Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report said that of 1,330 active oil wells , about 700 were on fire at the end of April , with between 2,000,000-6,000,000 barrels lost a day , and it estimated that bringing the fires under control " may take up to 18 months " . |
| 2 | Some were on cartridge paper , some on pages torn from what looked like school exercise books , and some on folded , green-lined computer print-out . |
| 3 | CHOCOLATE Flake bars up to five years old were on sale in a rural Co Down shop , it was disclosed today . |
| 4 | This was on top of much bigger write-downs of creditors ' claims under chapter 11 deals — on average 47% of pre-deal face value , compared with 23% in workouts . |
| 5 | This was on top of the mathematical work generated . |
| 6 | However , this was on PKB 's Amex card , the pasta had been delicious , the Frascati had flowed , the zabaglione was on its way and all was right with the world . |
| 7 | He added that this was on condition that he would withdraw claims for defamation of character made against the IJF if the IJF would agree not to take any legal action against him in the future . |
| 8 | But , according to a recent report by Oxfam , a British charity with much African experience , most of this was on loans that were not being repaid anyway , so barely dented the servicing problem . |
| 9 | Do you know this was on Food and Drink last week on er , on the television . |
| 10 | This was on account of the fact that not long after the big switch-on of the water power there arose a scare which threatened to ruffle the smooth surface of the millpond . |
| 11 | This was on , this was on tape , it was n't a live thing . |
| 12 | The St Petersburg mayor , Anatoly Sobchak , made an individual request for food aid from the EC on Sept. 16 , and Ivan Silayev , chair of the Interim Economic Council , had asked for between ECU5,000 million and 6,000 million in aid from the EC on Sept. 9 , although it was unclear whether this was on behalf of all the republics or only the Russian Federation . |
| 13 | All this was on pain of a £20 fine and , in respect of the contracts , dismissal from office ; the directors were made to take an oath on assuming office ( but Quakers were allowed to affirm ) . |
| 14 | Lazzlo Kalmar , the director general of Hungary 's National Labour Organisation , meanwhile , appeared to confirm that plans to introduce a nationwide computer network to automate the payment of benefits to Hungary 's 663,000 unemployed was on hold . |
| 15 | Convena did all his work and they asked him to go to London you know , there 's some was on years ago so he goes to the headquarters and he said he just could n't believe it , he turned on him and said you 're a shallow bloody hypocrite he said ! |
| 16 | ‘ Monsieur Bonard knew that something very serious was on Alain 's mind , but he said he had no idea what it was . |
| 17 | Her clit was on fire . |
| 18 | In eastern Sussex most sub-£2 assessments were on earnings , but in central districts goods were the rule ; in the vale , in common with most of West Sussex , almost all were on wages , and , with much land under the plough , probably those of farm workers . |
| 19 | Lastly the worst of all was on p 456 calling the former British colony ‘ Vanuata ’ instead of ‘ Vanuatu ’ . |
| 20 | The most scary task of all was on nights of thick , low cloud when we had to use the cloud searchlight , located on the far side of the airfield , to work out the cloud height . |
| 21 | Mansell , whose usual spot in Formula One in 1992 was on pole , said qualifying for the Indy was much harder . |
| 22 | Of a number of radio and TV appearances , perhaps the most informative was on BBC Radio 4 's Sunday Programme . |
| 23 | 175 miniatures , dating from the 1940 's and 50's were on sale . |
| 24 | When a report was made just after the 1914–18 war , Nos. 1–8 , 11 , 12 , 15 , 23–26 and 35 were mounted on Peckham trucks , while 9 , 10 , 13 , 14 , 16–22 and 27–34 were on Brill trucks . |
| 25 | United were on top but it was a scrappy game , full of fouls as both sides tried to gain some sort of control ; one touch football as I say , a lot of misplaced passes and a lot of fouls , although United had a chance in the fifteenth minute when Martin Foyle almost headed home Paul Simpson 's cross from the right at the near post . |
| 26 | In the belt extending from Hoxne to the Orwell estuary the percentage of assessments below £2 hardly exceeded twenty , save in a few places , and overall more were on goods than on earnings . |
| 27 | The report estimated that about 38,000 of the 60,000 caravans were on sites for which permission , usually conditional or temporary , had been given ; about 12,000 had ‘ existing use ’ rights ; and about 10,000 were on sites which appeared to contravene planning control . |
| 28 | Jim Magilton who 's never missed a penalty for United was on target again and there was more to come … that man Allen on the left won the ball … fought his way through and Alex Dyer claimed his first goal for the club |
| 29 | The Home Office said all five were on trial on charges connected with the Strangeways riot . |
| 30 | Twelve patients with ulcerative colitis ( eight pancolitis and four left sided colitis ; age 22–70 years ; five were on sulphasalazine and two on prednisolone 10 and 30 mg ) and 15 patients with Crohn 's disease ( one of whom had undergone ileal resection ) ( six ileal and pancolitis , one left sided colitis , six ileal and two small intestinal ; age 18–70 years ; 13 were on no treatment , one on 10 mg prednisolone and one on sulphasalazine ) were studied . |