Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thick pink towels were stacked on a rack , other pink towels were over a rail . |
| 2 | The objectives would be achieved more readily ‘ if courses were developed on a unit basis ’ . |
| 3 | Party leaders should consider taking the major drug companies into public ownership so that their products were developed on the basis of need rather than profit . |
| 4 | Simonds notes that ‘ Nearly opposite to St Pancras Church stood a Toll-Bar , and to prevent horsemen avoiding payment , some posts were erected on the footpath , between which we had to pass . |
| 5 | Chi-squared , Fisher 's exact , Student 's t , and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to detect significant differences among vaccine groups ; 95% confidence intervals ( CI ) for proportions were calculated on a logit scale and converted to the original scale , and 95% CIs for GMTs were calculated with the method of normal approximation . |
| 6 | Confidence intervals for these were calculated on the basis of the associated binomial probability . |
| 7 | Finally , Meshkinpour 's figures were calculated on the basis of hospital charges for manometry , whereas our figure was derived from actual costs . |
| 8 | Confidence intervals were calculated on the assumption that the variance of the log relative risk is equal to the sum of the reciprocals of the observed number of cases in the two groups being compared . |
| 9 | All the cards and calendars which had come to the house were arranged on the mantelpiece , and amongst them were little boxes of sweets and candied fruit and brightly hued crackers . |
| 10 | Indeed , that section is worded exceptionally widely and would empower the Secretary of State to undertake root-and-branch reforms of the whole process of transferring shares , whether or not these were listed on an exchange . |
| 11 | The amino-acid sequences were aligned on the basis of structural superpositions . |
| 12 | Adoption is different from novation and also appears to be distinguishable from merely acting as though the contract were binding on the company . |
| 13 | Headed by the USSR President and comprising as before the Presidents of the union republics , but with the addition of the USSR Vice-President and the Presidents of the 20 autonomous republics * ; upgraded from a consultative to an executive body , responsible for co-ordinating the work of the central and republican governments , ensuring observance of the Union Treaty , and resolving inter-ethnic and inter-republican disputes ; Council resolutions needed a two-thirds majority , and were binding on the President ( who had to enact them by decree ) and on all republics . |
| 14 | About 190 questionnaires were completed on the campus , with an additional 250 names and addresses of absent colleagues submitted . |
| 15 | Still , you see if they 're coming from somewhere like Southampton or wherever they might have come , maybe they were delayed on the journey and er So we went and had our half hour lunch . |
| 16 | Plant subjects in the same lunchboxes that had been used for previous experiments were placed on a stand and viewed . |
| 17 | After immersion in 40% glycerin solution at room temperature , they were placed on a copper stage and frozen with liquid nitrogen . |
| 18 | With large consumers , moreover , the cost of more complex metering was justified , and most were placed on a tariff based on their measured maximum demand as well as a cost-based running charge . |
| 19 | When they played cricket and other games in Calcutta their arms were placed on a table under a guard on the edge of the playing field , ready for instant action . |
| 20 | The computer , keyboard and monitor were placed on a table outside the growth room and measurements were recorded regularly . |
| 21 | Relatively few scientific works were placed on the Index . |
| 22 | At a stroke , we might almost say , political ideas which had only been aspirations or dreams in the minds of philosophers or popular radicals , were placed on the agenda of real politics , not only in France or even Europe , but globally . |
| 23 | Thus , Becker , in his historical survey of the numerous monographs published on the subject in the hundred years up to 1950 , notes that the vast majority had reached that conclusion ; though he also comments on the many different interpretations that were placed on the evidence . |
| 24 | Even baskets of oddments were placed on the pavement , a practice which would be frowned on today , but the footpaths were kept spotlessly clean by each trader . |
| 25 | When restrictions were placed on the amount of foreign music that could be played , more of the new urban music , which had been recorded commercially , was broadcast . |
| 26 | Restrictions were placed on the sale of various amenities and resources . |
| 27 | Cigarettes were placed on the table in front of you which meant that they were for everybody . |
| 28 | ‘ All right , ’ said the clerk wearily and showed me where these were placed on the form . |
| 29 | Restrictions were placed on the number of pleats and buttons on new garments . |
| 30 | The carvings were placed on the reverse , not only for ornamentation 's sake but to make the seats heavier . ’ |