Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A suitable break-point was taken on the death of Magnentius in 353 , and of the reports examined from 334 buildings , no less than 199 offered no satisfactory evidence and it could be argued that the remaining 135 hardly offer a sufficient quantity for any serious statistical study . |
| 2 | Working at the top end of the market as he did , Roche was taking on the most difficult assignments , but they were also the most remunerative and had the greatest publicity value . |
| 3 | Cos of the design of this crusher affair , the whole weight was carried on the c what could be the bap of the bearing you know , the bearing cap . |
| 4 | I suddenly realised the air was filled with soot from the chimneys above and the snow was taking on the appearance of cottage cheese sprinkled with black pepper . |
| 5 | Ashby was keen because of the sparking relationship that existed between Nicholson and Michelle — but eventually the script was put on the back burner . |
| 6 | So no action was taken on the ideas of the Layfield Committee . |
| 7 | Action was taken on the poll tax . |
| 8 | Lunch was taken on the terrace alone beneath the warming rays of the April sunshine , and after that she continued her exploration of the house , amazed at the number of rooms that were apparently shut up and wondering why it was that a man like Marc Alexander Vila would choose to live alone in this enormous and obviously expensive mausoleum . |
| 9 | As Anglican church discipline was tightened and as the Oxford Movement spread its influence throughout the clergy the happy-go-lucky attitude of older Broad and Low Churchmen was put on the defensive . |
| 10 | That first presidential order to send American troops into possible combat was taken on the run , as Bush was preparing for his first superpower summit with Mikhail Gorbachev at Malta . |
| 11 | could be extremely severe , but some horseplay , and the occasional illicit disc was put on the record-player , much to Herr Hocher 's annoyance . |
| 12 | Thus evidence was taken on the need for the bill and why it was proposed to deal with problems in a particular way . |
| 13 | It was excavated in an unsystematic way , and the many illustrations of finds show that the emphasis was put on the recovered finds rather than on the site itself In this illustration , published soon after the excavation in 1883 , the burial was attributed to the Vikings . |
| 14 | The foundations of modern archaeology were laid down in the 17th century , and throughout the 17th and 18th centuries emphasis was put on the recording of archaeological monuments , initially as part of general topographical works , but eventually as part of a study of the monuments themselves . |
| 15 | It was from these regions that Catalan industry was to draw its cheap labour , while the wild valleys of the Pyrenees were an enclosed world with a tradition of brigandage and family feuds ; here Carlism was to take on the violence and cruelty of the local society . |
| 16 | As a result , Frank Bates was taken on the strength . |
| 17 | but you 're saying in , in , in short , are you , that erm , that in the present instance erm the obligation was put on the United Kingdom government which has sort , it may have succeeded or not as the case maybe , discharge the obligation by in effect erm subject to the subsidiary provisions which you 've both make reference and leaving it to er regulate these matters |
| 18 | Not surprisingly , considerable pressure was put on the Conservative government to take some action to cope with the problem , though it was neither clear nor agreed what the basic problem was . |
| 19 | The above shot was taken on the 18th while the aircraft flew for Dutch TV . |
| 20 | In such petty ways some revenge was taken on the wealthy transient . |
| 21 | The following survey was taken on the streets of Bradford . |
| 22 | ‘ The idea was to pass on the information from generation to generation , so children traditionally played a very important part , ’ said a spokeswoman for the Open Spaces Society . |
| 23 | An urgent decision was taken on the surface that the men would have to be brought out in groups of three . |
| 24 | He stresses that the decision was taken on the spur of the moment and that it seemed completely acceptable to everyone there at the time . |
| 25 | One is that the not guilty verdict was brought on the understanding that she sought medical help in a psychiatric hospital , and that poor Jane finished her days in Broadmoor . |
| 26 | Having cowed the trade unions , we can see that the next step was to take on the local authorities and the poor . |
| 27 | You see , under the old law when a married man without a family his brother was to take on the widow and raise up a family in the name and in the memory of his brother . |
| 28 | Boyd 's cross was taken on the volley by Ferguson as he deliberately launched himself backwards to make room for a full-blooded shot . |