Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] on [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , relative risks were calculated on 130 patients . |
| 2 | After two hours , Mitchum , Ford , Leeds and Vicki Evans were indicted on two counts : possession of marijuana and conspiracy to violate the State Narcotics Act . |
| 3 | Grants for land cultivation within the LFA were withdrawn on 11 December 1984 . |
| 4 | * Tens of thousands of fish were poisoned on 31 May after rainstorms flooded the Paris sewage system , causing spillage of toxic substances into the River Seine . |
| 5 | The ‘ Eastern Treaties ’ were ratified on 17 May , with the CDU deciding to abstain , and Brandt then went on to negotiate the ‘ Basic Treaty ’ defining future relations with East Germany , on the principle of two German states existing in one nation . |
| 6 | When 44E and 48E were overhauled on 1 March 1934 and 12 April 1934 respectively , they received L.C.C . |
| 7 | The arcades were broken on three sides by vaulted gateways , and on the fourth , the principal axis , by a red sandstone mosque . |
| 8 | Third , when facilities management first took off in the US , suppliers were dealing solely with mainframes , and could earn higher margins from significant economies of scale — several mainframes were centralised on one site , and could deal with the information technology requirements of many customers — and so the old bureau service was recreated under another name . |
| 9 | Only on the outbreak of war were steps taken to discourage its members from any anti-war activity when two of its leading members , Oliver Gilbert and T. Victor-Rowe , were interned on 22 September 1939 . |
| 10 | They had found a patch of clean sand half-shaded by the rocks that were heaped on one side of the little cove . |
| 11 | The first rails were rolled on 20 June , the first car ran on test on 8 August , followed by the Board of Trade Inspection on 10 August . |
| 12 | Retreating over the Ramelau Range , the Australians were attacked on 14 August by natives . |
| 13 | ‘ We were caught on one foot with our fingers in our mouths , ’ said one dealer , referring to widespread expectations of a hung Parliament . |
| 14 | No breaks in the cold chain were documented at the central storage facility , although vaccines kept at the study site were discarded on two occasions after power failures that lasted several hours . |
| 15 | FOURTEEN human rights activists were sentenced on 17 March to prison terms ranging from three to 10 years after a trial which fell below international standards for fair trial . |
| 16 | The first signs of the new eruption were seen on 23 March 1902 when a rambling party were making an ascent of the volcano . |
| 17 | During the period April to September 1990 ( the last year for which figures are available ) , WHO levels were exceeded on 27 days . |
| 18 | written observations were lodged on 25 October 1989 by the Belgian Government ; on 31 October 1989 by the Commission of the European Communities ; on 6 November 1989 by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany ; on 11 November 1989 by the Spanish Government ; on 7 November 1989 by the Greek Government ; on 14 November 1989 by the Danish Government ; on 14 November 1989 by Ireland ; on 14 November 1989 by Factortame Ltd. and others , the applicants in the main proceedings , and on 15 November 1989 by the United Kingdom . |
| 19 | Full care orders under section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 in respect of all six children in favour of the local authority were made on 7 November 1989 . |
| 20 | Studies were made on eight cases of FAP and eight control cases , seven with SCRC and one with multiple colonic ademonas . |
| 21 | Such redemption annuities were originally intended to be payable till 1996 , but they were ended by the Finance Act 1977 , and the final payments ( of double the normal sum ) were made on 1 October 1977 . |
| 22 | Between September 1940 and May 1941 , 141 major air raids were made on 21 cities . |
| 23 | Accordingly , twelve Savoia-Marchetti bombers were promised on 28 July . |
| 24 | Experiments were performed on 11 rats . |
| 25 | The crucial experiments with standardised diets , each time excluding or adding wheat or rye flour over long periods in these children with coeliac disease , were performed on four children in the Wilhelmina Children 's Hospital in Utrecht and in one child in the Juliana Children 's Hospital in The Hague . |
| 26 | Hydrogen breath tests were performed on 33 patients with cystic fibrosis including five patients with cystic fibrosis related liver disease and eight control subjects . |
| 27 | Fifty four studies were performed on 33 patients with Crohn 's disease , the diagnosis having been established by standard clinical , radiological , and/or histological criteria . |
| 28 | Long term ( 8 hours to 3 weeks ) analogue tape recordings of arterial oxygen saturation ( Sao 2 ) ( Nellcor N-200 modified to provide beat to beat data ) , the plethysmographic ( pulse ) waveforms ( to validate Sao 2 ) , breathing movements ( Graseby capsule ) , electrocardiograms , and skin ( transcutaneous ) po 2 with the sensor heated to 43°C ( Kontron 821S ) were performed on 150 patients . |
| 29 | Experiments were performed on seven subjects to determine the accuracy of the method for measuring oesophageal bicarbonate content . |
| 30 | Both small satellite transmitters and regular VHF ( radio ) transmitters were used on four birds , while just one of each type was attached to two additional birds . |