Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concept of a frequent service by small 48-seat trams which were quick-loading on busy streets , was the ultimate development of the conventional street tramway . |
| 2 | All the families were on for except the three weeks holiday during the year they were marooned on these islands all the time . |
| 3 | It would be a complete misunderstanding to discuss this argument as though it were dependent on empirical facts about whether or not myths were the product of one person . |
| 4 | These forms of sexuality were dependent on specific codes and rituals to give them meaning . |
| 5 | Casualties were high on both sides . |
| 6 | And it was last August , last August Bank Holiday this was started , just before the Bank Holiday weekend when i cos we were all on that gates , Bank Holiday weeks , stopping all the traffic going in there Yea That 's how the know is , maybe if we 'd a gone back then and , yo you know , if he , he offered us to go back then about September . |
| 7 | Station platforms , overbridges , signalling , motive power were all on British lines or British-made , and some country stations even had half-timbered buildings . |
| 8 | I do n't know how Mum managed but we were never without food , although we were short on other things — I never saw a television . |
| 9 | We found many people , including a large number of radio listeners , who were ill-informed on these matters . |
| 10 | The emperor pronounced that a trust was due on these words as if , by prohibiting her from making a will , he had requested that she should make her brother heir : the wording is to be treated as if he had asked her to make over his estate . |
| 11 | Well there 's plenty foodwise here at the Show , but you want something just that little more exclusive , you might try wild boar , which until recent times was extinct on these isles . |
| 12 | Coleman , when he was appointed , was uninformed on veterinary matters but , as Moorcroft 's resignation was not followed by the appointment of a veterinary successor , he was left inadequately supported . |
| 13 | The Boards were conscious that cooking was generally an off-peak load ( and thus cheap to supply ) , and , to reflect this advantage to themselves and meet gas competition , they generally accepted lower retail mark-ups on cookers than was usual on other appliances . |
| 14 | I was right on both counts , but it did not really sink in for some time that I had joined a charity . |
| 15 | Basildon District Council appealed to the Transport Tribunal against the grant of a licence to Rees Haulage on the basis that the proposed operating centre was unsuitable on environmental grounds . |
| 16 | Paul was acute on such matters . |
| 17 | It was for this reason that the procedure was undertaken at this regional neurology centre , to investigate the young woman , who had headache and bilateral papillo-oedema and in whom cranial imaging showed no abnormality and the opening pressure on lumbar puncture was normal on two occasions . |
| 18 | His voice was cast on the side of moderation-he ‘ was clear on all grounds that Labour should be given office ’ . |
| 19 | The report stated that the future of Hamilton 's four virgin oil and gas fields , was dependent on gas-fired stations being able to generate electricity . |
| 20 | The smith obviously needed fuel and metal to carry out his work but we do not know the extent to which the smith was dependent on local resources as opposed to trade , nor the size and structure of the industry . |
| 21 | He was wrong on both points then and he is wrong now . |
| 22 | Pretoria was wrong on both counts . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , the Alkali Inspectorate was wrong on both counts . |
| 24 | Indeed Washington was afraid on other counts that what might look attractive in theory might prove counter-productive in practice . |
| 25 | The statement was vague on military issues ; despite expectations that he would announce a detailed plan for military reform , Chuan merely promised to " improve the structure of the armed forces " . |
| 26 | Wilder , the USA 's first elected black governor [ see p. 37035 ] , was also a fiscal conservative , and had cut spending to balance Virginia 's budget ; however , he was liberal on social issues such as civil rights and abortion . |
| 27 | Accordingly the court decided that VAT was payable on these charges and could not be reclaimed from Customs and Excise if the customer did not show up to claim the room . |
| 28 | Again in common with many ENs , I was unsuccessful on numerous occasions . |
| 29 | Damage was worst on exposed sites , on high ground and in rural rather than urban locations . |
| 30 | This was hard on other Germans , yet something of value was preserved with the maintenance of a substantial agricultural sector in the German economy . |