Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave the impression that the agents were to a large extent out of DK 's strict control and that the agents were policed largely on the basis of responding to complaints and taking remedial action where appropriate or possible . |
| 2 | In the West Sussex examples , at least , the villages themselves were placed firmly on the Greensand belt . |
| 3 | Scraps of paper looking like old bus tickets were placed neatly on the carpet . |
| 4 | They were jounced mercilessly on the narrow fitted bench . |
| 5 | Of the surviving children of William Charles and Anne , five were baptised together on the same day ( 10 July 1817 ) in their father 's original parish at the miniature City church of St Ethelburga , Bishopsgate . |
| 6 | In our series two cases of Crohn 's disease ( one with prior fulminant colitis ) and three indeterminate colitis were diagnosed solely on the proctectomy specimen . |
| 7 | His feet were resting comfortably on the ship 's control panel . |
| 8 | Their hands were resting lightly on the wizard 's shoulders . |
| 9 | I speak with e some experience in the situation where two sites that will be within half a mile of that which was erm supported by the inspector , were dismissed basically on the basis that if I read the quotes for you . |
| 10 | Somehow , he had moved closer , and their thighs were pressed together on the wooden seat . |
| 11 | All of these points were pressed home on the rank and file of the Council , who also acquiesced . |
| 12 | Now the white painted bookcases which reached to the ceiling were filled only on the first two shelves with incongruous modern volumes with used-looking dust-covers . |
| 13 | Some of the immediate , pressing problems were resolved only on the day of his appointment . |
| 14 | Six smugglers , including William Carter , were hanged together on the Broyle outside Chichester on 19 January 1749 and their bodies gibbeted in chains around the county as a grim warning to other would-be smugglers . |
| 15 | Her words were carried away on the breeze , to join the tumult of sounds . |
| 16 | His fists were clenched tight on the steering wheel . |
| 17 | The loans were granted simultaneously on the date of purchase , although in order of charge on the property , the Halifax loan is the first charge and the Standard Life the second . |
| 18 | His hands were trembling slightly on the wheel . |
| 19 | No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding . |
| 20 | Other classes — peasants and now workers — were accepted only on the terms laid down by the leaders . |
| 21 | At the outset , five hypotheses were selected prospectively on the grounds that they were refutable within the context of the study design , that they were of relevance to current duodenal ulcer research , or that they were of potential importance for both ulcer healing and ulcer recurrence . |
| 22 | Patients were selected consecutively on the basis of primary site of tumour . |
| 23 | If the claims were made simply on the basis of introspection without systematic observation in the community , they would be of precisely the same order ( except that they would be unaccountable and probably much less reliable ) . |
| 24 | These orders for observation or treatment were made either on the recommendation of two medical practitioners or , in the case of an emergency order , on the initiative of a relative or friend or a mental welfare officer with the backing of only one doctor . |
| 25 | According to the official version of events , interceptions were made only on the authority of a warrant issued by the appropriate Secretary of State under his own hand . |
| 26 | They were used initially on the new ten-minute Squires Gate and Fleetwood service which required ten cars , and the remainder used as Fleetwood specials . |
| 27 | The political parties of the narrow and fragmented centre of the political spectrum , from which all governments had to be drawn , were agreed only on the fundamental issue of preserving the Fourth Republic : they had , as it were , reserved their right to disagree on everything else . |
| 28 | All of them were drawn together on the basis of a conviction similar to our own that God was calling them to something new . |
| 29 | Transit times were measured once on the basal diet and once during sulphate feeding . |
| 30 | We had arrived at Orange a week previously , and after disembarking from the coach had been ordered into the barrack rooms by our Corporals , who were waiting outside on the parade ground . |