Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [noun] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were given subsidies on cattle and sheep as well . |
| 2 | At this stage the media hounds were sniffing News on Sunday for signs of Loony or Hard Left activity . |
| 3 | Up to 1988 life assurance companies were gaining ground on pension funds , with individual life assurance premiums doubling their share of the personal savings market to 1988 . |
| 4 | They were to stand trial on charges of planning the death in 1976 of Orlando Letelier , a former ambassador to the United States and then Minister in the government of President Salvador Allende , and of Letelier 's secretary Ronnie Moffit [ see pp. 28273 ; 34989 ; 36097 ; July 38334-35 ] . |
| 5 | Brennan and Carlin were granted bail on condition that they keep away from witnesses and Nolan was granted unconditional bail . |
| 6 | Two reports — one by the European Community 's committee of central-bank governors and the other by its monetary committee ( composed of finance-ministry and central-bank officials ) — were made public on May 23rd . |
| 7 | The clan chiefs who had taken part against the King were offered pardons on condition that each took an oath of allegiance to King William before 1st January , 1692 . |
| 8 | If the figures were shown year on year , other variations would appear too . |
| 9 | While children were spending time on task and on different curriculum areas in similar proportions to those identified in other studies , it was also clear that such figures are by no means inevitable or appropriate . |
| 10 | Second , the existing practice of the revenue under the pre-1976 law was not to tax benefits in kind on the average cost basis and those who were asking questions on behalf of their constituents would have been well aware of this fact . |
| 11 | Mrs Abigail , she 'd told Lavinia , had called her a fool that morning just because she dropped a tin plate when they were doing Meals on Wheels . |
| 12 | In Rome , Italia ‘ 90 's director-general , Luca Di Montezemolo , acknowledged that Spain were putting pressure on Fifa . |
| 13 | The Eurocurrency market is a wholesale market ; it had its origins in holdings of US dollars outside the US in the sixties at a time when the US authorities were placing restrictions on capital exports . |
| 14 | Lloyds Bank chief Brian Pitman denied they were increasing margins on loans to support profits in the recession . |
| 15 | Most of the remaining inmates were watching wrestling on television . |
| 16 | Three more children were watching athletics on television . |
| 17 | The new deputies were to take office on Feb. 1 , 1991 . |
| 18 | A pay rise was promised for 1991 to bring Reichsbahn salaries up to half those earned by the Bundesbahn , and talks were to take place on redundancies and compensation . |
| 19 | His job was to interview pilots on return from their missions . |
| 20 | Former King Michael , who had tried to re-enter Romania on Dec. 25 , 1990 , only to be expelled after 12 hours at the airport , was given leave on Jan. 6 to have his Romanian citizenship restored . |
| 21 | Derek , who was Catering Manager on board the flotel the MSV Tharos at the time , was directly involved on the night of the disaster . |
| 22 | Two years later the company 's crash was just as spectacular and Bloom was fined £30,000 on charges in connection with the affair . |
| 23 | Caesars Hotel Casino in Atlantic City was fined $250,000 on Wednesday for removing black women from a dice table for a high-stakes gambler who wanted to gamble only with white , male dealers . |
| 24 | Caesars Hotel Casino in Atlantic City was fined $250,000 on Wednesday for removing black women from a dice table for a high-stakes gambler who wanted to gamble only with white , male dealers . |
| 25 | ‘ But when Gazza said the word beginning with F while he was representing England on TV before the Norway international , nothing was done . |
| 26 | Geoffrey Howe 's plan was to increase taxes on petrol , alcohol and cigarettes ; to raise national insurance contributions ; and , worst of all , not to increase personal tax allowances , so in effect increasing personal taxation . |
| 27 | Just one of the students sponsored by their employer was seeking employment on completion — not surprisingly , the rest had jobs . |
| 28 | ( Bavaria was granted derogations on beer duties , for instance . ) |
| 29 | Tam David-West , Petroleum Resources Minister in 1984-86 and subsequently Mines , Power and Steel Minister until 1988 , was granted bail on Sept. 17 after being charged with " corruptly enriching " in 1986 a United States-based oil company . |
| 30 | ‘ Chief , that gag was done back on page 16 and it stank then . ’ |