Example sentences of "was on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yousefi was caught when he tried to cash a cheque at a London bank but the name of Garawand was on a defaulters list . |
| 2 | " He 'd know what was on the bills of lading . |
| 3 | He 'd explained that his sister was on the pumps at the Smiling Service Filling Station , even though it was Good Friday . |
| 4 | The institutional context provided by the OEEC and NATO was largely taken for granted ; the primary focus for study — and political debate — was on the structures and policies of the evolving European Communities . |
| 5 | Dismissing the appeals , Mr Justice Mummery said that the onus of proving that the penalty was excessive was on the taxpayers . |
| 6 | It was on the greens that Lyle continues to suffer . |
| 7 | But it was on the greens that Willie came into his own . |
| 8 | Actually , the only war I was involved in was on the tramcars on the way to the old Victoria Railway Station in Sheffield . |
| 9 | The referee was on the Lions ' side in the first half , before finding that their style did not suit him . |
| 10 | Bertha Johnson was on the committees that organized a series of lectures for ladies from 1874 , set up the more ambitious Association for Promoting the Higher Education of Women in Oxford ( AEW ) in 1878 , and founded the Anglican hostel , Lady Margaret Hall , which opened , together with the undenominational Somerville Hall , in 1879 . |
| 11 | I was on the terraces until five years ago . |
| 12 | But the most important result for Edwards was on the terraces where 5,769 fans braved the damp , dismal weather and paid around £15,000 . |
| 13 | In 1840 we find in the title deeds when William Holding took over the tenancy of the farm that an oast was on the deeds ; after this date , between 1838–47 , the name was changed to Court Farm . |
| 14 | But intellectually , on this and a number of different fronts , town planning was on the frontiers of change . |
| 15 | Our inn was on the cliffs above Black Hill Cove , and was a wild , lonely place . |
| 16 | The onus therefore was on the defendants . |
| 17 | In October Bassingbourn had become the home of 231 ( Mosquito ) OCU and 237 ( Meteor ) OCU and it was on the Meteors that the initial staff work-up was done , the first Canberras did not arrive until the following February . |
| 18 | As the sales slumped , the Government reaction was on the lines : ‘ We must do something . |
| 19 | My contribution was on the lines that having seen so many birds passing through Shetland on migration , I would love to follow them to their breeding-grounds in northern Scandinavia . |
| 20 | The table is believed to date from the 1930s and could have been given to the club by a local building firm , whose managing director was on the Quakers board . |
| 21 | No , it was on the titles . |
| 22 | Yeah , she was on the titles , was n't she ? |
| 23 | But the most important point was that the emphasis in the syllabus was on the skills relating to the communication of information rather than retrieval from information sources . |
| 24 | Even in the worst hours she never gave any public impression that she was on the ropes . |
| 25 | By 1914 the Liberal party was on the ropes and the Unionists could look forward confidently to the election that could not be long delayed . |
| 26 | But behind the apparent success , the company was on the ropes . |
| 27 | The emphasis of the SSAPs was always on standards for accounts showing a true and fair view ; indeed , very often the emphasis was on the accounts of PLCs . |
| 28 | I quote from the graphic account of the wife of a teacher who suffered a false accusation of this kind : ’ An article about the allegation appeared in heavy type on the front page of the local newspaper and the headline was on the hoardings outside the newsagents . |
| 29 | ‘ It was on the moors , ’ said Mrs Monro , laying down her spoon with a decisive air . |
| 30 | The highest death toll was on the islands of Kutubdia , Maheshkali , Sandwip and Chakori in the south-east . |