Example sentences of "were [adv] [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some new crofts were eventually established on land purchased by the Government , mainly for ex-servicemen returned from the 1914–18 war , under the Land Settlement ( Scotland ) Act of 1919 . |
| 2 | court of appeal decision : unfavourable medical reports obtained confidentially by a plaintiff for the purposes of personal injury litigation which were inadvertently disclosed on discovery to the defendant could be used by them at the trial . |
| 3 | ‘ I really believe they have not had any capital for twenty years , but were entirely trading on credit . ’ |
| 4 | It was extremely cheap , saving an awful lot of dynamite ; and extremely safe , both inherently and because the fuel and oxidant were only mixed on site just before use . |
| 5 | In September 1295 custody of alien priories had been seized by the king and they were only restored on payment of fines . |
| 6 | Trebuchets had a long range , and were generally constructed on site . |
| 7 | In December 1942 an Inspectorate of Eastern Troops was set up to supervise the formation and training of the proliferating military units ; but each was subordinated to a German unit ; and although an officer 's academy was established at Mariumpol , Lithuania ( later Conflans , France ) , the units were never assembled into tactical formations , and were largely posted on occupation duties to Western and Southern Europe . |
| 8 | In the Operations Room , some of the female part-time watchkeepers were just coming on duty and were being briefed on the operations that were planned for the day and those that were already taking place . |
| 9 | These depositors were less likely to make sudden substantial withdrawals , which allowed for lower cash reserves : profit without risk , especially since lendings were usually secured on land mortgage . |
| 10 | These were always printed on paper of a lurid colour — a different colour for each song — and illustrated with crude drawings of the events described . |
| 11 | Informed of the conspiracy , Franco 's reaction was , at first sight , surprising , but entirely in keeping with the behaviour of a man whose responses were always based on strategy , never on emotion . |
| 12 | Robert Maxwell 's sons , Kevin and Ian , were yesterday remanded on bail until April 1 by City of London magistrates . |
| 13 | between older industrial areas that were once based on manufacturing industry ( such as the North West , the North , the West Midlands ) and those areas with a high concentration of newer services and high-technology employment ( such as the South East , East Anglia ) ; |
| 14 | The duchy resources were still used on behalf of the royal retinue and it is striking that most of the best offices and farms went to the king 's household . |
| 15 | The duchy resources were still used on behalf of the royal retinue and it is striking that most of the best offices and farms went to the king 's household . |
| 16 | If you were caught out of bed or in bed with anyone else , you were instantly put on report . |
| 17 | She talks about the Labeque relationship , about how she and her sister trained separately at Paris Conservatoire , and how , in their teens , when they were both set on solo careers , they would never have dreamed of playing duets . |
| 18 | Winnie Mandela and Xoliswa Falati , who was also imprisoned for six years , were both released on bail pending an application for leave to appeal . |
| 19 | The following items were both found on pasture-land . |
| 20 | In past centuries the cattle of Wales became well known as graziers ' stock in the English Midlands in particular , where considerable herds of steers were traditionally fattened on grass or winter-yarded . |
| 21 | By the third week around 17 per cent thought Labour and the Alliance were also concentrating on defence . |
| 22 | The products were also immobilised on nylon membranes , and the presence of known point mutations or polymorphisms was assessed by sequential hybridisation with allele specific oligonucleotides labelled with phosphorus-32 as described previously . |
| 23 | As part of the June agreement , most restrictions were also lifted on technology exports to East Germany , which was to set up immediately its own special foreign trade monitoring office to prevent re-export . |
| 24 | Talks were also held on co-operation over judicial disputes and verification of documents . |
| 25 | Stamford lies at the crossing of several ancient prehistoric trackways , and , as these tracks were often aligned on ley lines , it is likely that the site of Stamford is an energy power point in much the same way as Avebury or Glastonbury is . |
| 26 | These were often built on top of a hill like an acropolis in Ancient Greece . |
| 27 | These texts were often inscribed on woodwork which had formed part of the old rood screens , reredoses , and triptychs ; this was the case at Binham Priory in Norfolk , where the medieval paintings of saints are now showing through the worn whitewash and black-letter Protestant text . |
| 28 | However , a change to the government road tax guidelines , which were now based on horsepower rather than the number of wheels , made the cost of vehicle registration prohibitive . |
| 29 | Cook also referred to Diplock 's ‘ evident distaste for trade unions ’ and said it was well known that ‘ taps ’ were frequently placed on trade unionists involved in trade disputes . |
| 30 | Visiting celebrities , from Paddy Ashdown to Bridgwater MP Tom King , were regularly seen on television treading the controversial route with worried villagers . |