Example sentences of "were [verb] on [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several months later , when General Aung San and six of his colleagues were assassinated on 19th June , 1947 , the Burma Office of the British Government got in touch with me several days before the public announcement was made . |
| 2 | Grants for land cultivation within the LFA were withdrawn on 11 December 1984 . |
| 3 | * 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When 44E and 48E were overhauled on 1 March 1934 and 12 April 1934 respectively , they received L.C.C . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This would be the case if [ 2 ] were uttered on 25th June by the John Smith referred to in [ 1 ] . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Retreating over the Ramelau Range , the Australians were attacked on 14 August by natives . |
| 10 | The soldiers were being guided by treaty Nez Perce , who were ambushed on 17th July by Joseph 's warriors . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The first signs of the new eruption were seen on 23 March 1902 when a rambling party were making an ascent of the volcano . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Accordingly , twelve Savoia-Marchetti bombers were promised on 28 July . |
| 17 | All experiments were performed on male August rats ( 250–300 g ) ( National Institute of Medical Research , Mill Hill , London , UK ) , and all procedures were carried out between 9.00 am and noon . |
| 18 | Papanek did explain that stories were commissioned on both Rugby World Cups , but both times they were not up to his magazine 's standards . |
| 19 | The group 's properties in the UK were valued on 31st March 1991 at open market value and are shown at that value in the balance sheet . |
| 20 | ‘ The documents specified above relate specifically to photocopies numbering approximately 5,000 pages , which were transported on 22 March 1991 from [ a Middle East state ] to the London offices of [ a London firm of solicitors ] . |
| 21 | One of the first complaints was made by three members of CND who were told on 7 July 1986 by the Tribunal ‘ that after careful investigation it was satisfied no contravention of the [ statutory ] criteria had occurred ’ . |
| 22 | When the Falklands were invaded on 2 April last year , they were given the weekend to pack and a police escort to the Dover ferry . |
| 23 | Winners of the RNLI 's 53rd national lottery were drawn on 30 April by Robin Guthrie , Chief Charity Commissioner for England and Wales . |
| 24 | The subsidiaries which held and operated the refining and marketing operations which were sold on 6 July 1992 were not consolidated and certain borrowings , attributable to these businesses , were also separated and included within businesses held for resale at the end of 1991 . |
| 25 | The Chambre Nationale claims the 0% rate of tax imposed on art works acquired before 1973 by Britain unfairly distorts competition within Europe since frontier controls were abolished on 1 January . |
| 26 | Thus , Nos. 4E and 7E evidently failed their inspection and were delicensed on 11 August 1933 . |
| 27 | Nos. 345 , 346 and 347 ( 1E-3E ) survived until the Crystal Palace route closed and were delicensed on 14 February 1936. 349 ( 5E or 17E ? ) remained available for service at Erith and with that system 's own cars was transferred to Abbey Wood depôt , where it was delicensed on 28 March 1935 . |
| 28 | Eighteen months of hard work were rewarded on 11 February when Andy Davey , Dave Dodson , Les Gillard , Jeff Annison and Ann Beeston , all managers in Bedfordshire , Hertfordshire and North Buckinghamshire Area received the award of Higher Level National Vocational Qualification in Management , from the University of Westminster . |
| 29 | Contracts for the sale of Caliban were exchanged on 17 June 1985 and completion took place on 13 November . |
| 30 | Contracts for the sale of Vertigo were exchanged on 14 May 1985 and completed on 16 August . |