Example sentences of "was [verb] [to-vb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The LEA refused to concede , even when the parents made application for judicial review ; but when the application to the court was amended to focus on the legality of the LEA 's admissions procedures and their operation , the authority finally backed down and found places for the children at two schools where non-white pupils were firmly in the minority ( Overthorpe and Thornhill ) . |
| 2 | Food was placed to sizzle on the barbecue , and was turned with the help of long utensils , and as she worked beside Silas , moving rapidly to turn first one piece and then another , Lucy became conscious of a feeling of quiet satisfaction . |
| 3 | The security of an estimated 40,000 US jobs was reported to depend on the contract , which was opposed by Israel . |
| 4 | The high loading capacity of the existing warehouse floors meant that little structural alteration was required , and the new steel-framed structure , which is simply and elegantly expressed , was designed to rest on the party walls . |
| 5 | The product was designed to run on the Open Software Foundation 's DCE but Forte has found its remote procedure call ( RPC ) slow and incapable of the number of messages Forte needs to route . |
| 6 | In March 1404 he was nominated to serve on the king 's council , again as proof to sceptics of the king 's intentions to provide competent government . |
| 7 | An area of the playground was allowed for this , though it was forbidden to slide on the pathways leading to the Boys ' Entrance and the Girls ' Entrance . |
| 8 | He was forbidden to play on the grass . |
| 9 | The burial of Jesus had to be completed by 6.00 pm since this is when the Sabbath began and it was forbidden to bury on the Sabbath . |
| 10 | The elm paddles of the iron wheel were renewed and the mechanism was modified to operate on the ‘ undershot ’ principle because a lowering of water levels brought about by a local flood alleviation scheme made impracticable the restoration of the original ‘ breast-shot ’ arrangement . |
| 11 | Although it emphasized that the sum required was not only insignificant compared with military spending world-wide , but only half as much as Germany was expected to spend on the process of unification , the report also acknowledged that more efficient use could be made of the money already being spent . |
| 12 | I do n't know why I think maybe the , the tablets helped , but erm I was saying I was kind of having second thoughts whether I was wanting to go on the H R T or |
| 13 | Armenia was refusing to participate on the basis of fears that the new Union Treaty would enshrine neighbouring Azerbaijan 's right to the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region . |
| 14 | Finally , the development of the application of online services was felt to depend on the enthusiasm and ability of , at least , one good user . |
| 15 | Another serious defect in the previous law , pinpointed by the Law Commission , was that when the section was read literally , liability was seen to turn on the question whether the victim was likely to respond in a way that constituted a breach of the peace in the face of threats , abuses and insults . |
| 16 | The county chairman Brian Walsh said : ‘ We have a very full agenda for our scheduled meeting on October 26 so it was decided to meet on the 10th with cricket as the sole topic of discussion . ’ |
| 17 | Catherine received presents , and could continue her lessons , but Heathcliff was made to work on the farm with the men , and , as a farm worker , was only allowed to eat with us in the back-kitchen . |
| 18 | His remarks gave offence to Bulgaria 's neighbour , Greece , whose ambassador was instructed to protest on the grounds that " the possible recognition of Skopje under the historical Greek name of Macedonia " constituted " an unfriendly stance with negative consequences for relations " . |
| 19 | The realisation that the Huddersfield technician might be right came only when Ingrid was selected to show on the student stand at the Fabrex exhibition in October 1989 . |
| 20 | Sutton was told to get on the first train from Manchester . |
| 21 | Despite the agreed arrangement between the Russian and American Presidents to have direct contact by means of the hot-line , there existed much distrust between those powers and every possible means was used to spy on the other , including space satellites and high flying aeroplanes . |
| 22 | He wanted to stay , and told his father what he thought was needed to capitalize on the enormous potential of the US market . |
| 23 | Since he had , like them , done all these things , it was an easy step for ageing trendies — who hated the cultural conservatism of Ronald Reagan and George Bush — to believe that he was going to act on the things that most concerned them . |
| 24 | She 'd already decided what she was going to cook for Rohan — home-made tomato soup to begin with , then le rosbif with all the trimmings , although she was going to cheat on the dessert and buy one of the beautifully glazed tartes aux pommes from a pâtisserie . |
| 25 | Then , one day , he announced that he was going to check on the sheep . |
| 26 | Leigh says : ‘ I honestly thought I was going to be on my own for at least a decade but I did n't know the Twiglet was going to come on the scene . |
| 27 | The fingers , however , still did n't function and the hospital was going to amputate on the following Wednesday . |
| 28 | And there were two more people in front of me that was waiting to go on the course . |
| 29 | The doctor , a family friend , had called to see his father , after which Leonard was invited to sit on the good man 's lap . |
| 30 | In 1981 Vitalis Okoth from St Paul 's Parish , Mbaga , was invited to go on the course . |