Appeal , the judgment below was set aside and judgment was entered for the defendants on their counterclaim . |
| 18 | A statutory meeting was convened on 26 November 1991 and an application for an interim care order under section 31 of the Children Act 1989 was brought before the justices on 29 November 1991 . |
| 19 | The action was brought against the police on the grounds that they failed to inform the prison authorities of the deceased 's suicidal tendencies . |
| 20 | In a further development concerning the scandal , it was announced by the authorities on Dec. 22 that no further indictments would be filed either against Kanemaru — who had already been indicted on minor charges — or against any of the other Diet members implicated in the receipt of Sagawa Kyubin funds . |
| 21 | And although the proposal for a BPS women 's section was opposed by the women on the BPS Council , it had strong support among less powerful female psychologists , and students . |
| 22 | The latter , supported by a petition signed by the Mayor , Francis Harpur , and 120 others , and by a statement from the Rector , Thomas Johnson , that he was " fit and able to teach a Grammar School " , was appointed by the Goldsmiths on 9th April 1651 . |
| 23 | As a response to this situation , Blaug concludes , the wage-allowance system was criticised by the reformers on the basis of arguments which would " equally condemn most modern welfare legislation " . |
| 24 | An originating application was issued by the administrators on 23 November 1990 , and on 30 November 1990 the registrar gave leave to serve these proceedings out of the jurisdiction . |
| 25 | BRIAN DEANE was last night assured that his Sheffield United place is not under threat — even though the £3 million rated striker was demoted to the reserves on Monday . |
| 26 | Maniguet was questioned by the police on his arrival in Sydney but again they were frustrated by lack of evidence that would have allowed them to detain him . |
| 27 | Cruz admitted unfreezing the bank accounts ; his claim that he had the legal authority to do so was rejected by the courts on Nov. 17 . |
| 28 | A much more compact intrusion from Inner Asia was achieved , between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries AD , by the Yakuts with their Turkic language , whose culturally isolated community , based upon cattle and horse-breeding , was established among the Tungus on the middle Lena . |
| 29 | The Show was held in the meadows on the higher ground on the opposite side of the lake . |
| 30 | The clergy of Marseilles were overjoyed and acted as if the bishop was already dead : they took an inventory of the church plate , as was required by the canons on the death of a bishop . |