Example sentences of "was [vb pp] on [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Federation took up a case , it often meant that the worker in question was dismissed on some pretext , accused of robbery for example . |
| 2 | Although achieved briefly , it was not until the closure of the street routes in the early Sixties , that the fleet was centralised on this depot . |
| 3 | It was when he tried to move that he found his robe was caught on some obstruction . |
| 4 | There are two problems with the type of stack found in the KDF9 computer : ( a ) it is of fixed size , so that the programmer or compiler has to take care to keep within its bounds ; and ( b ) in a multiprogramming environment the stack has to be emptied and refilled at each process switch ; the latter could be done on the KDF9 only one element at a time ( although suitable stack dump and restore instructions could be envisaged ) , and the problem was solved on that computer by providing multiple nesting stores . |
| 5 | Written application had been made in advance , and , except for four theses on loan , all had been collected together for this study either within the thesis area or in the thesis collection area of the Stack , to which access was permitted on this occasion . |
| 6 | We had coffee , talked of the gardens and of plants difficult to grow in chalky soil — but nothing personal was said on either side , nor any thought of how she happened to be with me . |
| 7 | When Huw reappeared , having lain low for several days , his scars and bruises were beginning to fade and nothing more was said on either side . |
| 8 | The hon. Member for Sheffield , Hillsborough ( Mr. Flannery ) mentioned what was said on this subject in the excellent report produced by my hon. Friend the Member for Honiton ( Sir P. Emery ) and his colleagues . |
| 9 | Nothing was said on this occasion about his interest in Masai land , though he appears to have discussed the subject privately with F.C . |
| 10 | For the first time a mathematical definition of overcrowding was given by the National Government in their Act of 1935 , and a determined attack was made on this evil . |
| 11 | By 1876 , planning had reached such a point that France and Britain signed a protocol laying down the basis of a treaty governing the construction of the tunnel and a start was made on either side of the Channel . |
| 12 | Erm and this whole area is , is , is , was built on that kind of industrial expansion at the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 13 | America was built on this kind of distress and its culture was enriched by literature and songs full of nostalgia , yearning and grief . |
| 14 | It is believed the chapel was built on this spot by monks at the beginning of he 16th century . |
| 15 | You know , there 's no point in wasting your time you know , logging everybody else , and you go to the boss , and you say , boss you know that personal management skills course that I , you said I should go on , so you proving what , you know , what a good person you are , because you 've remembered a month later what the course was called , erm , I , I was told on that course to keep an interruptions log , so you 're proving , you know , that you are a good person when you 've done this , and i see from this that a great deal of your valuable time is being eroded by my humble concerns , you know , something like that . |
| 16 | More complex carpentry was used on this scale on shields . |
| 17 | Sir if I could complete the er arithmetic , I think it would be helpful , if you were to look again at the single page note that was handed on this morning . |
| 18 | Dieter went off and returned a few minutes later with the information that Marie-Claire never came in on a Wednesday because her children 's school was closed on that day . |
| 19 | In 1746 he was appointed to a post in the Office of Works , as clerk of the works at Hampton Court , presumably through the influence of Burlington ; and his subsequent career was based on that institution and the patronage of one leading public figure , Thomas Pelham-Holles , first Duke of Newcastle [ q.v . ] . |
| 20 | My memory of the falls was non-existent , or rather was based on that picture of the falls in Stott 's book which showed a small waterfall on a moorland burn with Ben Tee beyond . |
| 21 | Much of the buy-out boom was based on this kind of bet . |
| 22 | The best plan was therefore to study a few typical ones : T. H. Huxley 's course on the crayfish at South Kensington in the 1870s was based on this principle , close study of a crayfish preparing one for any invertebrate . |
| 23 | Although the graph refers to the full amounts of £1,000/year and £15,000 , it was based on this table . |
| 24 | The appraisal of the assistant teachers was based on these classroom observations and what emerged in their interviews and on any preconceptions on the part of the Senior Management Team . |
| 25 | Devismes was challenged on this terminology a week later by a reader signed ‘ G … ‘ , who makes it clear that batteur de mesure now meant a mechanical beater , not a true musical director such as Rey : |
| 26 | In 1842 a Private Act of Parliament was challenged on this ground ( Edinburgh & Dalkeith Railway v. Wauchope ( H. L. , 1842 ) ) . |
| 27 | Rationing was introduced on most food items — not to share the burden equally but to reduce consumption so that more foodstuffs could be exported . |
| 28 | Dieback was found on all soil types , but trees on acid sands were ‘ consistently bad ’ . |
| 29 | This tale of smugglers , murder and romance was set on this piece of coast and many of the places and people from the book have been commemorated in the names of streets and new houses built in the area . |
| 30 | The analysis reported here was focused on this group . |