Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] on three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arcades were broken on three sides by vaulted gateways , and on the fourth , the principal axis , by a red sandstone mosque . |
| 2 | All first year pupils in the schools were included and were assessed on three occasions ( 4538 before teaching ( 1988 ) , 3930 immediately after teaching ( 1989 ) , 3786 at one year follow up ( 1990 ) ) . |
| 3 | The basic study instrument was a self administered questionnaire which was completed on three occasions by all pupils . |
| 4 | In 1917 he was finally accepted , after several rejections , for front-line service in the East Surrey Regiment , and was wounded on three occasions . |
| 5 | In or about that year Count Hartmann of Kyburg built the town on a rock that was surrounded on three sides by the river Aare . |
| 6 | And to understand how the complex situation was developing we must consider what was happening on three levels : |
| 7 | Ice was forming on Three Island Pond . |
| 8 | Their initial closure decision was made on three grounds , according to the minutes : the expected financial savings of about £3,000 ; consideration of the good condition and underused capacity of the school building at Green Haven , as opposed to the poor condition of the older building at Village ( whose toilet facilities were located in an out-building at the school ) ; and the Director 's feeling that the ‘ educational situation ’ would be better at Green Haven . |
| 9 | The inland sea at her door might be seven miles across , but it was enclosed on three sides by islands . |
| 10 | The trial was postponed on three occasions and the defendants complained of intimidation during investigations . |
| 11 | Usually the agora was bounded on three sides by stoas which had now become more elaborate in design . |
| 12 | He was running on three legs and holding me in the fourth . |
| 13 | Ken Ellis , county trading standards officer for Devon , said : ‘ C & G was convicted on three charges of giving more prominence to a flat rate charge rather than the annual percentage rate , and three charges of not including an example in those advertisements . |
| 14 | Top scorer Dwight Marshall headed a David Smith cross against the underside of the bar after just 10 minutes and in a late rally Smith was denied on three occasions by the faultless Charlton goalkeeper Bob Bolder . |
| 15 | The inside of Jotan 's house was constructed on three levels — galleries off the main building which were buttressed by huge timbers — and the open ends of each living space overlooked the central hall , although the stairways which gave access to them were concealed . |
| 16 | The alternative route was chosen on three criteria : that it should be environmentally acceptable , operationally effective and financially viable . |