Example sentences of "the writing [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the decade , new electrification projects meant the writing was on the wall for the surviving English Electric-engined Class 205 and 207 units . |
| 2 | The writing was on the wall and the banks began to fight back . |
| 3 | The writing was on the wall but nobody noticed . |
| 4 | The writing was on the wall , however , and the fateful day eventually arrived in 1906 , when the last of the Eastington mills finally closed , putting large numbers out of work and ending a long history of cloth making in the parish . |
| 5 | Down 15–6 at half-time after 40 minutes with a strong breeze at their backs , the writing was on the wall for the Irish . |
| 6 | The writing was on the wall for Charles in June 1990 when he broke his arm in two places after a fall from his polo pony . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's tough , but the writing was on the wall once I was 12th man . |
| 8 | When the Kiwis were bowled out for 102 in their first innings the writing was on the wall . |
| 9 | From the moment Glenister pounced on the ball in the fifth minute for his first try as the Blackheath scrum were shunted over their own line , the writing was on the wall . |
| 10 | The branch line was not immediately axed by Beeching , but the writing was on the wall , and on 3 January 1972 the last passenger train left Swanage ‘ from a station little more than a ghost ’ . |
| 11 | The writing was on the wall even before the war broke out . |
| 12 | It had greater success in the year 1912 which followed , but the writing was on the wall . |
| 13 | The writing was on the wall for the old system : it was doubtful whether the established constitution could hold . |
| 14 | Formal training was the next step , although the writing was on the wall when one class had a notice displaying ‘ No Basset Hounds ’ ! |
| 15 | The writing was on the wall last year when the Government said it could not continue funding . |
| 16 | When manager Howard Kendall signed Gary Lineker , Wilkinson knew the writing was on the wall . |
| 17 | The first seven frames had never quite pointed to such a convincing victory but once Hendry had forged clear at 6-3 , the writing was on the wall for his Bangkok challenger . |
| 18 | The writing was on the wall early in the tour when Ian Salisbury was promoted from supernumerary net bowler to fully-fledged tourist . |