Example sentences of "was [vb pp] on [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Maclean coat of arms was repainted on the funeral banners and his shield . |
| 2 | As the majority of the roof load , thatch or oak shingles , was placed on the wall plates , steeply inclined external raking timbers counteracted the thrust of the rafters . |
| 3 | Bradshaw 's technique , his whole life , was built on the twin pillars of strength and stamina ; he was used to taking on an unbeatable opposition and winning . |
| 4 | It was agreed to incorporate most of the alterations , except that a compromise was reached on the Craft subjects . |
| 5 | The 1974 re-organisation was based on the twin principles of rational planning and efficient management , although what was finally brought into being achieved neither . |
| 6 | The survey was based on the cleanliness grades laid down in the 1990 Environmental Protection Act . |
| 7 | The second ground for recovery was based on the condictio indebiti . |
| 8 | As in Philadelphia the major effort of the Belfast research was focused on the community studies ; the main function of both the doorstep survey and the telephone survey was to provide a context within which to place the findings of those studies . |
| 9 | Unless , like Chris Patten , she needed you for what she could n't do herself ( write a decent speech ) , any wet , however bright , was kippered on the back benches . |
| 10 | A magician 's hat , with a rabbit grinning out of it , was printed on the velvet curtains , with crossed wands beneath it . |
| 11 | well the brochures became , were dated each year , the service charge , a date was put on the service charges each year , that 's not to say they were , th they automatically changed , it depends on how long the scheme had been open |
| 12 | However , not much in the way of working-class housing was constructed on the bank tops until the 1850s , when housing development began in earnest and continued until the First World War with the construction of ‘ By-Law ’ housing by builders of a variety of scales but always using land ‘ developed ’ by large-scale investors . |