Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elizabeth was propped up on the pillows , with the baby lying in the cradle by the bed . |
| 2 | With the suppression of the monasteries and many of the hospitals , increasing numbers of beggars and paupers produced problems which were dealt with by statute , so that the responsibility for the sick , the poor and the unemployed was placed firmly on the parishes in which they lived . |
| 3 | The introduction of grant-maintained schools was perhaps the most controversial proposal in the Education Reforms Act 1988 , and one which was justified primarily on the grounds that it would extend parental choice in education . |
| 4 | As the coffin was lifted up on the shoulders of the men , Carmella stood and reached out her hand to touch its wood at Joey 's shoulder . |
| 5 | It was carried out on the orders of Salim Al-Makesh to give himself time to flee the terrorist base before Delta destroyed it . ’ |
| 6 | An amendment that the palace be run jointly with the Graduate Union was turned down on the grounds that ‘ the Graduates are too old and it 's bad for their health . ’ |
| 7 | She was turned down on the grounds of lack of experience with sick children . |
| 8 | An action begun in Glasgow for possession of the books , papers and effects was turned down on the grounds that the Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union was not registered in Scotland and that the complaint had therefore been raised " without title or authority " , though these effects were , claimed Shinwell , later handed over " for the sake of peace and quiet " . |
| 9 | The decision not to simply take over the entire MoMA show was made partly on the grounds that the Pompidou has already mounted a major Matisse retrospective ( in 1971 ) , and partly through a desire to study in depth a period of the artist 's life now viewed as fundamental for the development of twentieth-century painting . |
| 10 | Her prophetic framework was based largely on the writings of Thomas Brightman [ q.v. ] and John Archer ; she expected the conversion and restoration of the Jews in 1656 , and the full establishment of Christ 's kingdom by 1701 . |
| 11 | His judgment was based largely on the fortunes of the Fox-North coalition of 1783 , which Lord Blake has called ‘ the first coalition of any significance in British political history ’ and which died ‘ unhonoured and unwept ’ after only 10 months . |
| 12 | The coding system was based loosely on the categories used in the police STATS 19 accident recording form . |
| 13 | Society was now based on complicity in the common crime ; religion was based on the sense of guilt and the remorse attaching to it ; while morality was based partly on the exigencies of this society and partly on the penance demanded by the sense of guilt . |
| 14 | Its case was based both on the opportunities that this route offered for regional development in the northern Negev , and on the destructive effects on the environment that any of the other routes entailed . |
| 15 | The 1930s witnessed the emerging confrontation with Fascism in Europe , a struggle which was played out on the battlefields of Spain from 1936 to 1939 . |
| 16 | Springing was provided only on the bolsters and above the axle boxes giving a comfortable ride but a tendency to roll . |
| 17 | It was recognised that use of trisodium citrate would remove the need for the separate salt compartments , but its use was ruled out on the grounds that trisodium citrate was five times more expensive than sodium bicarbonate . |
| 18 | Your Lordships were told that Mr. Page started an action in the Queen 's Bench Division for wrongful dismissal which action was struck out on the grounds that the matter fell within the exclusive jurisdiction of the visitor of the university , Her Majesty the Queen . |
| 19 | Later the woman 's benefit was cut off on the grounds that she and her lodger were living together as husband and wife , and he must therefore maintain her . |
| 20 | I was stationed right on the Pilgrims Way |
| 21 | A weekend election in Baden-Wurttemberg , where the extremist Republican Party , led by Herr Franz Schonhuber , a former Waffen-SS officer , gained 10.9 per cent of the votes , was fought mainly on the concerns of the electorate over Germany 's generous political asylum laws . |
| 22 | 2 weeks after he was allowed back on the streets , Andrew Hagans murdered Anna McGurk . |
| 23 | A mill manufacturing that material was established nearby on the banks of the Church Beck but was washed away in a flood . |
| 24 | The drays and bullocks Stephen had sent from Yarrundi eventually arrived on 27 September , the ‘ tent was struck ’ where Gould 's men had encamped outside town with all the provisions , and was loaded up on the carts for the long , slow haul back to the reaches of the Upper Hunter . |