Example sentences of "but it was [adv] [vb pp] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course quality of care has always been of professional concern in the NHS , but it was firmly placed on managerial agendas by the Griffiths management reforms in 1983 and given a substantial boost by WFP . |
| 2 | Alexander III 's approach reflected his own predilections , but it was also based on a sound sense of the options open to him . |
| 3 | The CPNI was not instrumental in creating NICRA but it was well represented on its first executive committee : Noel Harris of AUEW TASS , a CPNI member , was the first chairman ; Derek Peters of the CPNI was secretary ; and Betty Sinclair of the Belfast trades council was elected to the committee . |
| 4 | Israel initially refused to comment on the report but it was finally confirmed on Dec. 28 by Arens who denied that there had been any direct contact with Iran . |
| 5 | The building was burnt to the ground in the disaster which overtook the town in AD 296 , when the northern frontier was overrun by invaders , but it was soon rebuilt on an even more lavish scale , which possibly included a bath wing The whole complex is usually interpreted as a mansio . |
| 6 | For instance , Ritchie Blackmore was a very fast player , but it was always based on a blues thing , never on ‘ How many notes can I get in the scale ? ’ |
| 7 | Now my relationship with David did actually include sex , but it was never initiated on that basis as he 'd come to my flat only as a lodger and during the course of the time he was there , we slept together . |
| 8 | All German arms supplies to Turkey were suspended on March 26 , but it was then revealed on March 27 that 15 Leopard-1 main battle tanks had been supplied illegally to Turkey in late 1991 , due to a " bureaucratic error " and in contravention of a parliamentary ban of Nov. 7 on further deliveries of Leopard tanks supplied under a 1988 agreement . |