Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late fifth-century Babylonian satrapy ‘ bow land ’ and ‘ chariot land ’ were given away on condition that the owners for the time being paid for soldiers or cavalry . |
| 2 | Both Hawatmeh and Habash were received separately on Sept. 16 by King Hussein , who personally endorsed the conference [ see also p. 37751 ] |
| 3 | Equally , of course , pensions were essential for older people who were dismissed summarily on grounds of age . |
| 4 | Warehouses were looted daily on March 1-5 in Librazhdi . |
| 5 | Similarly , of 16 species of Chitonomyces on an aquatic beetle ( gyrinid beetles ) six were seen only on males and nine were limited to females . |
| 6 | What would be the effect if the tax were levied solely on wage income ? |
| 7 | Venous samples were separated immediately on Ficoll hypaque . |
| 8 | In père Lachaise the dead were disturbed only on anniversaries . |
| 9 | At Coniston bargains were made privately on setting-day with the leading man — the taker of the gang . |
| 10 | Babangida , who declared that appointments were made solely on merit , had attempted to reduce ethnic and religious divisions among Nigerians in what was constitutionally a secular state . |
| 11 | In another incident , during the summer of 1987 , hundreds of dead and dying bottlenose dolphins were washed ashore on beaches of the East Coast of the US , from New Jersey to Florida . |
| 12 | Mr Glennie and the other men , Phillip Hoffman , Rick Hellriegel and Jim Nalepka , were washed ashore on Saturday night , after drifting since 3 June . |
| 13 | On the first day , five tons of cable were towed forward on sledges by tanks , together with 120 poles , numerous telephones and their exchanges . |
| 14 | Unionist fears were based overwhelmingly on ignorance , in isolation from working-class attitudes at home and in the trenches , and on the certainty that things could not be the same again . |
| 15 | Their conclusions were based primarily on records of precipitation chemistry taken in north central New Hampshire ( the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest Network ) and New York , as well as on some scattered observations from other locations . |
| 16 | The arrangements for demobilisation were based strictly on length of service , except for those girls who were married and they got out almost at once . |
| 17 | As his title suggests , his conclusions were based simply on reason ; in other words , they did not take any account of observations of the universe . |
| 18 | Earlier views were based largely on correlations between social structure and ecological factors . |
| 19 | All their movements were based more on habit and instinct and fear than any real threat but none the less it was an actual physical state . |
| 20 | Comparison of age adjusted and fully adjusted rate ratios , however , were based only on subjects with no missing data . |
| 21 | Glanville Jones ' ideas were based initially on studies of medieval Wales , where it was formerly assumed that a dispersed settlement pattern of pastoral farms had been the norm . |
| 22 | The analyses for people aged 15–24 were based mainly on data from the Northern Region Children 's Malignant Disease Registry , which originally covered only children aged 0–14 years but was extended , as a result of the recommendations of the Black Advisory Group , to people aged 15–24 . |
| 23 | ‘ Echoing ’ and ‘ complementing ’ may have their places in the unceasing babble , but the babble would not be a babble if dialogue were based purely on repetition and agreement . |
| 24 | The triplets were born prematurely on October 24 at 26 weeks and had to stay in incubators in the baby care unit at South Cleveland Hospital . |
| 25 | But if the station were hoisted aloft on Energia , the shuttles would be needed only as taxis for the crew , not heavy trucks for plant and equipment . |
| 26 | Two species of Laboulbenia were found exclusively on males , and one occurred only on females . |
| 27 | Distribution of leads was left in the hands of management , and they were allotted primarily on favouritism , next on sales figures . |
| 28 | THE crew of a cargo ship were arrested yesterday on suspicion of tossing seven stowaways overboard and shooting them . |
| 29 | The two men , aged 31 and 24 and both from Liverpool , were charged late on Saturday . |
| 30 | They were filmed entirely on location in England with a cast of experienced actors and a top television light entertainment director . |