Example sentences of "[det] were [vb pp] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rings were used in a variety of ways : some were worn on the arm or wrist ; others appear to be the frames for the mouths of pouches which are often found to contain small metal items ; a third use was as a girdle hanger . |
| 2 | Some were based on the pre-war zaibatsu family-run conglomerates , others are centred on a big manufacturer such as Toyota , Nippon Steel or Matsushita . |
| 3 | Most of the dressers were on a basic daily rate but some were paid on a measure of their work done . |
| 4 | Confidence intervals for these were calculated on the basis of the associated binomial probability . |
| 5 | These were situated on the first floor of the Pavillon de Flore which formed the angle of the Tuileries palace with the Quays and the Seine . |
| 6 | The first European motorways were built in Germany and Italy in the 1920s and 1930s ; the UK had active plans to follow them , but these were shelved on the outbreak of war , and the first British motorway was not built until 1958 ( the Preston bypass ) . |
| 7 | ‘ All right , ’ said the clerk wearily and showed me where these were placed on the form . |
| 8 | Indeed , that section is worded exceptionally widely and would empower the Secretary of State to undertake root-and-branch reforms of the whole process of transferring shares , whether or not these were listed on an exchange . |
| 9 | These were based on a faith in the rationality and cooperative character of man and in the possibility of building a more harmonious society once inequality and exploitation were removed through state action . |
| 10 | I found this out at Dagenham , when I worked at Fords , the supply lorries used to come through the day and through the night with articles made in other factories , including bodies and wheels and these were put on the assembly line and routed through Fords to be assembled . |
| 11 | These were held on the road outside the inn and the distances were : one mile , a half and a quarter of a mile . |
| 12 | These were approved on the proposal of , seconded by . |
| 13 | The original ( i.e. medieval ) idea of the university looked to a self-governing community of scholars , in which there was no distinction in kind between those who mainly taught and those who mainly learned — all were embarked on a process of intellectual discovery . |
| 14 | Many were built on the edge of towns or cities and have subsequently been overtaken by urban development . |
| 15 | A few sections of rail were lying on the bottom , several more were scattered on the ground and one was propped against the end of the trailer as if whoever had been in the act of loading or unloading had abandoned it in a hurry . |
| 16 | But as he spoke , the mess created by the Downing Street duo was anything but fine , as thousands more were thrown on the scrapheap in Britain 's deepening recession . |
| 17 | With large consumers , moreover , the cost of more complex metering was justified , and most were placed on a tariff based on their measured maximum demand as well as a cost-based running charge . |