Example sentences of "was [verb] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Badger gassing , the infallible and humane method of killing them recommended by Lord Zuckerman was stopped on the grounds that it was fallible and inhumane . |
| 2 | She was kneeling on the steps next to the old iron railings that ran along the front of the terrace , her arms supporting the naked body of her little boy , and she was trembling with the effort of holding him still . |
| 3 | The difficulty was to agree on the proportions of atoms in particular compounds . |
| 4 | In Hope 's original draft , Pennethorne was dismissed on the grounds that his scheme had three faults . |
| 5 | Helen Zeitlin , who worked in the haematology unit at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch for five years , and was dismissed on the grounds of redundancy , has won her appeal against the decision . |
| 6 | Outside the Tivoli Theatre , it was raining on the photographs ( behind glass ) of all the pantomime stars . |
| 7 | Benny ran over to Patsy when her mother 's heavy tread was heard on the stairs . |
| 8 | The manager of the Commandery Centre , Richard Townsley says : ’ Worcester was a very important city geographically , it was situated on the roads across to Wales , down to Oxford and into London . |
| 9 | No timescale was placed on the proposals to limit US military influence and the USA called on the JSP to clarify its position . |
| 10 | If the burden was placed on the parents to prove they did not do the deed , their failure to convince the jury of this would result in their conviction . |
| 11 | A greater burden was placed on the rates which could only be met either by cuts in services or increases in rate demands . |
| 12 | Particular emphasis was placed on the links with other service providers in the area . |
| 13 | This was justified on the grounds that , since lifetime gifts were exempt from inheritance tax , there was no longer double capital taxation . |
| 14 | This was justified on the grounds that , having failed to get into grammar school , I would be educationally disadvantaged further by attending the local comprehensive . |
| 15 | However , in Brimelow v. Casson , persuasion of theatre proprietors by a theatrical performers ' protection society to break their contracts with a theatrical manager was justified on the grounds that the wage paid by the manager to chorus girls was so low that they were obliged to supplement it by resort to prostitution . |
| 16 | NBC 's decision , which contravened the code of anonymity usually maintained in regard to victims in cases of sexual assault , was justified on the grounds that her identity was already widely known in the Palm Beach area . |
| 17 | The decision was justified on the grounds that Haibara 's refusal to identify the recipients made it impossible to prove that the Political Funds Control Law had been violated . |
| 18 | The government 's emphasis on cash crop production was criticized on the grounds that it favoured wealthy exporters rather than small farmers and had hindered industrial development . |
| 19 | ‘ When Boro played Peterborough United in the Rumbelows League Cup I was cheering on the lads . |
| 20 | Against this , the target 's controllers and directors will point to the fact that the proposal was sanctioned by a vote of shareholders ( as required by the Yellow Book ( see above ) and/or the Code ( see below ) ) and that competent independent advice was received on the terms of the offer and made known to shareholders as required under Rule 3.2 of the Code . |
| 21 | The hospital was in horrible confusion : heavy partitions and ceilings had fallen on patients , beds had overturned , windows had blown in and cut people , blood was spattered on the walls and doors , instruments were everywhere , many of the patients were running about screaming , many more lay dead . |
| 22 | He levelled it , straight and calm , at the shape that was thrashing on the tiles of the reception floor . |
| 23 | The Australian patrols laid ambushes in the way Mike Calvert had taught them : pinprick harassment frustrated the Japanese until every misfortune was blamed on the guerrillas . |
| 24 | The decent community solidarity and welfare socialism that Mr Kinnock embodied was caught on the horns of a terrible contradiction , which Labour in opposition did nothing to resolve , since it did not tackle early enough the low tax/public spending anti-welfare consensus that Thatcherism built . |
| 25 | Diminished revenue was reported on the trams , but increasing profits on the lighting side . |
| 26 | I try to work against the way I was taught , which was to work on the paintings as a whole and bring things up to a certain degree of finish . |
| 27 | ‘ Our album opened doors for us all over the world , ’ he says , ‘ and another major factor in our success was that one of the songs on it , ‘ Wall Of Tears ’ , was included on the Women 's Heart C.D. which has already sold over 200,000 copies in Ireland alone . |
| 28 | ‘ There was a lot of break and the boat was banging on the rocks . ’ |
| 29 | The least I would expect would be an immediate invitation from the Prime Minister , come and see me , because if it was happening on the streets of any city in Britain and the MP stood up and said what I 've said I think he would be in Downing Street within the night . |
| 30 | Thus Hamilton cruised up and down the coast , out of touch with what was happening on the beaches . |