Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The administration of each territory was finely tuned and certain aspects of it were recorded on clay tablets at the urban centres . |
| 2 | We believe a monetary union would collapse , with damaging consequences , if it were imposed on economies that were too diverse . |
| 3 | Clearly , if it were based on RP , there would be no reason why it should affect this environment and not other environments , and these internal facts about BV are quite sufficient to establish independence from RP . |
| 4 | the army was , it were built up like the er , er Mafia , it were built on fear , yes |
| 5 | The medieval oak furniture , dark and glowing , was said by Mr Hulsby to look as if it were nourished on stout . |
| 6 | It was popularised on television in the 1950s by David Butler , a 26-year-old Oxford researcher . |
| 7 | I am disappointed that the statement does not contain a commitment to get rid of the poll tax in Scotland a year earlier , because it was inflicted on Scotland a year before everyone else . |
| 8 | It was confirmed on Sunday that the Great Britain international had suffered a break . |
| 9 | It was confirmed on Feb. 19 that the CPSU was continuing also to recognize as a constituent party the pro-independence Estonian CP , led by chairman Vaino Vaelaes and first secretary Enn-Arno Sillari . |
| 10 | It was confirmed on Oct. 1 that Carl Bildt had been nominated to form a minority four-party " bourgeois " coalition , as proposed by him on Sept. 24 , comprising his own conservative Moderate Party ( M ) , the Liberal Party ( Fp ) led by Bengt Westerberg , the Centre Party ( C ) led by Olof Johansson , and the Christian Democratic Community Party ( KdS ) led by Alf Svensson . |
| 11 | Kazuo Toyama , a former excutive of Kyowa Saitama Bank , was arrested on Sept. 5 by police investigating the forgery of certificates of deposit worth some 3,940 million yen , and it was confirmed on Oct. 3 that two directors of the bank were to resign . |
| 12 | It was confirmed on Aug. 14 that the small right-wing National Smallholders ' Party led by Imre Boross had reached agreement with the Independent Smallholders ' Party — from which it had split in December 1989 [ see p. 37739 ] — and would reunite with it at an unspecified date in the future . |
| 13 | It was confirmed on July 3 that the government intended to reduce dramatically the number of resident Palestinians . |
| 14 | After anxiety expressed by foreign bankers over the uncertain legal status of the foreign debt of the four existing concerns under the new structure , and after it was confirmed on July 20 that a fifth state holding company , Efim , had unilaterally declared a moratorium on its debts , of which over a quarter was owed to foreign banks , for up to two years , the government announced on July 23 that the companies , IRI , ENI , ENEL and INA , which had all on July 13 become joint stock companies , would remain under Treasury control . |
| 15 | It was confirmed on June 2 , 1989 , in the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda that on June 2 , 1962 , in the southern Russian town of Novocherkassk , militia officers had opened fire on a demonstration outside the local Communist Party headquarters by striking factory workers protesting against wage cuts and food price rises . |
| 16 | It was confirmed on June 7 that citizens born before May 31 , 1991 , would be granted government vouchers worth 10,000 tugriks ( US$1,400 ) with which to buy shares in state properties . |
| 17 | It was confirmed on Monday that the former army officer had attempted suicide for a third time . |
| 18 | ‘ It was getting on top of me . ’ |
| 19 | It was done on courses where there were demands for a uniform surface . ’ |
| 20 | He also told reporters : ‘ It was completed on time and is a first class facility , designed and engineered to the very highest standards . |
| 21 | It is thought that from the late 16th century it was placed on top of the remaining tower of the ruined Kilwinning Abbey ( the Abbey was destroyed in 1561 at the time of the Scottish Reformation ) . |
| 22 | It was argued on Mrs Flint 's behalf that the transfer of property order was not a disposition by Mr Flint but a disposition by the Court and therefore s 284 did not apply . |
| 23 | It was argued on behalf of the shareholders that the Directive was intended to protect all investors and that they would be prejudiced if they were not notified in advance of the intended cancellation of Titaghur 's public listing . |
| 24 | It was argued on behalf of the Minister that the legislation gave him an unfettered discretion as to whether to refer or not . |
| 25 | It was argued on behalf of the appellants that there were two distinct categories of restraint . |
| 26 | It was argued on behalf of the respondents that the doctrine applied to a covenant which was imposed for the benefit of the trade of the covenantee and which either forbids the covenantor to carry on his trade or restricts the way in which he may carry it on . |
| 27 | It was argued on behalf of the plaintiff that : ( a ) the proviso quoted above constituted an unlawful restraint of trade ; ( b ) the proviso was severable and might be struck out of the contract without affecting the remainder ; ( c ) the plaintiff 's entitlement to post-determination commission accordingly continued notwithstanding his admitted breach of clause 9A . |
| 28 | However , s 2(8) did not apply to information provided under s 236 of the Insolvency Act 1986 , and it was argued on Mr Naviede 's behalf that disclosure of the transcript to the SFO should only be made on condition that it was not used in evidence . |
| 29 | It was run on batteries that had to be recharged . |
| 30 | It was run on accumulator batteries which were filled with acid , and they were the big drawback . |